Just got back from watching this.
Before I say anything about it, let me first say that the original Hills Have Eyes is my second favorite movie by Wes Craven; who was the producer of of this remake.
Alexandre Aja directed this....the only other movie by him that I have seen is "High Tension"....I did not care for High Tension, but I believe that the biggest problem I had with it was probably the fault of the Producers.
As for this movie, I actually thought it wasnt bad (coming from me, that means a lot- I am a picky bastard and movie snob)
The original movie was loosely based off of the Sawney Beane clan, an inbred family of killers who hid in the caves of Scotland.
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/e...gate/beane.htm
this family was also used as inspiration (among other real life killers such as Ed Gein) for the family in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
It was REASONABLY faithful to the original on most points. I wouldve liked it a lot more had it not been for the rediculous "nuclear family" bullshit angle....it wouldve been nice if they didnt even tell you about that crap. Near the end of the movie there is a short monologue by one of the family, in which it gets really stupid and preachy...and some of the actions were pretty damn unrealistic as well.
Also, too much of this movie relied on jump scares. BUT when they weren't focusing on that bullshit, the movie was otherwise pretty good. There was a decent amount of Gore and Sleaze, especially for an American movie.
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If you liked the original movie, you will at least think this remake wasnt too bad...a lot better than some of the remakes hollywood has been shitting out lately.
If youve never seen the first movie, and dont know shit about horror movies, you will probably think this movie is awesome, scary, gory, blah blah blah.
Go see it.
Tits.
