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The Best Of The Recent Cycle Of Horror Remakes

Ian Zisholtz | Long Island, NY | 06/01/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Hills Have Eyes remake is brutal and relentless yet at its core its about the lengths a father will go to save his child. THAT is what makes this remake a standout. It might sound funny to say it but it's true: it has heart. Very well directed by Alexander Aja with a slew of great character actors under the make-up as the mutants. It's pretty cool also that the action takes place at the nuclear test site in New Mexico. This gives the movie a theme: We are the creators of our nightmares. The sequel The Hills Have Eyes 2 is not as good, yet it has its fair share of scares and an original plotline concerning a group of National Guard trainees preparing for their tour in Iraq by running maneuvers in the desert. There are some scary parallels in the imagery here that we saw on the news each day during the dark times in the Iraqi War. As a theme it was not well defined what the message is here, but the imagery is nonetheless unsettling. I couldn't recommend you go out and buy Hills 2, but as part of a package horror double feature deal -- this DVD set is a definite BUY BUY for horror fans."