The Last House On The Left. 1972.
Two girls on their way to a concert try and score some pot, are kidnapped and beaten by a gang of convicts. Believing the girls are dead, the gang stumble on to the home of the parents of one of the teens who plan a revenge on them.
Given the budget and first time director Wes Craven teams up with Producer Sean S. Cunningham probably didn't realise they were making a movie that would be remembered to this day with their view of stolen innocence and psychological terror, beating, rape and murder.
The way the parents plan their revenge is not the greatest, using wire to trip a guy up and watch him fall only to get up didn't really do much, the sodomise of a man by the mother was a bit of a painful scene to watch but at least she got another killing in. The acting isn't great but not anywhere near rubbish, David Hess plays the gang member who is very unbalanced in the head know how to play mind games, with films from the 70s Angie usually asks "when will this film end, what's happened there etc" she managed to sit through it and say "prefer the remake watched it the other day on Netflix" IMO it's still enjoyable to watch.
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