Last house on the left

A gritty horror remake with the basic plot of revenge and brutal justice with a nice twist of a mild mannered family, bit like ‘The Hills have Eyes’.

The infamous house in the title is the family’s lake house, isolated and peaceful until a gang of thugs descend. They chose the wrong family to mess with. Not realising they have just kidnapped, attacked, raped and shot their daughter, the parents let them shelter from the storm. Equally unaware are the gang of their latest victim’s connection. Who will find out the truth first? This lake house  is about to become a house of slaughter.

Rather low level horror wise except some shiners involving kitchen forks and waste disposal units and the final act with a microwave.

This horror takes a while building the tension before it finally turns into a free-for-all fight. Its all rather gloomy and depressing especially during the daughter’s ordeal. Not bad, now want to see the 1972 original!

3/5

-Sadie

Amelie

Warning:  French subtitles! If you can hack the pace, this mix of romantic fantasy/comedy/drama is a pretty good watch.

Amelie is a waitress with an unlimited imagination, who would rather watch and interfere with others’ lives then make a go of her own. She becomes fascinated with another oddball who collects discarded passport photos and sets up a series of clues to intrigue him and really starts living.

Didn’t really like the character as she isn’t the nicest, though innocent and naive, she has cruel methods of social justice on behalf of her friends and acquaintances. But love the imagery and the way this movie was shot, especially when she turns to water and hits the ground. The plot drifts along when there are good things to look at!

Give this film a shot, it might surprise you.

4/5

-Lucien