The Last House on the Left (2009 film)
The film was released on March 13, 2009. "The Last House on the Left" was met with mixed reviews from critics. Audience opinion ranked the film at a "B" level, from a scale of "A to F"; the film would ultimately gross $45,286,228 worldwide.
Wes Craven
Craven left the academic world for the more lucrative role of pornographic film director. In the documentary "Inside Deep Throat", Craven says on camera he made "many hardcore X-rated films" under pseudonyms. While his role in "Deep Throat" is undisclosed, most of his early known work involved writing, film editing, or both. Craven's first feature film as director was "The Last House on the Left", which was released in 1972. Craven expected the film to be shown at only a few theaters, which according to him "gave me a freedom to be outrageous, and to go into areas that normally I wouldn't have gone into, and not worry about my family hearing about it, or being crushed." Ultimately the movie was screened much more widely than he assumed leaving him ostracized due to the content of the film.