The Last House on the Left(2009)
2009 · Dennis Iliadis · 113 min
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.
Crime · Thriller · Horror · Drama
6.52k votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How The Last House on the Left scares
Watching this feels heavy and uncomfortable, like being trapped in a nightmare that refuses to look away from real human cruelty. The first half is a slow, sickening build of dread as ordinary people are pushed into a horrifying situation, and the second half turns into raw, punishing physical violence as things spiral into payback. There's no supernatural threat here at all, just people capable of terrible things, which makes it land harder and feel more real. This is for viewers who can handle brutal, grounded horror and aren't looking for fun scares, more like an endurance watch that sits with you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Last House on the Left rates psychological 3/5, visceral 5/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 85 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, uneasy setup gives way to a brutal, hard-to-watch middle stretch, eases briefly, then builds back into a tense, punishing finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 2, 3, 4.
How scary is The Last House on the Left?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Last House on the Left rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
Watched it? Sign in to confirm whether this profile fits.
