"The Last House on the Left" (1972)

Oh, Wes Craven-- the simple utterance of his name sends shivers down many horror fans' spines.  He's responsible for classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, and, my personal favorite, The Last House on the Left.  The Last House on the Left was Craven's first venture into feature films, and its content is somewhat darker than his other flicks.  Two teenage girls meet up at their parents' summer homes and are soon stalked by a group of vicious criminals.  Besides robbing them, they take them into the woods and proceed to brutally rape, hunt them down, and murder them.  However, their car breaks down right in front one of the girl's summer house, and her Daddy Dearest, who happens to be a physician (translation: knows lots of ways to make you suffer), soon realizes who the supposed "guests" are.  Pretty soon, the line becomes blurred between who the victims and the killers are....

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P.S. Due to the graphic nature of the rape scene (it truly is the most realistic and horrifying one I've ever seen), it has been banned many times in numerous countries.  The UK originally gave it an X rating until Craven had to drastically edit out the worse bits.

P.S.S. Director Wes Craven tends to name a lot of his villians some version of "Krug" (i.e. Freddy Krueger and the main bad dude in this flick).  This name belongs to his high school bully, who you bet is really, really regretting beating up on creative, talented, and rich kids....