The Hills Have Eyes
 

All I can say is wow, everything about this movie is strange including my review of it. I just picked the movie up a couple days ago after hearing about it on this site. I was a little nervous buying a movie that was $30 that I'd never seen before but I couldn't find it anywhere else. I have to say the movie did start off a little slow and I quickly starting to think I made a bad choice but after things started to pick up I was just glued to the tv, it really left me wondering what was going to happen next. At the end of the movie I just stared at the tv for a moment and was trying to figure out what the hell I just watched. My first thought was that it wasn't nearly as good as people said it was but decent. After awhile of thinking about it though I realized I was wrong. The movie isn't just decent, it's defintely one of the best horror movies I've ever seen. If Wes Craven still made some movies like this I would be a very happy man. It's took me some time to realize some aspects of what the movie was trying to say and the parallel families but once I did it made the movie even better, can't wait to watch it again.

~~~ The DVD was worth $30 too, it's got a ton of extras

Classic film. One of Craven's best. I didn't pay nearly that much for it though.

Don't buy part 2. It might be worth renting just for completist's sake, but the movie is pretty bad. It's also padded with a lot of footage from the first one.

Yes, the flashbacks get tedious. The damn dog even has flashbacks. LOL.

I forgot about the dog's flashbaks. Man, that's priceless. He was still pissed that the freaks killed his mate.

How about a remake of The Hills Have Eyes, I know everyone on here seems to hate the idea of remaking classic movies but I think this one might be interesting. It might bring back the old school horror movie if it was popular enough.

There is a rumor buzzing about a remake of this.

I can actually say I have never seen this movie even thoguh I have been meaning to for years now...Is it worth buying or not do you reckon?

lol i bought last house on the left a few weeks ago...that movei is pretty bloody good i reckons!!

If you enjoyed Last House on the Left then you should definetly buy Hills Have Eyes. It is sort of the same concept of movie just the better one in my opinion.

This is a great movie, and actually pretty deep. It shows two different sides of civilization, and by the end one is reduced to the equivalent of the other. Great introspection of American culture.

LOTHL is a great movie, but you have to admit some of the folksey music is kind of....bad.

Hey now, David Hess wrote that music.:)

How can one not like a barbershop quartert tune about Krug & Co?

how old is this movie? i havent seen it

I loved The Hills Have Eyes probably my favorite Craven flick then Last House, I mean damn talk about intense,( SPOILER ) the piss your pants scene is insane and on the bonus features she says she actually pissed her pants, holy shit talk about realistic effects lol, and the movie just had a way of making you feel all dirty inside.

Yeah The Hills Have Eyes is an excellent movie. I love the vibe of all the late seventies and early eighties stuff. The sequel was naff.

The remake is a definate go. Unfortunately. At least Wes is still involved.

Will be watching this later tonight, and Im pretty excited.

Which- the remake or the original?

Both are top notch movies.

Original, though I'd also like to see the remake.

Blah, not watching it after all. See thread "The Party" in the general forum for details...

Watch the original first, it just doesn't work the other way round.

If you watch the remake and like it and then watch the original the original seems dated and a bit naff (one of my idiot mates did this)

Heh, I have no way of seeing the remake fist anyway, not that Id want to. It's not in theatres here anymore, plus I own the original, so kind of hard to see the remake first:p