10 BehindTheScenes Facts About Wes Cravens Last House On The Left
10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left
What behind-the-scenes details did we manage to scrounge up surrounding Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left? Let’s find out!
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Wes Craven’s Last House on the Left has built a reputation as one of the most controversially disturbing horror movies of all time. For example, in 2001 the film was one of 400 listed as candidates for the 100 Most Heart-Pounding American Movies ever made by The American Film Institute (AFI).
Starring Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, and Jeramie Rain, the film follows a pair of innocent teenage girls en route to a concert before unwisely accepting a drug offer from a random stranger. When the stranger brings the girls to his malevolent gang-leader, Krug, they are subjected to barbarous rape and unthinkably brutal violence.
10 Originally Conceived As Pornography
According to the DVD commentary for the documentary Celluloid Crime of the Century: Last House on the Left, the film was shot under the title Night of Vengeance and originally written as a hardcore porno movie. All of the actors and crew members agreed to film such explicit subject matter, and filming even commenced under this agreement.
However, after a short time filming, Craven opted to nix the graphic sex scenes and rework the script to incorporate more of a horror film template. Once the script was reimagined, Craven set out to make a contemporaneous remake of Ingmar Bergman’s 1960 dramatic horror film The Virgin Spring.
9 X-Rating
When Craven submitted his initial cut of the film to the MPAA, it received an X-rating for its alarming imagery and subject matter. Desperate for an R-rating and a wider theatrical release, Craven excised some of the nastier scenes before resubmitting it to the rating board.
When the film still failed to receive an R-rating, Craven reinserted all of the originally cut footage back into the film. He then got a genuine “Rated R” seal of approval from a friend who worked on the film board, put it on the picture, and released it accordingly.
8 Banned In Multiple Countries
Despite the roundabout R-rating in the U.S., Last House on the Left was banned in several countries, often for many decades. In the UK, for example, the film was denied a cinema certificate in 1974 and became a banned “video nasty” in 1984 before finally being released uncut in 2008.
In 1991, the film was seized by the Australian Customs Board along with a trove of other banned films before being released uncut in 2004. In Germany, the film banned in 1983 for endangering children and 2000 for glorifying violence before its eventual release in 2019.
7 Friday The 13th Connections
While many have drawn comparisons to Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, at least two key connections are made between Last House on the Left and The Friday the 13th franchise.
Original Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham produced Last House on the Left. His wife Susan Cunningham did the costumes, and his parents’ house was used for the Collingwood home in the film. Friday the 13th Part 2 and Part 3 director Steve Miner also worked as an associate editor on the film and makes a cameo appearance as the hippie who teases the deputy (Martin Kove).
6 Fake Blood
According to Celluloid Crime of the Century: Last House on the Left, to achieve the utmost authenticity, the fake blood in the film was created with a mixture of blue and red food coloring with caramel syrup.
The intense violence in the film was deemed so naturalistic and realistic that distribution outfits Hallmark and Atlas International attempted to market and release the film in Germany as a legitimate snuff film. Snuff films include real-life murders captured on celluloid.
5 David Hess Provided Music
David Hess, the actor who portrays the primary villain Krug in the film, wrote and performed several of the songs heard on the soundtrack for the film, including the recurring theme song “The Road Leads to Nowhere.” The horror movie soundtrack was released by Hess in 1999 via Rock Bottom Rules Records.
Hess also performed the vocals on the tracks “Wait for the Rain” and “Water Song/Sadie and Krug.” The film score was co-written and arranged by Stephen Chapin.
4 Dollhouse
The ragged dollhouse spotted in the woods during Phyllis’ (Lucy Grantham) gruesome murder was not a prop created by the film production. It was an authentic dollhouse found in the wooded Connecticut location prior to filming.
Speaking of playthings for children, Wes Craven’s son Jonathan also appears in the film as the little boy whose balloon gets ominously popped by Krug.
3 Martin Cove’s Involvement
Due to his towering size and stature, Cobra Kai star Martin Kove was originally considered to play the role of Krug but turned it down in favor of a more comedic supporting role in the film.
According to Celluloid Crime of the Century, it was Cove’s idea for his friend David Hess to play the role, which Craven ultimately agreed to after Hess showed up to the audition in heavily padded clothing to look bigger. As such, Cove ended up being cast in a smaller role as the Deputy.
2 Original Ending & Sequel
Wes Craven originally wanted to end the film with Mari’s vengeful father, Dr. John Collinggwood (Richard Towers), gashing Krug to death with multiple scalpel wounds. It was Sean S. Cunningham’s idea to end the film with the hyper-violent chainsaw finale instead.
During the mid-1980s, several American video releases promised a sequel to the film in a post-credits announcement. A message read ” Coming soon to a theater near you. From the producers of Last House on the Left, and the director of Friday the 13th V…Last House On the Left Part II. Said sequel was never made.
1 Actor’s Misgivings
According to Celluloid Crime of the Century: Last House on the Left, several main actors had such a difficult time making the film that they voiced regretting their participation years later. Sandra Peabody had a terrible time making the movie, as she was treated too aggressively by method actors David Hess and the others who constantly harassed and demeaned her throughout filming.
Fred J. Lincoln, who plays Weasel in the film, has called Last House on the Left the worst movie he’s ever made and regrets participating in it. Both Lincoln and Peabody refuse to speak about the film publicly. Conversely, David Hess and Lucy Grantham remain proud of the movie and happily discuss it during interviews and public appearances.
Link Source : https://screenrant.com/wes-cravens-last-house-on-the-left-behind-the-scenes-facts/
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