The Last House on the Left (1972)

The Last House on the Left was released on August 30th, 1972. 

Written and Directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. 

The Last House on the Left (1972)

Sandra Peabody and Lucy Grantham

Richard Towers, Cynthia Carr, David Hess,
Fred J. Lincoln and Jeramie Rain 

The controversial and violent film spawned a remake that was produced by Craven in 2009. 

The Last House on the Left (2009)

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Robert Crumb was born in 1943

Wes Craven

Wesley Earl Craven, creator of such classics as The last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The People Under the Stairs, the first 4 Scream movies and the Original Nightmare on Elm Street that spawned a franchise. 

Born on August 2nd, 1939. 

Wes Craven passed away 28 days after his 76th birthday in 2015. 

I’m trying to refrain from buying more crap but how cool is this? 

It’s the Nightmare franchise up to and including Wes Craven’s New Nightmare plus a bonus DVD entitled The Nightmare Series Encyclopedia.  

I found this 1999 New Line DVD set at the Goodwill recently and couldn’t pass it up.

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Apollonia Kotero was born in 1959