Wes Craven: Every Movie Ranked Worst To Best

Now, we move into territory that made Wes Craven one of the badasses of the horror genre. The Last House on the Left was his very first directorial work, an intensely violent, repugnant, and visceral film that defined the revenge story as we know it in modern cinema.

The Last House on the Left broke all sorts of ideas on censorship and is a certified well-put together video nasty - but to rate it any higher than this would be a disservice to the lens Craven portrays his female characters through.

It is, truly, a feat of horror and violence, but it is inherently flawed as a product of sadistic glee - an exploitation movie - that boils its characters right down into unadulterated evil. Whilst watching them play out their sick actions on screen says a lot about humanity and monsters without any hint of the supernatural; there's a dark delight the film takes in watching it happen.

It's gross, it's intense, and it's shocking, especially by 70s standards - and remains just as horrific over 40 years on.