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The Hills Have Eyes (DVD, 2006, Rental Ready; Unrated; Widescreen) 
The Hills Have Eyes (DVD, 2006, Rental Ready; Unrated; Widescreen)

 
The Hills Have Eyes (DVD, 2006, Rental Ready; Unrated; Widescreen)

Director: Alexandre Aja
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: Jun 2006
Format: DVD
Additional Info: Rental Ready; Unrated; Widescreen
UPC: 024543247531
Product ID: EPID54928970
Description: IN THEATERS MARCH 10, 2006 Alexander Aja remakes Wes Craven's horror classic concerning a family of travelers who set up camp in a former testing ground for atomic bombs. Another family--of flesh-eating nuclear mutants!--decides to mov...
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IN THEATERS MARCH 10, 2006


Alexander Aja remakes Wes Craven's horror classic concerning a family of travelers who set up camp in a former testing ground for atomic bombs. Another family--of flesh-eating nuclear mutants!--decides to move in on them.

With his 2006 remake of Wes Craven's 1977 slasher THE HILLS HAVE EYES, French director Alexandre Aja manages to accomplish what many directors fail to do by making his film a definite improvement over the original. With Craven on board as producer, Aja sticks pretty closely to the first film's script and storyline, but with the help of a larger budget, special effects, better actors, and slick cinematography, creates a much scarier story. While the film's setting is contemporary, it maintains a 1970s feel in parts, paying tribute to the decade in which the slasher subgenre was born. With an interesting opening-credit sequence consisting of actual nuclear testing footage, we are told that the film's desert setting was the site of nuclear testing during the 1950s and ‘60s. Warned to vacate, the miners that lived there refused to leave, thus subjecting themselves to high levels of toxic radiation, and breeding mutant babies as a result. It is this generation of now-grown mutants that the poor Carter family has the misfortune to encounter while driving through New Mexico on their way to California.


When their vehicle breaks down in the desert, the Carters are too busy bickering with one another to realize they have entered enemy territory. But it doesn't take long for the demented creatures living in the hills to make their presence known. The gorefest that follows is packed with terribly frightening scenes of the deformed killers delighting in the torment and intended kill of each family member, young mothers, teen girls, and babies included. Much of the film is set in a government-created test city in which deteriorating mannequins take the place of actual humans. Posing lifelessly alongside their mutant neighbors, these waxy figures provide a chilling backdrop for the graphic war between the mutants and their victims.

Credits
Producer:Marianne Maddalena
Cast:Emilie de Ravin, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw

Details
Edition:Rental Ready; Unrated; Widescreen

Editorial Reviews
"Directed in tense, concentrated jabs...the remake establishes a jittery family dynamic as well as the original..."
New York Times (03/10/2006)

3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]mpressively ferocious....[T]he movie matches the relentless high tension of the French filmmaker's breakthrough..."
Total Film - Nev Pierce (08/01/2006)

4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he violence, when it comes, is stomach-churningly intense."
Ultimate DVD - David MIller (07/01/2006)

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    Top Reviews
      More Gore Than Scare!
    Review created: 09/10/06(updated 09/28/06)
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    kilkenny_cats ( 1081)
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    6 of 9 people found this review helpful.

    This movie was definitely not what I had expected. On rare occassion I'll find a remake where I haven't seen the original-this was that occassion.

    The previews for this movie looked very promising! So as with most movies, I waited until it came out on dvd to purchase it. (I don't get out to the theater often with two small children!)

    Now, I've seen some pretty horrid movies where the 'horror' part was missing and the 'gore' was up front and personal. This movie is one of those. Definitely not scary at all. At times what you thought was going to happen didn't-this movie went a bit further than most. When those things happened, you didn't realise that the camera was going to be in your face!

    I'm not going to give away any snippets or scenes, but I will say that if you like slightly disturbing gore with a strange plot, this is the movie for you. I had my hands on my face in shock during the main part of this movie when things started kicking into gear!


    Review ID: 10000000001816706
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