10 Exact Moments Horror Movie Villains Knew They’d Lost

A truly disturbing viewing experience, even all these years later after its 1972 release, The Last House on the Left was the directorial debut of one Wes Craven. Well, apart from those adult movies Wes had directed under a fake name, but that's a story for another day.

Following teenage girls Mari and Phyllis as they head to the big city to watch a band, the pair are abducted by a group of criminals led by the nefarious Krug. Even in a horror article such as this, it feels a little too much to get into what these girls are put through, but ultimately it tragically ends in both of their deaths. And that's just the opening act.

Posing as travelling salesmen, Krug and his gang unknowingly wind up at the home of Mari's parents. When these wrong 'uns see photos of Mari and realise where they are, they immediately make chilling plans to kill her mother and family. That is, until one of the group, Junior, starts to have heroin withdrawals and gives the game away - with Mari's mother Estelle noticing her daughter's necklace around his neck, spotting bloody clothes in their luggage, and hearing these rogues talking about Mari's dead body being left in the woods.

Heading out to the woods and tragically finding their daughter's corpse, it becomes clear that Krug and Co. are going to get their comeuppance - and that they do, with Krug chainsawed to death.