The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Unrated Edition)

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For die-hard horror fans, The Hills Have Eyes 2 is a knock-off remake/sequel that delivers a few queasy thrills. While it represents a minor improvement over the 1985 sequel to Wes Craven's 1977 original (you know, the one with the notorious "canine flashback"), it's yet another cookie-cutter exercise in death by stupidity, focusing its Aliens-in-the-desert plot on a scrappy, ill-tempered unit of National Guard soldiers who've been sent to investigate the first remake's hellish aftermath in the bomb-tested wastelands of Nevada. (Like its far-superior 2006 predecessor, this sequel was shot on location in Morocco.) Unfortunately these bickering recruits are an embarrassment to their inauthentic-looking uniforms, and their reckless inexperience (not to mention a tired, uninspired screenplay by Craven and his son Jonathan) makes them easy targets for the ravenous, irradiated mutants who dwell within a treacherous network of tunnels and caves. As the generically good-looking cast is reduced to a few terrorized survivors (which somehow doesn't stop costars Jessica Stroup and Daniella Alonso from looking like fashion models), music-video director Martin Weisz switches to auto-pilot in his dubious feature debut, serving up a basically plotless succession of grisly makeup FX by Howard Berger and his crack team of gore-mongers. The gross-out factor is sufficiently amusing (including one soldier pulled through a hole with one leg in the totally wrong direction), but even devoted horror connoisseurs will have to admit this is pretty lame stuff. --Jeff Shannon

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National Guard soldiers stop at a New Mexican outpost only to find the isolated camp mysteriously deserted. Little do they know that these are the very hills that the ill-fated Carter family once visited, and that a tribe of cannibalistic mutants lies in wait.

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A VERY NICE SEQUAL!!!.......2007-09-01

the first one was very good. i didn't really know what to expect for the second one. i was taken by suprise, it was up there with the first. there's a big difference in the plot, but the crazies are all the same. they thirst for blood, human flesh, and again they get it. i really liked this sequal, i thought they did a nice job, making your skin crawl, and sometimes look away. it's the hill peoples way of life they're mutants what do people expect. they have to do what they must to survive, to breed. i wasn't disappointed at all. if you're to squimish don't even bother.

Horror the Way it Should Be.......2007-08-31

The first 'Hills' drew me to the second film. I was impressed with the presentation of the first. Not only did the writers take a different angle with this one, but suspense and plenty of surprises lie waiting in the hills. For those looking for a 'slasher,' don't look here. This is strictly horror, not a slasher, though slashing does take place.

The characters have personalities, acting skills and are endeared to each other. No, the film isn't 'realistic,' but what horror film is. There's really no such thing as several hills with mutants set on murder. I was entertained by the excercise of my brain while in expectation of lots of horrible scenes. I was pleased with the film as a horror flick - plenty of blood, broken bodies and fright. The acting brought the film up high enough for a 5 in this genre. Worth the watch, but not for the kids.

You can quickly see what went wrong here..................2007-08-29

And see why the movie has received such a low rating. I will comment on two things: the poor script and the unrealistic portrayal of the military (you will see what I mean). As far as the script, I think John Craven (son) wrote it over-night and Wes did not review it. From the beginning, though a somewhat brutal mutant birth sequence, the film resembles something that would go straight to video. Sure a few heads get smashed, some limbs get chopped, and a gratuitous rape scene is included, but "The Hills Have Eyes 2" doesn't have that level of brutality that made the first so fun. Plus most of the kills are quite cartoonish and campy.

In interviews the actors talk about the relationships between their characters- but there is really nothing here more than the generic. None of the characters develop (more than they scream) and the whole subtlety of human interaction is washed away in an ocean of fake blood. While genre veteran Jeff Kober The First Power may be recognizable, the remaining stars are unknown model types garbed in army fatigues who spits out generic lines such as "God doesn't know this place." The acting chops of Ted Levine and Kathleen Quinlan are sorely missed here. To make things interesting, while our motley group of National Guardsmen and women are ill trained, idiotic in behavior and completely incompetent, the new breed of mutants are smart, quick and strong. However, this gets old quick unless the kills are cool or the plot is fun. We get neither. While it's always fun to see how many blows it takes to kill the final baddie in a horror film, the hike through these "Hills" is barely worth your time. The final battle between the hulking mutant Papa Hades (played by the same guy who played Pluto in last year's film) and remaining soldiers is once again inadvertently staged for more laughs than shocks.

While video directors turned first-time film directors are always apt to disappoint (Martin Weisz, this time, who has more than 350 videos to his credit), I'm surprised at this mediocre effort given the writing credits of Wes Craven and son Jonathan. While the story hints at a government project harnessing the power of the mutant offspring in the A-bomb charred remains of New Mexico desert, it only tells enough to suggest yet another sequel or should we say Prequel (hopefully). Maybe this time around we will finally get the "Hills" trilogy that we were promised. Other then that "The Hills have Eyes II" is therefore convicted of that most heinous of cinematic sins- it is both unintelligent and uninteresting. It tortures the eyeballs without justifying the torture it puts us through.

Where are the scares?.......2007-08-24

I was pretty excited about this movie at first, because I think I was under the impression the Alexandre Aja was going to be directing this one as well. I was still pretty excited about it after I found out it would not be Aja directing it, because when I saw the trailer, I still got chills. It looked scary. It looked freaky.

But it wasn't. Sure - the concept of being all alone in the desert with a bunch of mutated freaks is NOT a pleasant one. But that's pretty much where it falls flat. I appreciate the fact that anyone can die at any time, and I appreciate the fact that they use that to their advantage.

The gore is alright, the freaks are nasty. The special features on the DVD are pretty plentiful, and the Gag Reel will most likely have you in stitches. But it just doesn't have the same effect that the first remake had.

(One bonus is that the trailer for Aja's remake is included in the special features, and after watching that, I was creeped out and wished that I had watched that one instead).

Look, I watched this alone in the dark at 2 in the morning, and I wasn't scared. That's not a good sign.

Um this was GROSS!!!.......2007-08-19

For all you people who said this wasn't gross enough or just average you're pretty sick!
The 1st half hour alone was sickening... then to add the blood, guts, brains, body parts.. I mean CMON!!! I jumped a few times also..
All in all it was more disgusting than the 1st one.. worse than Hostel, and Saw 3 combined..
I guess I'm just disgusted by the whole inbreeding idea.. and felt sick when the guy attacked the woman.. Did we really need to see that???????
Don't watch this if your the sensitive type...
If you want to gag... then this is your ticket...
It isn't a bad story line, the acting was good.. with the exception of 1 guy.. worth it if you like to be grossed out beyond belief

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A REMAKE OF THE GREATEST KIND!!
Surpasses the original!
One True Horror: Mediocrity
Aja leaves Craven's original face-down in the dust!
Better than I thought it would be!

The Hills Have Eyes (Unrated Edition)
Starring: Aaron Stanford , Kathleen Quinlan , Vinessa Shaw , Emilie de Ravin , and Dan Byrd
Director: Alexandre Aja
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Release Date: 2006-06-20

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Boasting an upgrade in production values, The Hills Have Eyes should please new-generation horror fans without offending devotees of Wes Craven's original version from 1977. There's still something to be said for the gritty shock value of Craven's low-budget original, made at a time when horror had been relegated to the pop-cultural ghetto, mostly below the radar of major Hollywood studios. With the box-office resurgence of horror in the new millennium--and the genre's lucrative popularity among the all-important teen demographic--it's only fitting that French director Alexandre Aja should follow up his international hit High Tension with a similarly brutal American debut to boost his Hollywood street-cred. Working with cowriter Gregory Levasseur, Aja remains surprisingly faithful to Craven's original, beginning with a bickering family that crashes their truck and trailer in the remote desert of New Mexico (actually filmed in Morocco), where they are subsequently terrorized, brutalized, and murdered by a freakish family of psychopaths, mutated by the lingering radiation from 331 nuclear bomb tests that were carried out during the 1950s and '60s. After several killings are carried out in memorably grisly fashion, it's left to the survivors to outsmart their disfigured tormentors, who are blessed with horrendous make-up (especially Robert Joy as freak leader "Lizard") but never quite as unsettling as the original film's horror icon, Michael Berryman. In Aja's hands, this newfangled Hills is all about savagery and de-evolution, reducing its characters to a state of pure, retaliatory terror. It's hardly satisfying in terms of storytelling (since there's hardly any story to tell), but as an exercise in sheer malevolence, it's undeniably effective.--Jeff Shannon

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Based on the original film by fright master Wes Craven, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

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A REMAKE OF THE GREATEST KIND!!.......2007-09-01

the original was very good. and like was said before a classic, and classics are hard to mess with. wes craven does his thing, but this remake, was sorry to say, up there with the original. it was creepy, chilling, disgusting, haunting, and horrible to think that this could really happen. from getting stranded in the desert, to not knowing you're being watched by some psycho mutants, to having your family killed off one by one, to getting brutally assaulted, and having to go and fight for your life to get your baby and get the hell out. i was in awe after i watched this film, didn't expect it to be this good, enough blood and gore to satisfy your lust.

Surpasses the original!.......2007-08-24

This looked disturbing, disgusting, and unsettling - all of the things I look for in a horror movie. I had seen Wes Craven's original, and wasn't suitably impressed. The concept is awesome, but it wasn't scary.

Wow....this one delivered. And then some. The effects are just...nasty. Seriously. A few extra moments of gore REALLY makes a difference. And thanks to the most realistic self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, that is one moment that I'll kindly be flinching at in the future.

The mutants are menacing, and the sun-drenched surroundings add a crazy sense of surreal dread. Almost like this stuff should never be happening in such sunny clarity. The abandoned town and radioactive testing back story add a bit more depth than the original ever had. You almost feel a sort of empathy for these people that the government basically created. At the same time, this bickering family will most likely garner less sympathy than one would expect - they are pretty darn whiny, and you might not feel that they are necessarily the "heroes" in the situation. Or victims, or what have you.

At any rate, it all works out nicely together, and creates an appropriately disturbing tale of two families pitted against each other in the desert.

Excellent use of Ted Levine and Billy Drago as well.

One True Horror: Mediocrity.......2007-08-21

I've never seen the original "The Hills Have Eyes" but I'll bet it has more humor and soul than this strictly by-the-numbers exercise in tedious sadism. Don't they release this movie every two weeks? Just change the title? "House of Wax" remake? "Hostel", "Saw"? "The Devil's Rejects"?

This movie is to horror movies what the truly vapid "Guess Who" with Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutchner is to socially-relevant message pictures. There isn't one original shot, line, idea, or special effect in this movie, and it only elevates whatever the original tried to do.

I don't like the characters, I don't like the drawn-out scenes of sick violence that only give everyone a way to indulge in MORE drawn-out scenes of sick violence, I don't like the heavy lethargy that I'm completely wasting my time watching dreck like this. I'm not really picking on this particular movie because I feel this way about every other "horror movie" out there.

There is more to horror than mindless gore. And these movies play to the laziest and lowest common denominator to making money, not making movies.

Kids love this kind of sludge but shouldn't Hollywood challenge anyone who wants to see a good horror movie?

Aja leaves Craven's original face-down in the dust!.......2007-08-13

This marked my very first cinematic exposure to Alexandre Aja. I had previously read up on his prior effort, "Haute Tension," within the gore-drenched pages of Fangoria magazine. While I still have yet to cast eyes upon that specific film, I have to say that his remake of Wes Craven's less-than-perfect 1977 schlocker, "The Hills Have Eyes," kept me riveted to my chair with my heart racing full-throttle!

Aja's pull-no-punches approach to Craven's narrative shoves the "RESTRICTED" rating far and beyond any line other films within this genre have ever crossed. This, along with Jon Leibesman's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," was one of the most unapologetically brutal horror movies I have ever paid to see on a movie screen. Aside from the annoying fact that all six of the spritely teenage girls sitting behind me in the theater spent three quarters of the film LAUGHING, I found this new take on "Hills" far more satisfying than any of the recent watered-down garbage Hollywood has been attempting to pass off as true horror. Looking for cutesy unnecessary humor or comic relief? Well, friends, it certainly ain't here! This was a refreshing long-needed breath of fresh air to a genre that has quickly and very unfortunately fallen into a realm of idiotic self-parody. Aja reminds us what it's like to be a true horror fan, injecting his film with equal amounts of moody tension, rapid-fire scares, and cinematography worthy of any major blockbuster. An exceptionally strong cast with actors who actually make us invest in what we're watching is another major plus. Of particular note are Ted Levine and Kathleen Quinlan, the parental figures, who both deliver outstanding performances that overwhelmingly surpass the usual cookie-cutter portrayals we're all accustomed to. Be sure and pay particular attention, as well, to Aaron Stanford. The sheer unrivaled hell his character, Doug, is forced to endure from the story's mid-point on really is nothing short of heart-stopping.

This movie plain and simply has it all and the UNRATED DVD does it even more credit! The anamorphic widescreen transfer is crisp, accentuating Aja's deliberately over-saturated film stock to jaw-dropping effect. Extras include a commentary track with Aja, art director and co-writer Gregory Levasseur, and producer Marianne Maddalena. A second commentary track contains insight from producers Wes Craven and Peter Locke, both of whom ironically worked together previously on the 1977 original "Hills." You will also find an incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes featurette, "Surviving The Hills," along with informative production diaries and a music video. This is definitely a worthwhile package for any devoted follower of blood-soaked horror, and one that you would certainly be unwise to pass up. If this is your cup of tea, by all means, sit down a spell and drink up!

Better than I thought it would be! .......2007-06-12

I haven't seen the original in years, but I remembered liking it. I was kind of skeptical about the remake of this movie but was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was a great remake. I liked the fact that it was gory, but not way overboard, such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Great ending! Overall, I loved this movie!

The Hills Have Eyes 2: Unrated [Blu-ray]

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Release Date: 2007-10-23

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They're watching you
Really not that "scary".
Solid low budget work from Craven
Absolute rubbish
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The Hills Have Eyes (2-Disc Edition)
Starring: Susan Lanier , Robert Houston , Martin Speer , Dee Wallace (II) , and Russ Grieve
Director: Wes Craven
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Release Date: 2003-09-23

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Fans of Wes Craven's more recent major studio work (the Scream series) may be put off by the low-budget griminess of his sophomore feature, The Hills Have Eyes, but the director's longtime supporters and aficionados of '70s horror will be riveted by this unsettling culture clash fable. Originally titled Blood Relations, Hills strands a suburban family (which includes E.T.'s Dee Wallace Stone and future documentarian Robert Houston) in the desert and pits them against a clan of inbred cannibals. The resourceful killer brood quickly decimates the outsiders' numbers, forcing the survivors to fight back with equally savage means. Like Craven's debut, Last House on the Left, Hills is a relentlessly tense film which demolishes numerous societal taboos (fratricide and infant kidnapping, for starters), but it also delivers a powerful subtext about family and the fine line between civilization and animal behavior amidst the mayhem. Highly recommended for Craven completists and fans of no-holds-barred horror. --Paul Gaita

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They're watching you.......2007-09-17

In Wes Craven's 1977 "The Hills Have Eyes", a nice clean cut family are driving cross country but become stranded in the southwestern desert. The family is besieged by another `wild' family and must become as savage as the killers in order to survive.

The idea of civilization vs. the wild is obvious in the way the two families are presented. One thing, very subtle, was Craven's takes on religion; the nice family is paying lip service to Christian morals (like the father's exasperation as the family prays), then compare that to the wild family naming themselves after the pagan gods of the Romans (i.e. Jupiter and Pluto). It was also an interesting role reversal at the end when the civilized family became just as ruthless as their attackers. (This theme was also explored in Craven's previous film "Last House on the Left", but I thought it was handled better here.)

This film goes more on emotion and pure terror and suspense than on really good acting. The only really recognizable face that modern audiences may know is Dee Wallace-Stone (remember the mother in "E.T.-The Extraterrestrial"). She did ok as the young mother. The only real stand out performance is horror genre legend Michael Berryman as Pluto. He has a misshapen head and weird, wild look that is all real, no make-up involved. Berryman and James Whitworth (as Jupiter) are feral and menace incarnate; the embodiment of barbaric aggression.

"The Hills Have Eyes" is still hard to sit through as far as the violence goes, even by today's standards. Some movies today may be gorier, but it is the attitude toward violence that makes it nasty and unbearable. Cannibalism, rape, torture, and brutal, gruesome murders are commonplace through out this grim film, which was shot on gritty 16mm camera, adding to the rawness of the overall ambiance.

Wes Craven really came into his own by now, and it shows how much he has learned by now. Some people may not like this movie because it was unsettling. I say that this is a virtue of the film.

Really not that "scary"........2007-08-25

My favorite movie genre is horror. There's just something about not knowing what's going to happen that gives me goosebumps. That being said, I'm not a really big fan of older scary movies. The lame effects, the far from scary evil guys, and the typical storylines just don't do anything for me. So when the remake of The Hills Have Eyes came out, I thought I'd watch the original before watching the remake. As you can tell from my 2 star rating, I was less than pleased.

I never did get to watch the remake. The reason why? I figured that if the remake was anything like the original, it wouldn't be worth my time. And truthfully, I didn't even watch the entire movie because it was *that* uninteresting to me.

But let's try to be positive for a second. Let's talk about the few things I liked about the movie. Although you'll hear a lot in this review that it just wasn't that scary, there were a couple of scenes that were too real to go unnoticed. There is one thing I like about older scary movies-the smallest details make the events more realistic. Little things like the length of a scene, the amount of sound, even the lack of gore make this movie just a tad more creepy. If I had to come up with another positive it would be that the acting is pretty decent for an older movie.

And now for the negatives. The first thing I must bring up is that this movie moves along rather slowly. Some scenes could have been taken out. Some scenes should've been shorter. Some scenes were repetitive. This was ultimately the reason why I had to stop watching the movie. Secondly, as I mentioned above, the "scary" guys were not scary at all. If the audience isn't afraid of the supposed "scary" person, that ruins the point of the film. Lastly, there's a lack of a climax which left me completely frustrated.

Bottom line-I'd go ahead and skip this one if you're looking for something truly scary.

Solid low budget work from Craven.......2007-07-19

First off I like the new remake better than the original, hated cravens part two, (Just way to many flashbacks to the first film), and kind of like the remakes' #2, although it's much lower quality than the remake itself. Whoa that's a lot of info before the review even begins, let's keep this short. Cool dogs, cool Mutant killers, good desert setting, and a 70's level of violence, that gets the job done...3 Stars could have used a lot more sex & NUDITY to go with the violence...

Absolute rubbish.......2007-04-18

I never saw the remake of this. I watched the original recently. I have never seen such an amateurish, laughable mess. The acting is appalling and some of the cannibal performances are actually unintentionally hilarious. The blood and guts look very artificial. I dunno. I was lead to believe that this was a video nasty and quite shocking. I found it shocking alright...but not in the way that was intended.
Do yourself a favour and watch Deliverance instead. It is far far better

ok.......2007-02-21

this was not the best but remake was great i would say BUY THE REMAKE

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really good movie
Not Worth Your Time

The Hills Have Eyes 2
Starring: Michael McMillian , Jessica Stroup , Daniella Alonso , Jacob Vargas , and Lee Thompson Young
Director: Martin Weisz
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really good movie.......2007-07-22

if you like the first one ,you will like this, one only thing ,it goes off crazy.

Not Worth Your Time.......2007-07-10

This movie does not live up to the standard set by the original films or even the most recent re-make. This film's throw-away characters do not hold your interest in any way. Even though there is some satisfaction in how each is killed off, there isn't anything here that other films of this genre do not do better.

The recent remake did a nice job of creating suspense by showing that no character was safe. This film, however, gets away from that and one could probably predict the majority of the plot right off the bat.

Do not spend your time on this one, as the writers apparently didn't spend much of their time on it.

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good sequel
Awsome sequel to Hills
Weakquel to a B-Movie Drive-In Classic
Eh, it was an alright sequel!
Don't waste your time

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Starring: Tamara Stafford , Kevin Spirtas , John Bloom (III) , Colleen Riley , and Michael Berryman
Director: Wes Craven
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Release Date: 2002-09-03

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Everyone's favorite desert-dwelling mutant cannibals return in this gruesome sequel to the classic drive-in shocker! Years after the original massacre which pitted a suburban family against a band of cave dwellers, traumatized survivors lead a team of dirt bikers back into the wild for a bus expedition. After their vehicle breaks down, the travelers must fend for their lives when the hungry savages (led by spooky Michael Berryman) emerge from the hills in search of dinner! Directed by horror maestro Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street), this brutal chiller features shocking highlights from the original film (including the now legendary canine flashback) and an eerie score by "Friday the 13th's" Henry Manfredini. Vicious, delirious, and outrageous!

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good sequel.......2007-05-23

i liked this one allmost az much az pt.1 (original film not tha remake). im not really feelin these new remakes tho. if u liked tha original hills have eyes then this iz great 4 tha collection

Awsome sequel to Hills.......2007-05-20

They have a remake out now but this origional sequal to hills is great. Good gore and blood too.

Weakquel to a B-Movie Drive-In Classic.......2007-05-12

Hills II, as has been said before, was an attempt to repeat the success not only of the first flick, but also of the up-and-coming Jason and Halloween franchises -- released just as the Freddie franchise was starting. Actually, the film plays well if watched right after the first, but it cannot stand on its own.

It contains some of the now standard cliches of the 80s slasher flicks: the guys are immature, the women are intuitive, but discounted, and the post-adolescent sex/skinny dipping/shower scenes are de rigeur. Also, the most vulnerable character lives (this time, a pretty, but blind, young woman). Plenty of 80s hair and fashion, but lacking the suspensefulness of the first. In the original, we WANT some of the victims to be killed because they're so stupid and obnoxious. In Hills II, they're just immature.

Eh, it was an alright sequel!.......2006-11-14

After the events of the original movie, a few of the survivors along with bikers take a bus-trip to a bike race near the desert where the incident with the hillbillies occured, as they take a shortcut by accident the evil cannibalistic hillbilly family sets a trap for them.

An OK sequel to a Wes Craven 70's cult horror classic which this is also directed by him, some of it's mostly flashbacks to the original movie at parts just like "Silent Night Deadly Night 2". Nice to see everyone's favorite cult deformed actor Michael Berryman back as Pluto the not-so-lovable mutant cannibal, it's a fair sequel but can't be as good as the original or the recent remake.

The DVD has decent picture with miminal grain at times and decent sound with only one extra which is a trailer to the movie.

Don't waste your time.......2006-10-28

The movie was only 90 minutes, but at least 20 of those were flash backs from the first one. The hillbilly cannibals are all of a sudden hillbilly cannibals on motorbikes. And NO ONE dies until the last 20 minutes. Need I say more?

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A REMAKE OF THE GREATEST KIND!!
Surpasses the original!
One True Horror: Mediocrity
Aja leaves Craven's original face-down in the dust!
Better than I thought it would be!

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Starring: Aaron Stanford , Kathleen Quinlan , Vinessa Shaw , Emilie de Ravin , and Dan Byrd
Director: Alexandre Aja
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A REMAKE OF THE GREATEST KIND!!.......2007-09-01

Surpasses the original!.......2007-08-24

One True Horror: Mediocrity.......2007-08-21

Aja leaves Craven's original face-down in the dust!.......2007-08-13

Better than I thought it would be! .......2007-06-12

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They're watching you
Really not that "scary".
Solid low budget work from Craven
Absolute rubbish
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Starring: Susan Lanier , Robert Houston , Martin Speer , Dee Wallace (II) , and Russ Grieve
Director: Wes Craven
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ASIN: B000E8M0P6
Release Date: 2006-03-07

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They're watching you.......2007-09-17

Really not that "scary"........2007-08-25

Solid low budget work from Craven.......2007-07-19

Absolute rubbish.......2007-04-18

ok.......2007-02-21

this was not the best but remake was great i would say BUY THE REMAKE

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Hills Have Eyes Unrated Limited Edition

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Horror
Remake
Unrated
Wes Craven
Cannibals

ASIN: B000UJFIOE

Product Description

Special Limited Edition Collectible Packaging with "Blood-covered" sleeve. Based on the original film by fright master Wes Craven, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

[6 Pack of Horror Flicks BOX SET] Skinned Alive / Jungle Virgin Force / Demon Summer / Midnight Skater / Hell Hole / Something to Scream About

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[6 Pack of Horror Flicks BOX SET] Skinned Alive / Jungle Virgin Force / Demon Summer / Midnight Skater / Hell Hole / Something to Scream About

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000E4S9E6

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