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.
Slasher film
The remake-era peaked in 2009 under releases of "My Bloody Valentine", "Friday the 13th", "The Last House on the Left", "Sorority Row", "The Stepfather" and "Halloween II"; of those, "Friday the 13th" was most successful selling 8.7 million tickets and "Sorority Row" was least successful with under 1.6 million tickets sold. The following year "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010), like the "Friday the 13th" remake, had a large opening weekend but quickly fell off the box office charts after. Straight-to-video remakes "Mother's Day" (2010), "Silent Night" (2012) and "" (2013) were met with little reception or praise; "Curse of Chucky" (2013), a sequel (with elements of a reboot) of the "Child's Play" franchise and the first entry not released in theaters, was well-received and given a sequel of its own in 2017. The reboot "Texas Chainsaw 3D" (2013) acts as a sequel to the 1974 original film, but lackluster box office profits led to its prequel "Leatherface" (2017) to a direct-to-download release ("Leatherface" was filmed in 2015 but shelved for two years).