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I am in the process of collecting all the "video nasties" and I picked this one up a week or so ago. I watched it today and was disappointed overall. When it was released in the US it was called "Last House on the Left 2" and is in fact the Italian version of "Last House" but is not nearly as visually brutal. It takes place on a train going from Germany to Italy during Christmas and other then that it tries to follow the "Last House" script almost to the letter. When I say that it is not visually as brutal as "Last House" I mean that there is more innuendo then actual gore. In fact there is virtually no gore in this film and unlike "Last House" there is no nudity. The two thugs are no where near as sadistic as David Hess and his gang were in "Last House" and even display remorse when they kill the first girl. It is definitely worth a watch but don`t expect much if you`re looking for something brutal and gory.

The tamest and the worst of the TCM series, which does`nt necessarily mean it was a bad movie. Overall, it was mediocre with a plot that was somewhat removed from the other films in the series but did borrow a lot from them as well. The acting was spotty throughout by Renee Zellweger as she seemed truly terrified one second and then delivered a very stale line the next. Matthew McConaughey is brilliant as the psychotic head of the deranged family. Leatherface is given somewhat of a facelift (no pun intended)and gets into drag late in the film. For anybody who is a fan of the series it`s worth watching but if you`ve never seen a TCM film, don`t start with this one.