Synopsis
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.
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Cast
- Sara PaxtonMari Collingwood
- Tony GoldwynJohn Collingwood
- Monica PotterEmma Collingwood
- Garret DillahuntKrug
- Spencer Treat ClarkJustin
- Aaron PaulFrancis
- Riki LindhomeSadie
- Martha MacIsaacPaige
- Josh CoxxGiles
- Michael BowenMorton
- 75
Chicago Tribune
Hinges on humiliation and vengeance, which makes it like most other modern horror titles. Its focus on sexual assault, however, puts it in a different, more primal league. - 63
ReelViews
The wheels fall off toward the end but, until that point, Illiadis does an excellent job of generating and maintaining an intense sense of dread. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Look at the performances. They're surprisingly good, and I especially admired the work of Monica Potter and Tony Goldwyn as the parents of one of two girls who go walking in the woods. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
The best in the latest crop of slasher remakes. Admittedly, that is faint praise. - 50
Boston Globe
Like the current hit "Taken," Last House 2009 packs a vicarious jolt that might feel cathartic to certain moviegoers. - 40
Village Voice
This new House tries to sustain a grave, heavy sense of threat. It fails, through its villainy. - 40
Variety
If the original could be accused of having a real point (even a subtext), the uninspired redo has none whatsoever. - 33
The A.V. Club
It's now a straight-up crime and retribution flick, capped off by the dumbest wolf-feeding coda a 13-year-old ever dreamed up.