1Death Weekend (1976)

Everyone’s heard of The Last House On The Left and I Spit On Your Grave, but this Canadian raperevenger – still unavailable on DVD – is unfairly forgotten.

Skilfully shot and potently acted, it sees a rich ‘couple’ (he’s lured her there to try and get in her pants) attacked in an isolated country retreat by redneck locals. Taking its cue from Deliverance, the sexual threat extends to the male protagonist too: “You got nice teeth there, doc…”

Argh! (White-) trashing the doc’s house. Seeing his “things” destroyed hurts more than any attack on his date.

Remake rights: Alexandre Aja. He’s not adverse to a remake and rarely flinches from protracted pain.