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After spending most of yesterday cooped up in my office going thru bank statements and credit card receipts, I was really lookin’ to get out of the house by the time I finished sorting all of my paperwork. David and Kurt (who is staying with us for a few days) were talking about going to see a movie so I thought that would be the best, low-key option. They decided on seeing The Last House on the Left and, since I’m a big horror movie fan, I decided to go along …

… and what a mistake that was. Honestly, I was pretty revolted by the entire movie. I had a real hard time finding any entertainment value in any of it. I also had a hard time seeing the flick as a “horror” film … to me, it was simply a horrible film. The Last House on the Left is a remake of the 1970′s version of the film that takes horror porn to a new level. For the first portion of the film, the viewer is subjected to close-up shots of a teenage girl’s maturing body repeatedly before we are forced to watch her get raped and shot in the woods (that is, after her female friend is beat up, tied up and stabbed in the stomach and in the back). I haven’t been that uncomfortable in a theater in a very long time. There is NO REASON for the film to focus so much on this young girl’s rape … I was so close to walking out. Only the promise of the retribution to come kept me in my seat. As the movie progressed, the parents of the raped girl are allowed to exact their revenge on the people who harmed their daughter … which is where the garbage disposal and the microwave come in handy. I’m sorry, even seeing the bad guys get punished for their heinous crimes did not satisfy me. At the end of the film, I felt disgusted and a bit violated for having witnessed the brutality on the screen. There was nothing scary about this film, it was just disgusting. A movie like The Strangers did it better … there was suspense and actual horror without all the gore. Even the gore I don’t mind so much … but the brutality of rape for entertainment purposes has no business being on screen. Had I known about that scene, I would’ve opted out of seeing the film in the first place. I simply cannot endorse or suggest that others see this film. Tho, considering what I read about the brutality in the original film … it sounds like they cleaned up this remake.

Blah!!!

Tonight, Kurt leaves us for a while so David and I will have our last night together before I leave for SXSW tomorrow evening. Not sure what the plan is but I’m sure we’ll think of something ;)