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Mood:
- SuspensefulScary
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- SlasherSurvivalFamily in DangerCrimesDangerDeadlyEscapadesMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- Horror
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- New MexicoUSADesertWilderness
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Audience:
- Teens
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- Award Winner
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- Twists and TurnsGory
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- Remake
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The Hills Have Eyes, 2006
English
USA
Profile of The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Eyes can be described as scary and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a family in danger, a slasher, and survival. The main genre is horror. In terms of style, The Hills Have Eyes involves twists and turns and is gory. In approach, it is serious. It is set, at least in part, in the wilderness and in the desert. The Hills Have Eyes is located in New Mexico. It takes place in contemporary times. It is a remake. The Hills Have Eyes has received attention for being an award winner. It is well suited for teens. Note that it involves strong sexual content, , and profanity.
Summary of The Hills Have Eyes
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 March 2006 |
| Runtime: | 107 min |
Cast and Crew
as Brenda Carter
as Ethel Carter
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Critics Reviews
Washington Post
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- by: Stephen Hunter
TV Guide
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- by: Maitland McDonagh
Users Reviews
- 07.October.2008
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- by: Mattwhite
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- 28.July.2008
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- by: lennyrusk
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