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Craven, 69, produced the film reboot, which is directed by Greek-born Dennis Iliadis and gives a contemporary take to a movie originally made with less than $100,000 specifically for local Boston theaters wanting something scary to show teens. When "Last House" became successful, it was picked up for wider distribution, and its marketing slogan "To Avoid Fainting Keep Repeating, It's Only A Movie..." became a pop culture catchphrase. Now the film is widely credited as being a forerunner to today's popular slasher flicks. The original film followed a couple of teenagers who were terrorized by criminals, before two parents take vengeance on the outlaws, and the new movie has basically the same plot. The only film Craven single-handedly directed outside the horror and thriller genre is his 1999 "Music of the Heart." Craven, who enjoys bird-watching, spoke to Reuters about the remake and his mother's view of his films. Q: Often teens go to horror movies to see if they have the strength to stand it. Do you think that every year the films become more crazy and extreme? A: "I think that to some extent they're tuned to the times. It was no coincidence in my mind that torture porn came out at the same time that the United States was torturing people. It's dealing with what's floating around in the psyches of everybody. My God, waterboarding. What would it feel like to do it? Would I be able to take it? All those questions come up, so it wasn't surprising that there were films about it suddenly." Q: You taught English and humanities at colleges before you became a horror film maker. Did you ever feel when you were making horror films like you were "slumming it?" A: "No. I felt like I was having a good time ... I also specialized in Greek mythology, so all those fantastic primal stories were banging around inside my head. So I thought, first of all, there's a very legitimate and very long history of genius people dealing with it, in print, on stage and everything else. So I never felt apologetic about it." Q: Growing up in a Baptist family you weren't allowed to watch many movies. What did your mother think when she saw some of your horror films? A: "My mother never saw a single film I made until 'Music of the Heart,' and that was the only one she ever saw. So in my mother's eyes, I was wandering off into darkness and she wished I would go back to teaching where she was comfortable with what I was doing. God bless her." Q: In "The Last House on Left" and some of your other films the violent perpetrators are social outsiders who exist in their own world with its own rules. Was your goal to instill fear of "the other" with these films? A: "It all has to do with somebody who is so markedly different than us, and so has such a different set of values, or has no values whatsoever in our book, that is the most frightening to us." Q: Is there something that should never be explored on film because it's too graphic or too disturbing? Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Green carpet roll out for "The Age of Stupid" film Also On Reuters Modern scanners bring "mind reading" a step closer Commentary: In the face of criticism, companies deplane Wall Street salaries seen rising as bonuses fall More Entertainment News Dancing quicksteps towards Idol's ratings crown Marvel delays "The Avengers", "Thor" releases Fans frustrated as Jackson extends UK run U2 want to rework early music | Video Green carpet roll out for "The Age of Stupid" film More Entertainment News... Editor's Choice Slideshow A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. 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