The Hills Have Eyes Review

I freaked the first time I saw Dawn of the Dead. I was pretty stoned and NOT prepared for the intensity.

I now own the DVD, love the film. Best zombie film I’ve seen so far. My other 2 favourite horror(and slash action) films are Predator and Aliens. Dawn of the Dead takes pride of place next to those two.

Great, great, severely underrated film.

[quote]HHH wrote:
28 days later- favourite zombie movie of all time :smiley: when the car alarm goes off at the start of the movie i nearly shit my pants.
HHH[/quote]

Most overrated horror movie of all time. In all the reviews I read, no one ever mentioned its similarity (many may want to call it an homage, I call it a ripoff) to Romero’s Day of the Dead, probably because not too many people know that one very well.

  1. The guy yelling “Hellooooo!” when he gets out of the hospital is just like the scene at the beginning of DOTD.

  2. The infected person/zombie chained up in the courtyard is just like the test subjects (Hello, Bub!) in DOTD.

  3. Last but not least: The underlying theme and premise were identical. The notion that the military guys (in BOTH movies) misused their authority and were actually much worse monsters than the zombies.

The military guys had the advantage of reason, but chose to act in a reprehensible manner (i.e. to do evil). The zombies were operating on instinct and had no choice.

DOTD is one of the most underrated horror movies of all time. Sure some of the acting and characters are caricatures to the point of being cartoonish, but the thematic elements bring the social conscience of Romero’s original trilogy (screw that last one) into sharp focus.

Scott

[quote]simon-hecubus wrote:
HHH wrote:
28 days later- favourite zombie movie of all time :smiley: when the car alarm goes off at the start of the movie i nearly shit my pants.
HHH
Most overrated horror movie of all time. In all the review I read, no one ever mentioned it’s similarity (many may want to call it an homage, I call it a ripoff) to Romero’s Day of the Dead – probably becuse not too many people know that one.

  1. The guy going “Hellooooo!” is just like the scene at the beginning of DOTD.

  2. The infected person/zombie chained up in the courtyard is just like the test subjects (Hello, Bub!) in DOTD.

  3. Last but not least: The underlying theme and premise were identical. The notion that the military guys (in BOTH movies) misused their authority and were actually much worse monsters than the zombies.

The military guys had the advantage of reason, but chose to act in reprehensible manner (i.e. to do evil). The zombies were operating on instinct and had no choice.

Scott [/quote]

I agree with you. It was overrated.

[quote]Professor X wrote:
simon-hecubus wrote:
HHH wrote:
28 days later- favourite zombie movie of all time :smiley: when the car alarm goes off at the start of the movie i nearly shit my pants.
HHH
Most overrated horror movie of all time. In all the review I read, no one ever mentioned it’s similarity (many may want to call it an homage, I call it a ripoff) to Romero’s Day of the Dead – probably becuse not too many people know that one.

  1. The guy going “Hellooooo!” is just like the scene at the beginning of DOTD.

  2. The infected person/zombie chained up in the courtyard is just like the test subjects (Hello, Bub!) in DOTD.

  3. Last but not least: The underlying theme and premise were identical. The notion that the military guys (in BOTH movies) misused their authority and were actually much worse monsters than the zombies.

The military guys had the advantage of reason, but chose to act in reprehensible manner (i.e. to do evil). The zombies were operating on instinct and had no choice.

Scott

I agree with you. It was overrated.[/quote]

Meh opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. But this is what makes life good :smiley:

Oh yeah i forgot about saw, enjoyed that one :smiley:

Another old school movie that u youngens might not have heard of is a movie called “the changeling” not sure if that how u spell it? Anyway basically a scary ass movie (more freaky than anything else)

so far it seems that dawn of the dead is winning the race for everyone’s fav horror flick. Do u guys like the original or the new one?

I can see how u can see the similarities between 28 days later and dawn of the dead but for me the zombies had that much more intensity. the zombies in DOTD just well walked and acted like zombies, 28 days later then ran at a very fuckin fast pace and seemed a lot more violent.

Dont get me wrong though i loved dawn of the dead.

Keep this thread going,its good :smiley:

Peace

HHH

[quote]Natural Nate wrote:
Hills is something we haven’t seen in a long time:

A bloodbath with a good script. A damn good script. I’m serious.[/quote]

You must be joking. A bloodbath, yes. The pickaxes and the “flaming Tree of Woe” were a very nice touch. A damn good script? Please. That was one of the stupidest scripts I’ve ever had to sit through. The script was so bad it made watching the movie a chore. The movie WAS NOT scary. The movie seemed to get it’s jollies from torturing the audience. It was like watching violence porn or something.

Usually you count on the stupidity of the characters to get them into the predicaments that cause their demise, but even for a horror movie this takes the cake. I mean the level of stupidity of this family was epic - especially if you consider the fact that the father was a 15 year detective police veteran - and he’s going to take directions from some sketchball? Please.

Everything from there on was pretty much an insult to the intelligence. And, as a horror film junkie, I’m setting a pretty low bar for the characters’ intelligence to begin with. But this movie was just ludicrously stupid. I mean, you could see the shit coming a mile away.

It was so fucking stupid that it killed any suspense that the death scenes had. Sure they were gory as hell and generally well done. But they weren’t scary at all. Not good, and IMHO a complete failure as a movie.

[quote]
1st act has your usual mood setting but also some good characterization.[/quote]

Dude, not even. The characterization is paper thin. Hell, half the characters don’t even last long enough to get “characterized”. It’s one long testament to how stupid and cowardly people can be, if that’s what you call characterization.

[quote]
It’s incredibly violent, of course. And has your usual “scare” moments when the soundtrack suddenly spikes. But it isn’t as bad as with other movies (The Grudge, etc.)[/quote]

This movie is not scary at all. It is very violent and the degree of the graphicness in some of the death scenes is very disturbing - but it’s not scary. The director seemed to have forgotten that.

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Here’s where it gets interesting. I actually started to care about the characters. I was actually rooting for someone. [/quote]

I was cheering for the pansy son and the dickwad son-in-law to die already so the interminable movie would end.

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I can honestly count the number of times this has happened to me with a movie on one hand.[/quote]

Dude, you need to watch more movies if you actually thought this movie was well made.

[quote]
So go see this movie.[/quote]

Don’t waste your money. Go see V for Vendetta when it comes out this week instead. Wait for it on DVD. Nah, wait for it to come out on cable.

[quote]
If you’ve got kids, bring them too. They need to be desensitized at some point.[/quote]

Now, you’re talking!! This movie needed some fucking chainsaws!!

I really liked Dawn of the Dead too. Especially the start with the Johnny Cash song “When The Man Comes Around”. Great atmosphere.

TCM I basicly only liked because of Jessica Biel.

What about Jeepers Creepers? I didn’t like the plot or it’s ending but the start of the movie was pretty cool in my opinion.

Best scary movie ever? I think it’s Seven because it’s just truly disturbing and quite realistic…

I saw the movie opening day and it was definitely the first movie I have ever seen in the movies that gave me my bang for my buck. It isn’t really that the movie is bad, it’s just not fun to watch. So much shit is going wrong in one scene that you can’t wait for it to end. It does get you rooting for the good-guys, however. I have never in my life rooted for a movie character, in a theater or not. Not only that, but it was pretty T-charged as well. Hated it at first but in retrospect, not such a bad movie.

Plus, Rubber Johnny makes an appearance.

how hot did that chick from the t-mobile commercials look? her name is laura ortiz and i read that she is in this movie.

Did anyone see “Land of the Dead?” How was that movie?

[quote]flex1987 wrote:
Did anyone see “Land of the Dead?” How was that movie?[/quote]

It sucked Australian brush tailed possum nuts.

[quote]Professor X wrote:
flex1987 wrote:
Did anyone see “Land of the Dead?” How was that movie?

It sucked Australian bush tailed possum nuts.[/quote]

Prof X, LOL, never heard that before.

[quote]Beowulf66 wrote:
Damn, am I the only man on the planet who enjoyed the remake of the TCM? Oh well, i’m use to being the outcast. Anyway, you’ve definitely got me intrigued about this movie, and i’ll probably see it tomorrow. Now, i’m putting faith in you and in the Nation on this; if it sucks, i will have to think of something evil and mean-spirited to do to someone else, since i can’t really do it to you. [/quote]

I own the remake of TCM. Leatherface was a badass in that flick, and Jessica Biel was hot as fuck running around in a wet white t-shirt covered in blood. I was rooting for those douchebag guys to get killed the whole time. R. Lee Ermey’s role was fantastic as well.