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The film is a remake of Wes Craven's 1977 release of the same name, and it follows a simple enough plotline, as a US family decided to go off road in the deserted rocky plains, only to come across a family of cannibals. Nuclear testing in this deserted area has led to the rather disfigured ... Read review
The Carter family are crossing the desert wastes of American heading for California when ... more
they are attacked by a group of savage cannibals. Mr Carter is crucified, filled with petrol and set on fire. Mrs Carter is shot in the stomach and left for dead.Her daughter is raped and her baby taken for the savages food pot. For the rest of the Carter Family It is now a battle of survival. With the aid of their Alsatian dogs, the Carter family start to turn the tables and revering to their own primitive instincts, they start to wipe out the cannibal punks.The lucky ones died first.
Eight years ago a family were savagely attacked by barbaric cannibals in the harsh Yucca ... more
Valley Desert.Only the lucky ones survived the gruesome ordeal! Now some motorcyclists are trapped in the same desolate place. And the degenerate cavemen need fresh supplies to fill their empty larder...A carnal-house of horror from Wes Craven, the director of A Nightmare On Elm Street.
The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning was inspired by Wes Craven's film The Hills Have Eyes ... more
and the upcoming sequel The Hills Have Eyes 2. Due out in the autumn of 2007. THE HILLS HAVE EYES: THE BEGINNING is a prequel that tells the story of the original families who refused to leave their tiny New Mexico town when the US Government began above-ground nuclear testing. Spanning multiple generations this dark tale reveals how these once-good people slowly devolved into murderous mutants.
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The Lucky Ones Die First... The Carter family taken a wrong turn when crossing the desert ... more
for California and are attacked by a savage group of cannibals. For the Carters who have to revert to their own primitive instincts it is a battle for survival: the lucky ones died first...
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The lucky ones die first! Based on the original 1977 film by fright-master Wes Craven ... more
The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travellers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere the Carter clan soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a bloodthirsty mutant family... and they are the prey! This 'Uncut' version of the film contains footage not seen in the cinema!
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Production Year: 2000 - Horror - Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Carmen Electra, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, James Van Der Beek, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Advantages: Got me jumping and on the edge of my seat Disadvantages: Inconsistent at times
...TV, so I don't have the benefit of having watched any DVD extras: this is a film only review. Mind you, having watched the film, I'm not really sure I want to see the extras. Don't get me wrong, I actually rate this film quite highly for what it does, but there's enough gruesome cannibalism in the film without having to worry about it cropping up through a series of extras as well.
The film is a remake of Wes Craven's 1977 release ... ...to go off road in the deserted rocky plains, only to come across a family of cannibals. Nuclear testing in this deserted area has led to the rather disfigured existence of the cannibals, and their grudge is against humanity in general. Our unlucky tourist family happens to break down in their 'area' and pretty soon the gruesome cannibalism starts.
While there are no real twists to the film (for the most part), to go into further details ... more
Bit of a gruesome one in places, really. I came across this one last night on TV, so I don't have the benefit of having watched any DVD extras: this is a film only review. Mind you, having watched the film, I'm not really sure I want to see the extras. Don't get me wrong, I actually rate this film quite highly for what it does, but there's enough gruesome cannibalism in the film without having to worry about it cropping up through a series of extras as well.
The film is a remake of Wes Craven's 1977 release of the same name, and it follows a simple enough plotline, as a US family decided to go off road in the deserted rocky plains, only to come across a family of cannibals. Nuclear testing in this deserted area has led to the rather disfigured existence of the cannibals, and their grudge is against humanity in general. Our unlucky tourist family happens to break down in their 'area' and pretty soon the gruesome cannibalism starts.
While there are no real twists to the film (for the most part), to go into further details would spoil the surprising and jumpy moments in the film. I was a bit tired and didn't fancy too many jumpy moments, but there are quite a few, and it didn't hamper my enjoyment of the film. The main 'horror' aspect comes with the deformation of the 'fallout family', and their sheer violence and hunger for eating human flesh. Whether or not this is due to not having anything else to eat, or if it part of their rebellion against being exposed, I'm not sure, but the special effects are well done.
In terms of acting, the most familiar faces will be Losts' Emilie De Ravin, as well as Hollywood stalwart Ted Levine and an on form Kathleen Quinlan. The remainder of the cast do a very good job in convincing us of their characters, with some of the cannibalistic acting quite real and frightening.
However, there remains a few unrealistic elements to the film that spoil it a little. Some of the scenes just aren't convincing, and it lowered the fear factor for me a little. Although I was grateful for this, a masochistic part of me had wished for a consistent 'on the edge of your seat' performance throughout.
Most of the horror comes with the fear of the unknown, and the suspense is dealt with excellently throughout the film. Slow filming and 'tiptoe round the corner' scenes explode into frantic and frenetic struggles for survival for a lot of the characters, and this heightens the enjoyment somewhat. Overall, it's a very well done horror film, with the gruesome nature doing the talking, and it leaves it nicely open for the sequel, which I have yet to watch.
I will watch the sequel, but perhaps this time, I'll watch it in the dark and in the right mood. The Hills Have Eyes is available on DVD from amazon.co.uk for around the £4 mark, and is well worth a watch. Just be prepared for gruesome scenes and some jumping!
Advantages: Great film for a group of people who want a good, jump'n'scare Movie. Disadvantages: Rely on the surprises not on the story line.
or realism i reccomend almost anything but this you will regret getting this on a DVD and the cinema experinace must have been painful. Save you money and see/buy something else. ...
Advantages: great horrific storyline, good acting and several scares Disadvantages: none for me
Blockbusters? I?m not sure), and at first I was on the hunt for the 1977 version by the most excellent Wes ?scare the pants of you? Craven, but I came across this 2006 version.
I was hoping to enjoy this one as much as I have enjoyed previous movies by the Frenchmen Grégory Levasseur and Alexandre Aja, with such movies as Switchblade Romance (Haute Tension-2003), a tale of decapitation and bloodshed with a little psychological twist at the end, and Mirrors, (2008), starring Kiefer Sutherland, about a security guard who sees more than his own reflection when he looks into mirrors.
So, at home, with the kids out of the way, the curtains drawn and the lights off, ( I like to set the scene when I watch a horror movie), I pushed the DVD disc into the player and pressed play, expecting a few scares and maybe a couple of good surprises.
And boy was ...
Advantages: good for those who like to watch gore type horror Disadvantages: not as good as first
After watching ''the hillshaveeyes'' last year and really enjoying it i decided to go out and purchase the sequel recently ''the hillshaveeyes 2'' on dvd. The film cover alone tells you that it should be just as gory as the first and i wasn't expecting any less from this film!
The film is directed by Martin Weisz and the screenplay was actually written by Wes Craven and his son Jonathan Craven (Wes Craven was the writer and director of the original version in 1977).
I thought at first that the film might follow on from the first but, it doesn't connect with the first at all really - it's just adequate enough to know from the end of the first to know that not all the mutants dies so therefore they manged to live on! The opening sceen is of a women giving birth to one of these mutants whilst she is tied up which is only ...
When their vehicle breaks down in the desert, the Carters are too busy bickering with one another to realise they have entered enemy territory.
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DVD
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BOULEVARD ENTERTAIMENT; D3 DIRECT
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Main Language
English
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Dolby Digital
DVD Description
When their vehicle breaks down in the desert, the Carters are too busy bickering with one another to realise they have entered enemy territory. 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 realise 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 gore fest 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 neighbours, these waxy figures provide a chilling backdrop for the graphic war between the mutants and their victims.
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