Arrow Video Tabs Aug. 18 For The Re-Introduction Of The Last House On The Left On Blu-ray

In the 1930s it was the monsters that Universal Pictures created that became legend — Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man, etc.   In the 1940s, producer Val Lewton teamed with directors Jacques Tourneur, Mark Robson and Robert Wise to make a series of “atmospheric” horror films — Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, The Body Snatcher and more.   

The 50s and into the 1960s theatre-goers got sci-fi thrillers, Vincent Price and Hammer Horror … and then in 1968 a horror masterpiece was created on a limited budget, director George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.

The terror notch had been up a mark or two on the dial … and young filmmakers took notice.   Among these was newcomer Wes Craven, a college instructor who wrote, directed, co-produced and edited his first film in 1972 and it became a touchstone for horror films that followed.

Arrow Video, with domestic sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, will release the “Uncut” version of the iconic, The Last House on the Left, as a stand-alone Blu-ray edition on Aug. 18.

Arrow Video had previously issued a limited edition, double-disc Blu-ray featuring the “Uncut” presentation as well as the “Krug & Company” cut of the film.   It is now out of print.

This re-release Blu-ray presentation features not one, but three commentary options. There is one with Wes Craven and producer Sean S. Cunningham, a second featuring actors David Hess, Marc Sheffler and Fred Lincoln … and a third with Bill Ackerman and Amada Reyes.

The vintage introduction by Craven is included here, a deleted scene, extended outtakes, plus there are seven featurettes — “Still Standing: The Legacy of The Last House on The Left,” “Celluloid Crime of the Century,” “Scoring Last House,” “It’s Only a Movie: The Making of Last House on the Left,” “Junior’s Story,” “Blood and Guts” and “The Road Leads to Terror.”