Last House on the Left

Saw the preview for the remake of Last House at the theater yesterday.
It's a bit of a wild choice to say the least. The original being one of the absolute meanest, hard to watch, "feel-bad" movies ever made. Makes Funny Games look like Sesame Street.
Garret Dillahunt plays the bad guy.. Great choice.

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The original was a revolting movie then, and still is pretty hard to watch today. Like you said, pretty much an all-around "feel bad" film. When I heard they were remaking it, the idea was a bit baffling. It looks like the direction is going in a more conventional thriller rout, rather than the bona-fide masochistic experience that was the original.

And I co-sign completely about the casting of Dillahunt as the main villain; he was brilliant in his duel characters on Deadwood.

What was so bad about the original?

Can't give you spoilers, man. Lets just say its gruesome. Gore, sex, rape, guns, violence, etc...

the characters have a real feel to them, almost as if they aren't just characters, but real people