The characters are engaging and brilliant in what they do and all over a brilliant horror movie...
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Good film I thoroughly enjoyed it
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Don't buy if you are easily scared.
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This when i first saw it one the shelf, i really did think it couldn't be that good. So what did i do i never brought it that time then a couple of times i had done the same until one day i had a bit extra cash to spend so i thought i would buy it with another one thinking well i can still watch one good film. I really couldn't believe when i first put it on that it was going to be worth while watching but i did. This film had a exellent start that was surprising and with the graphics i thought maybe this could be something to watch. Its mainly about a abandoned area that got bombed by nuclear weapons for a test with people still in the mines. They turned into kind of human eating killers that had been deformed. The family that decide to take a short cut through the desert didn't expect to either die or see there family be killed. Some do live but then they have to rescue the baby that brings the film to a all time high. If you are looking for a great film for christmas this would be it. Even made me jump more than most films do and is a top of my list for the best i've seen for a long time.Read full review
The remake is a joke compared to Craven's amazing 1977 original. Young kids have no clue what a good horror movie is all about and that's why remakes actually make money(actually most of them lose money) I've said this before and I'll say it again, anyone that knows anything about horror movies realizes there is much more to it than pretty people on screen, loud bangs and CG effects. Craven's story about a family on there way to California stop off in the middle of the desert looking for silver. When their Vehicle breaks down they are in for the fight of their lives. A cannibal family living in the hills see a means to survive and plan on feasting on the "fresh meat". So the lighting isn't great, so the effects aren't as good SO WHAT!!!!!!!!! I'd love to see 'any' director take Craven's budget for this film or Tobe Hooper's budget from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and make half of a movie today. Directors today can't even think of an original story. Real fans of the genre will appreciate the originals, the classics such as "Halloween", "Black Christmas", "The Fog", "The Exorcist", "The Evil Dead" etc. People who still need to learn about the genre will prefer the remake fakes. "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977) one of the best movies of the horror genre hands down!Read full review
I can remember seeing the original The Hills have Eyes when I was younger, on its cinema release. Since then it has acquired a cult film status and has been a regular must see throughout the years in the horror section of Video Rental Stores. I was really curious to see what director Alexandre Aja would do with his remake. The net result is that he stays very close to the original in terms of plot but adds on more detail and background, to the point that the result seems more of a rebuild than a remake. I wonder if Wes Craven in his involvement in this remake actually had some input into the film itself. I say that because this film is so good that it could almost be the original director, revisiting his film and adding to it. However, don't let that observation detract from Aja's work as the director because believe me, he has made a superb horror film here. As I have mentioned before, it stays very closely with the plot and sequences of the original film. The cast get well stuck into their roles, and some of them look eerily like the same characters in the original film too. Aja gives the film a sun bleached look and brings the harshness of the desert environment to life superbly. At times the rocks themselves seem to emanate heat. The plight of the Carter family in this harsh environment is starkly realised, as is the terrifying nature of their assailants - the irradiated mutants. The remake is even gorier than the original, and at times the pace of this film is breathtaking and relentless. Aja, however, gives us more detail than the original into the background of the mutants, and how they came to be the way that they are. He also shows us that the horror genre can make serious social comment. The test dummies that are found throughout the houses of the mutants, can also be interpreted as the attitude of the then US Government towards its citizens at the time of nuclear testing.... The audience I saw the film with in the cinema were utterly engrossed in it from start to finish. For the most part they were completely silent, except when screaming and jumping at certain sequences. When leaving the cinema after the film had ended they were all talking among themselves about how good it was. I was amazed at how good it was and the dvd will definitely be joining my collection. If you have not yet seen this film then prepare to be chilled.Read full review
as a rule i do not like remakes but with this 'The Hills Have Eyes' it is pretty good (unlike 'The Wicker Man'which i found tedius and boring) although a lot of the actors are practiculy unknowns they are quite good actors. having stated that this film is ok for a remake this is due to the story line being virtualy the same as the 1977 Wes Craven original which starred:susan lanier, robert houston,dee wallace,john steadman and james Whitworth as the unforgetable and definative 'JUPITER' which is a much better film and interpritation of the story altogether. this aslo spawned a sequel 'The Hills Have Eyes Part 2' which at the time of release seemed to be cashing in on the sucess of its predesesor. looking at the films now 'The Hills Have Eyes Part 2' as a great sequel to 'The Hills Have Eyes' and is also a better movie than the remake. having said all that it is still worth a veiwing and is still enjoyable but there is no comparison to the 2 origianl films. one other coment is that i would have prfered to purchase this film on VHS and not dvd but as this title like many others is only released on dvd then the customer is forced to purchased dvd titles instead of VHS which i think unfair of the video companys who release such items and also they seem to be working against the VHS customer who for years have purchased VHS products from them.Read full review
this film was just another horror film... meet weird bloke, car breaks down in the middle of no where, no phones work, nobody is around, have to set up camp in middle of no where, weird noises, weird shadows etc etc etc. background is perfectly set for things to go bump in the night all so cliche. so why did i give it such a high rating? simple... the reason i have given it such a high rating is because it pushes the barriers of horror films and as a female AND a mum who at the time of watching this in the cinema had recently given birth and had breastfed (when you see this film you will understand why i just said that lol!!) it was disturbing. very very disturbing. my stomach was turning, i wanted to be sick. i wanted to leave the cinema, but i didn't or more to the point i couldn't. my boyfriend who was with me at the time later said he felt the same. if you have children this film will terrify you - if you don't then this is just another horror film that's been repeatedly done over and over again. if i didn't have my son this film wouldn't have been anything special really. the scariest thing is your immagination... and your immagination deffinitly runs wild with this film. many many people i have spoken about this film to have said they would never watch it again... xXxRead full review
An urban family taking a shortcut in the desert is preyed upon by a group of vicious cannibals in this remake of the Wes Craven classic. Directed by Alexandre 'Switchblade Romance' Aja How much can you re-invent a film like The Hills Have Eyes? Wes Craven's 1977 original was a small but perfectly formed horror tale that, along with its 1974 precursor The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, was to prove hugely influential on the genre, specifically the sub-genre of urbanites preyed upon in the backcountry. Just look at modern films like Wrong Turn and Roadkill, or even Switchblade Romance, the 2003 French film created by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur. After Craven and his producing partner Marianne Maddalena saw Switchblade Romance, they invited the French collaborators to remake The Hills Have Eyes. It was a wise choice, as Aja says, "Wes Craven was one of our childhood heroes. We grew up watching all of his movies." So instead of drifting a long way from the tone and content of the original (like Marcus Nispel did somewhat in the squeaky, overly-revised 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre), they're remained pretty loyal and respectful. Sure the result is shinier (Craven made his on 16mm on a pittance) and fancier in its camera movements and production values, but the heart of the film is very similar: it's a face-off between two very different families in the deserts of New Mexico. The Carter family is driving across western America, heading to California. They've all got together to celebrate the wedding anniversary of father Big Bob (Levine), a recently retired cop, and mother Ethel (Quinlan). In their SUV and Airstream caravan are elder daughter Lynn (Shaw) and her husband Doug (Stanford, X2), plus baby daughter, as well as younger daughter Brenda (De Ravin. 'Lost') and son Bobby (Byrd). On the advice of a service station owner (Bower), they take a scenic detour. Except of course, they don't - he's in reluctant cahoots with a band of mutant cannibals who live in the hills, who promptly cause the family's vehicles to crash. Thinking it was just a chance accident, Bob heads back to the service station on foot, while Doug heads the opposite way, to see if the road leads anywhere helpful. It doesn't - instead he finds a landscape marked by huge craters, one of which is full of cars and trailers. Cars and trailers very much like their own. That night, after Doug has returned but Bob hasn't, they're attacked. In creating the original The Hills Have Eyes, Craven was inspired by the Scottish tale of Sawney Bean, the leader of a 17th century group of cannibals who attacked and ate passers by. That essential storyline is intact here, as is something that made the original film distinctive: the fact that, unlike with most slashers, the prey - the Carters - aren't simply victims, they fight back. There's something very gratifying about the people being lined up to be killer fodder in a horror film actually giving their foes a bit of their own medicine. Verdict An able remake of the Wes Craven classic.Read full review
The Hills Have Eyes is a great remake of a very boring 1970's horror picture! Similar in style to Wrong Turn, this is a great movie!! If you like this watch, Wrong Turn and Ravenous as well!! Cannibilism is such a great topic that you can't help but love the movies!! Very suspenseful and fast moving movie that is sure to please!! From the director of HIGH TENSION..THIS IS JUST AS GOOD AS THAT GREAT MOVIE!! I AWAIT THE DIRECTOR'S NEXT MOVIE!! I thought they crossed the line when they pointed the gun at the baby. Fake or not, I just found that wrong. And raping the women in the room with the baby just crossed the line. Liked the hero doggie though.
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