History Film / TheLastHouseOnTheLeft

* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler: In this case, ''daughter''. And]] Mari's brother in the remake.

* SassyBlackWoman: Subverted as the chicken farmer's cheeky attitude towards the frantic cops gets Mari and Phyllis killed.

WesCraven's 1972 debut picture, a loose reworking of Creator/IngmarBergman's ''Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)'', tells the story of a group of psychos who torture, humiliate, rape and try to murder two girls and then end up asking for refuge at the home of the parents of one of the girls. [[ItGotWorse This couple then find out who their guests really are...]]

WesCraven's 1972 debut picture, a loose reworking of IngmarBergman's ''Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)'', tells the story of a group of psychos who torture, humiliate, rape and try to murder two girls and then end up asking for refuge at the home of the parents of one of the girls. [[ItGotWorse This couple then find out who their guests really are...]]

* MoodWhiplash: Okay, Mr. Craven. Please explain why, when the rest of the movie is deathly serious and disturbing, you chose to have the cops be ''comic relief?!?'' And why do you have Krug ''going moo?!?'' [[FridgeBrilliance Was it to make the movie less frightening for your audience so they won't be fainting]]?

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Collingwoods look like two ordinary, happily married people, until their daughter gets raped...

* PsychoLesbian: Or in Sadie's case, Psycho Bisexual.

* GroinAttack: Estelle dups Weasel and starts performing oral sex on him... with [[ManBitesMan gruesome]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil results]].

WesCraven's 1972 debut picture, a loose r
eworking of IngmarBergman's ''Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)'', tells the story of a group of psychos who torture, humiliate, rape and try to murder two girls and then end up asking for refuge at the home of the parents of one of the girls. [[ItGotWorse This couple then find out who their guests really are...]]

* MoodDissonance: Although this is a horror movie, there are some scenes that seem to be right out of a comedy. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The chicken truck]] and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Krug going "Moo!"]] come to mind.
* MoodWhiplash: Okay, Mr. Craven. Please explain why, when the rest of the movie is deathly serious and disturbing, you chose to have the cops be ''comic relief?!?'' And why do you have Krug ''going moo?!?''

* HeyItsThatGuy: The sheriff's deputy in the original is [[TheKarateKid Kreese, the Cobra Kai sensei]]. Maybe the events of the film were his StartOfDarkness?
** Some of you may remember a [=McDonalds=] commercial from the early Oughts with this really cute chick hitting on this idiot. In the remake, she's [[EvilIsSexy evil as hell]], and you get to [[FanService see her boobies]]. Thank you, lord.
** [[BreakingBad Jesse]] and [[RaisingHope Burt]] are the other two bad guys.
** [[NoCountryForOldMen Wendell]] is the BigBad.
** Justin is [[{{Gladiator}} Lucius]].
** Who knew [[Film/{{Ghost}} Carl]] could turn into PapaWolf?
** [[AlongCameASpider Jezzie]] is MamaBear here.

** Who knew [[{{Ghost}} Carl]] could turn into PapaWolf?

WesCraven's 1972 debut picture, a loose reworking of IngmarBergman's ''Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)'', tells the story of a group of psychos who torture, humiliate, rape and try to murder two girls and then end up asking for refuge at the home of the parents of one of the girls. [[ItGotWorse This couple then find out who their guests really are...]]

* BloodIsSquickerInWater: In the original, Estelle slashes Sadie's throat while the latter is in a swimming pool.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Emma and John look like two happily married pacific couple, until their daughter gets raped...

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Mari, Phyllis and Junior are dead, and even though Emma and John have vindicated them, they're most likely going to prison due to the [[PoliceAreUseless stupid sheriff]]]].

* MamaBear & PapaWolf: Emma and John Collingwood

* NightmareSequence: At one point Fred dreams that Emma and John [[DepravedDentist knock his front teeth out with a hammer and chisel]]. Still would've been better than what actually does happen to him.

* NightmareSequence: At one point Fred dreams that Emma and John [[DepravedDentist knock his front teeth out with a hammer and chisel]].

* DepravedDentist: At one point Fred dreams that Emma and John knock his front teeth out with a hammer and chisel.

* FlippingTheBird: Walking back to town after their car runs out of gas, the cops think they've gotten a lift when a van full of hippies stops for them...then does this while peeling away.

* FlippingTheBird: Walking back to town after their car runs out of gas, the cops think they've gotten a lift when a van full of young people stops for them...then does this while peeling away.

WesCraven's 1972 debut picture, a reworking of ''Jungfrukällan'' (Virgin's Spring), tells the story of a group of psychos who torture, humiliate, rape and try to murder two girls and then end up asking for refuge at the home of the parents of one of the girls. [[ItGotWorse This couple then find out who their guests really are...]]