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Rating: 1/10 (13 September 2010)

How far is too far? The answer: The Hills Have Eyes (2006).
I've never respected Wes Craven's work because of The Last House on the Left. That film pushed us past the imaginary line of "Ok this is a creepy, exciting movie" to "This is way too disgusting. Who thinks of this garbage?" Quite simply: I turned against him after seeing Last House of 1972. I never bothered with the re-make of '09. No need to put myself through the same anguish.
Fast-forward 34 years and we have his re-make of The Hills Have Eyes (from the original of 1977). Actually, Craven had nothing to do with the film as Alexanra Aja directed and wrote the latest version. Still, Craven's fingerprints were all over this trash. I'm sure he was smiling ear to ear when the two women are sexually assaulted in a five minute span of the latest Hills version. Also during this turbulent span a baby has a gun lifted to her head. How gross? I cannot stress enough how disturbing, and just plain wrong, these scenes are. How it was ever approved for an "R" rating is beyond me.
I've attempted on two occasions to sit through this "film" and both times I've had to shut it down after the aforementioned depictions in the trailer. I don't mind mindless violence because it's often done in a fun and over-the-top manner to entertain the audience. There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, entertaining about the graphic assault scenes in Hills. Since I haven't sat through the whole thing, I cannot begin to grasp what a violent rape scene would do to advance a plot. To be completely honest, I think rape should be illegal in movies in the United States. Millions of women -- and some men -- are taken to the dark place of sexual assault and are forced to live with the nightmares for the rest of their lives. What do you think they would feel about a movie like The Hills Have Eyes? Think about it...