The Last House On the Left

This is gonna hurt!

Thrillers lately took a swift turn from supernaturals to super"natural"s. As Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left was the pioneer for the slasher genre, a remake of this true classic was inevitable. Thankfully, this remake ain't no cheap attempt to ruin a memory, on the contrary, it's a fresh killer deal that both honours the original and without a doubt offers a whole new experience for this generation's movie goers!

The story takes place in a remote summer house owned by an ordinary middle class American family. Their daughter and a friend of hers are abducted, raped and left for dead in the woods. Then the troubled crew takes shelter in their guest house and then, when the parents realise that their guests are not just unlucky passerbys, the time comes to turn the tables around.

The acting is simple but very effective, the direction is near perfect with even the most gruesome scenes offering a glimpse that you'll want to capture and the tone... Blood red. This experience is not for the faint hearted so if you're easily influenced by visual violence, please be warned.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844708/

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1205377-last_house_on_the_left/

The Midnight Meat Train

Anyone up for a gory train ride?

The Midnight Meat Train surely does have a cult following already, although the box office ratings were weak despite the reasonable production cost, studio abandoned any plans for a possible sequel. The story revolves around Leon, a photographer who is desperate to catch glimpses of real life incidents in order to guarantee his work's exhibition in one of the top class art galleries in NYC. His search leads him to the city subway and he meets our antagonist there, The Butcher. He witnesses the massacre The Butcher delivered, first hand and goes after him with the naive motivation of stopping him but during the process his dedication turns into an obsession.

As things go downward spiral, Leon's girlfriend and a friend of them are also included and the ride continues splattering blood everywhere. The movie is based on the short story with the same name by Clive Barker, published as part of his masterpiece Books of Blood. Though the movie is a fast paced thrill ride and delivers its promised fun with no holds barred, the ending, which I guess was supposed to be a twist, is kinda weak when compared to the movie as a whole. But don't let this stop you from seeing it if you're a fan of the genre. It's still gonna ride the shivers down your spine.

Last but not least, Ryuhei Kitamura is a great tranfer to Hollywood from Japan, you should see his previous work too if you wanna see how sick action cinema can get.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805570/

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008617-midnight_meat_train/