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
Filed under: Horror, thriller Tagged: | garret dillahunt, Horror, kidnapping, lake house, last house on the left, monica potter, sara paxton, slaughter, thriller, tony goldwyn
