The Hills Have Eyes

Pros: Unapologetically mean and violent, primal, looks better than the original
Cons: Heresy! Burn them!

Most horror fans have a soft, red spot in their hearts for the films of the 70s. Rightly so, as this was a fertile decade for the kind rampant nihilism that makes a horror film dangerous and exciting. Y’know, all that peace and love stuff didn’t ...

Pros: Decent acting, great makeup/special effects
Cons: On top of all the government/nuclear nonsense, The Hills Have Eyes is just another slasher.

I had heard many great things about The Hills Have Eyes, which was why I decided to rent the DVD a couple weeks ago and watch it. After viewing it, I really don't understand why this film deserves the amount of praise that it received. It simply ...

Pros: Story. Action. Development of hill people's motives. Deformities. Gore.
Cons: Less development of villain figureheads and Ruby than in original. Cheesy girl from movie's trailer

I almost didn’t go to see The Hills have Eyes in the theater tonight. First, there was that crappy trailer with the cheesy, deformed little girl (“Mister, will you play with us?”), something that was never in the original and should ...

Pros: One of the best horror remakes you're likely to see... period.
Cons: Not perfect.

Note: This is a review of the unrated version. Wes Craven's 1977 cult "classic," "The Hills Have Eyes," was more than due for an updating. And if any director could update it and make it valid again, it was French horror director ...

Pros: The perfect horror movie, complete with great acting and special effects.
Cons: The story follows pretty much every horror cliche in the book.

When I saw the trailer for this, the first thing that came to mind was "well, I bet THAT movie is terrible, dont think i'll be seing that". But then one day I was bored, and a friend wanted to see it, so we went together, and it was one of the best ...

Pros: Stylish, somewhat entertaining towards the end.
Cons: Cliched, violent just for the sake of being so, stupid characters.

Here's just a few of the things I learned while watching The Hills Have Eyes, the latest crappy retread of familiar horror territory (warning, some slight spoilers ahead): 1) When stuck out in the desert, it always makes sense to split up. Sure, not ...

Pros: Decent acting. Evokes strong emotional reaction during some scenes. Some of the effects were decent.
Cons: Lack of plot development. Bad music. Rife with cliches. Anti-women. Anti-animal.

Note: The following review contains BIG HONKING SPOILERS for the movie: I've been hearing good things about it, and hey...I like blood and gore as much as the next girl. Okay, so I like it MORE than the next girl, having grown up on Freddy Krueger ...

Pros: Acting, Story, Excessive Gore, and the Mutant's Make-up.
Cons: The name is dumb.

I went to see this without reading any reviews, and I didn’t even know what it was about so I didn’t know what to expect. I couldn’t believe how great this movie was, and how good the acting was because I didn’t recognize a single actor ...

Pros: Good story, great cast.
Cons: Not suitable for young children or those who have a low threshold for graphic violence.

Once upon a time I was a huge fan of horror films. That of course was when I was much younger, coming of age in the 1970s. Now in my early 40s (Did I actually admit that out loud? Yikes!), I don't often do horror films anymore, primarily because ...

Pros: It's disgusting, scary, gory, disturbing, shocking--I love it!
Cons: A tiny pacing issue, script isn't bright at times.

Thinking back on what horror movies did in the past, the old movies really influence horror movies today. Sure, they are out-dated and a bit not up to speed with the special effects that we have today, but when it comes down to a horror classic having a ...

Pros: Suspenseful and Gory, Good guys go down also!
Cons: A few cliche's, but what do you expect? It works for me.

"The hills have eyes" is taken of course from the original major motion picture of the same title. Wes Craven's version which was released in 1977 held up to some acclaim among horror fans. However, this is not so much horror, its GORE. If you ...

Pros: Western-tinged soundtrack. Aja's methodology of building, and sustaining, tension. Mutants' make-up.
Cons: Aja's methodology of over-stepping the bounds of horror and landing in Evil-ville.

The most recent version of Wes Craven's original succeeds, and fails, because of its excesses. Director Alexandre Aja dwells deep into grisly, jolting murders, methodically building tension that keeps one squirming uncomfortably in their theater seat. ...

Pros: Excellent soundtrack.
Cons: I peed myself.

Though I’ve tried to maintain an open channel between my estranged husband, Vincent and myself during these last few, difficult years, I’ve had to accept the possibility recently that maybe, just maybe, he and I will never be able to reconcile our ...

Pros: Moroccan Desert scenery; girl from "LOST". Best acting jobs by of dogs in horror film.
Cons: No Plot; endless, meaningless gore.

In the last few years, we have seen big budget remakes of classic, low budget horror films (see "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "When a Stranger Calls", "The Amityville Horror"). Of all of these, only "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" held water to the ...

Pros: Generally well directed
Cons: Some choppy direction and editing. Poor score.

The Hills Have Eyes I suppose I should admit a sort of morbid fascination with this type of movie making. I consider the depiction of on screen violence just as fascinating as any other human condition on the silver screen. My wife and I screened ...