<P> Before filming started, some of the actors had to undergo various training exercises for their roles . Dillahunt, Lindhome, and Aaron Paul--the latter portrays Francis--had to take part in gun training, while Sara Paxton had to get up each morning for swimming lessons so that she looked like an experienced swimmer . Iliadis also spent several weeks with the actors in rehearsal . It was Iliadis's hope that space to rehearse their roles, and then time during filming to develop their characters individually, would help them to trust Iliadis as the director more . </P> <P> Craven chose to give Iliadis his freedom while filming the remake, partially because Craven was in the process of working on a new film for himself, but also because he likes to allow the directors the chance to make their own film . For the 2009 remake, Iliadis wanted to keep a consistency among the scenes of his film, as compared to the 1972 original . Iliadis stated that he felt the intercutting of comedic scenes with the rape scene in the 1972 film had the tendency to take one out of the moment . Iliadis wanted to "cut those diversions out", as a way of "(throwing the audience) into this scene with no place to cut away to". For Iliadis, taking this approach helped to create more drama for the event . The producers brought in a medical technician to provide insight, based on his job experience witnessing the people's deaths, and lend realism to the actors' portrayals . Lindhome states that the technician would explain how someone would react given a particular event, like getting shot or stabbed . Iliadis also felt that his work on Hardcore helped to train him for this film . As the director points out, Hardcore contained "very difficult scenes", like a sixteen - year - old girl having an "existential breakdown during an orgy", and Iliadis sees those scenes as training for him to learn how to make sure the actors are still being respected, as well as making sure that the scene is focused on the characters instead of simply going for "titillation". </P> <P> For the ending of the film, Iliadis and the rest of the creative team chose to include the song "Dirge", by psychedelic rock band Death in Vegas . Iliadis was hoping to find something that was both "ironic" and "innocent" at the same time, given the events in the film that would precede its usage . To the director, the choice helped to illuminate the fact that nothing will be the same for this family again . Craven comments on the choice to have John Collingwood return to finish off Krug at the end . Craven explains, "I also found it interesting that the Dr., whose oath' does no harm', intentionally (kills Krug) and that it kinda shows that when seeking revenge you can become something evil yourself if you don't stop once what's been necessary is done . So I also found it intriguing that we're just seeing these wonderful, perfect people but the father comes back and goes out of his way to do this ." </P> <P> The Last House on the Left was released on March 13, 2009, to 2,402 theaters, but it was not without its dilemmas with the MPAA ratings board . The biggest setback by the board involved the rape scene . In the original cut of the film, the scene was at least one minute longer, but the board forced the scene to be trimmed if the filmmakers wanted an R - rating . There were other minor aspects trimmed as well, like an extended stabbing sequence with Paige . What shocked Craven was when the MPAA told them that this was a "special" film that did not "need" the extension on those scenes . Craven believed that the MPAA viewed the film more as an artistic horror film, which he sees as both a blessing and a curse . In Craven's experience, once the MPAA becomes focused on certain elements they dislike in horror films that they otherwise like, they become determined to see it removed before release . Regardless of the MPAA's appreciation of the edited version of the film, the DVD and Blu - ray copies of the film, which were released on August 18, 2009, contain both a rated and unrated cut . The DVD sales have brought in approximately $20 million in revenue . </P>

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