The Last House on the Left (2009 film)
"The Last House on the Left" was released on March 13, 2009, to 2,402 theaters, but it was not without its dilemmas with the MPAA ratings board. The biggest setback by the board involved the rape scene. In the original cut of the film, the scene was at least one minute longer, but the board forced the scene to be trimmed if the filmmakers wanted an R-rating. There were other minor aspects trimmed as well, like an extended stabbing sequence with Paige. What shocked Craven was when the MPAA told them that this was a "special" film that did not "need" the extension on those scenes. Craven believed that the MPAA viewed the film more as an artistic horror film, which he sees as both a blessing and a curse. In Craven's experience, once the MPAA becomes focused on certain elements they dislike in horror films that they otherwise like, they become determined to see it removed before release. Regardless of the MPAA's appreciation of the edited version of the film, the DVD and Blu-ray copies of the film, which were released on August 18, 2009, contain both a rated and unrated cut. The DVD sales have brought in approximately $20 million in revenue.
Left-To-Live
The second track on the album, "Sister Never Born" is inspired by the last novel by Francesco Carofiglio, "Voglio vivere una volta sola" and its video, released on October 31 of 2015, ranked among the best progressive songs together with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, now launched into a prolific solo career and Steve Hackett of Genesis on the English Teamrock.com web magazine. On Christmas Eve of 2015, the video for the 3rd track on the album, "That Old House" was released, while Easter saw the release for the video of the first song of the album "Soccer Killer", dedicated to the 13 children executed by ISIS jihadists on January 12, 2015 in Mosul, Iraq for watching a football game on television.