Wes Craven's original 1972 exploitation horror film has become a cult classic, and even with its extreme violence it claims to be based in reality.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Horror icon Wes Craven made his directorial debut with 1972's The Last House on the Left, an ultra-violent exploitation horror movie that claimed in its opening credits to be based on a true story. The highly controversial pushed the boundaries of how violence was depicted, with Craven opting for peak realism in how the film showed abuse, torture, rape, and murder.
The movie was remade in 2009 with Craven acting as producer, but much of the most graphic violence was omitted for the sake of making the movie more palatable for modern horror audiences. However, most of the general plot remained the same, with the movie's central theme of vengeance carried through both movies. While both Craven's original vision and the modern remake do have a unique origin, the claim that it's a true story is dubious at best, and an outright lie at worst.
The Last House On The Left Was Based On A Swedish Ballad Craven's gory and violent The Last House on the Left was actually based on a 1960 Swedish film titled The Virigin Spring from director Ingmar Bergman, which starred a young Max Von Sydow. That movie was itself based on a medieval Swedish ballad titled "Töres döttrar i Wänge," roughly translated to "Töre's daughters in Vänge.
While obviously there are stark differences between the fantastical Swedish ballad and the gritty, controversial cinematic versions of Bergman and Craven, the central concept is consistent. In all three versions, young girls are subjected to extreme violence, and their parents seek their own violent vengeance against the perpetrators. The ultimate moral of the original ballad might have been lost in the cinematic versions, but at its heart the story is a condemnation of violent vengeance.
The closest comparison is probably Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which claims to be based on reality. The infamous Leatherface character was not real per se - rather, he was inspired by several serial killers from the post-war decades in Midwestern America, specifically the notorious Ed Gein.
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