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Everything here is ported over from previous DVD releases, but there's quite a lot of content, and it's all worth checking out if you haven't seen it before.•Audio Commentaries: We get two tracks here, the first an intelligent discussion by Director Wes Craven and Producer Sean Cunningham, and the second a looser, more candid roundtable with actors David Hess, Marc Sheffler, and Fred Lincoln. •Still Standing: The Legacy of The Last House on the Left (SD, 14:54): A retrospective with Wes Craven, who talks about the film's style and origin as a reaction to the Vietnam war and his own fundamentalist upbringing before segueing into a discussion of the remake. •Celluloid Crime of the Century (SD, 39:34): Blue Underground's terrific documentary about the film, told through interviews with Wes Craven, Sean Cunningham, Jaramie Rain, Marc Sheffler, Fred Lincoln, Martin Kove, David A. Hess, and Sean Cunningham. •Scoring Last House (SD, 9:44): An interview with David Hess, who discusses his approach to the film's score. •Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out (SD, 11:29): Footage from a never-finished anthology film that Craven co-directed. The material is presented without sound, but it seems to be some sort of vampire/zombie short set in the west, a la Near Dark. •Deleted Scene - Mari Dying at the Lake (SD, 00:59) •Never Before Seen Footage (SD, 5:36): Of course, if you owned the DVD, you have already seen these snippets of on-location footage, which includes extra clips from the infamous rape scene. •"It's Only a Movie" Featurette (SD, 29:01): Another retrospective documentary. There's a lot of overlap here if you've already dug through everything else, but the more the merrier, right? •Outtakes and Dailies (SD, 14:01): Raw footage, presented without sound. •Forbidden Footage (SD, 8:12): Wes Craven, Sean Cunningham, and others talk about some of the most disturbing scenes in the film. •Theatrical Trailer (SD, 2:00) One last note about the special features: There's no top menu on this disc. As soon as you put it in, the film begins playing. If you want to access the bonus features, you have to hit the "Pop-Up/Menu" button on your remote. |
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