Advantages: Not Much
Disadvantages: Everything

...Introduction ************** Usually I find that I can watch almost any film and enjoy it within reason buy with the Hills Have Eyes 2 I hated it. This movie is another attempted horror slash people dyeing mindlessly like so many other movies have delivered before. I don't think it's offering anything new or special. Storyline ********** The movie begins with National Guard soldiers training in a desert scene in America. On their way back from training they have to stop off at a restricted area to drop off some equipment where research is being conducted. When they arrive they find that there is no one around except for a signal on a radio coming from the hills. They split into two teams where most of the soldiers go into the hills and two are left behind to stay at camp and keep guard, attempting to call for help on the radio... Read review

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Advantages: great special effects and story
Disadvantages: none

...to leave their homes, and were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. The miners went to the mines and survived, but their newborn children were genetically altered. The children are now adults, and to survive in the desert, they murder and rob tourists going through the desert. They are not only insane murderers, but they have become bloodthirsty cannibals. The Carter family has an accident in the desert, and they are about to become the next victims. Would there be any survivors? The soundtrack ----------------------- The soundtrack, I would not say plays a major part in the film, they do have plenty of songs, but in all honesty I was that engrossed in the film, that I never really realised the music in the background. Although they did play the music that makes a film seem that little bit scarier, and a bit more nervous at what... Read review

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Advantages: dark and creep
Disadvantages: too dull to be very scary

...CONTAINS SPOILERS! I've not seen the original so I won't be comparing this to that. Apart from the minor scare and the guy killing the 2 scientists at the start this is really boring for a very VERY long time. The travellers dog gets killed (we see nothing apart from it's body) and then not much happens. We're almost 40 mins into the film where their truck is sabotaged by the hill people (they use a stinger on it) and then lots of not much happens. The dad of the family walks back to the truck stop and the son-in-law finds a vehicle graveyard in a crater (and really should have sussed what was happening by then, it's totally obvious). The truck stop owner kills himself and the dad of the family is caught by the hill people and things actually finally start to happen. The son-in-law returns to the camper and the families second dog... Read review

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Advantages: Great idea
Disadvantages: Dated, shabby movie that fails to scare.

...with the two daughters, the elderly mother, the young baby and two dogs, charmingly named Beauty and The Beast. With some trepidation, the two men set off, leaving Danny, the youngest in charge. What they don't realise is that they are all being watched by several pairs of eyes. Hungry, savage eyes that never miss an opprtunity to prey on the helpless. And with the group separated into three, they are suddenly rich pickings. The hills may not really have eyes, but there are those who lurk within the caves and rocks who certainly do - and they are fixated on what would appear to be their next meal…. I'm not going on holiday in America ever again. Well, I'm not driving more than 100 metres out from any city centre. It seems pretty clear to me that your chances of survival in the American countryside range from slim to nil. If you don't get... Read review

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Advantages: A much needed update of an original story.
Disadvantages: Uneeded padding on the DVD

...In 1977 Wes Craven became a horror movie legend after bringing his tale of desert cannibals to the screen. The Hills Have Eyes, was released, censored, censored again; and then banned in the UK before being re-released 2 years later. In 2005 Wes Craven was confronted with the idea of re-telling the story, and although he wanted to be deeply involved he did not want to direct the tale. The question is; is the 2006 version as good as the 1977 version? During a long hot summer a family decide to take a holiday on the road together, the holiday is also to celebrate Big Bob and Ethel (the parents) wedding anniversary. They stumble across a service station, where they meet the slightly backwards owner. Through an unfortunate series of events the owner has reason to suspect that the family may be on to his little secret; this is cemented... Read review

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