and by the time she hit e.t., dee wallace must have been thinking, "i've faced off against fuckin' atomic mutants! you think a bunch of candy ass federal agents with (handguns/walkie talkies) is going to frighten me? hiii-ya, bitch!"
October 06, 2006 1:32 PM
(2006) ****
[Image] Unapologetic in its stark brutality, The Hills Have Eyes is a relentless, gritty torture movie in the grand tradition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Sure we’ve seen this film countless times before but rarely done this effectively. The simple plot involves a family of annoying people who have to put their road trip to California on hold when they are forcibly stopped in the middle of the dessert by a family of atomic-bomb-test-genetically-altered-creepy-fucks. Before long the family fights for its life as the disfigured, and probably stinky, hillbillies start picking them off one by one in R-rated ways. [Image] The Hills Have Eyes works because there are no annoying kids, no annoying heavy metal soundtrack, no humor, and most importantly, despite its seemingly paint-by-numbers formula, it is unpredictable. When the hillbillies first reveal themselves I was very smug in my predictions of who would ultimately live and who would die. Consistently wrong throughout, I found myself on the edge of my seat wishing I could jump into the movie to help the family out (and by ”help” I mean tell them where the hillbillies were hiding and then quickly return to the comfort of my couch). I don’t normally go for torture movies, but The Hills Have Eyes is a very satisfying cinematic experience that doesn’t pull any punches. I have never seen the original and still have no desire to do so.
See Summerisle’s excellent review for additional praise.
"The Hills Have Eyes (2006)"
2 Comments -
Jeez, I keep telling you, the original ain't so bad!
It's got Michael Berryman in it!
October 06, 2006 8:41 AM
and by the time she hit e.t., dee wallace must have been thinking, "i've faced off against fuckin' atomic mutants! you think a bunch of candy ass federal agents with (handguns/walkie talkies) is going to frighten me? hiii-ya, bitch!"
October 06, 2006 1:32 PM