Worthy remake of a classic

Rating: 6/10 (26 March 2006)

OK this is a remake, of which we get a lot of here lately.Most remakes I hate, a few I like.I like this remake.This isn't as good as the "TCM" or the "DOTD" remakes we got recently but it is good.It holds your attention and is tense and gory ,as we would expect.
An all-American family ends up lost and stranded in the New Mexico desert and falls victim to a group of mutants descended from some folks who decided to hide out and remain in the desert rather than heed the government's warning and leave during the nuclear testing of the 1950's.So we get some mutants who are nasty mean and suffer all sorts of hideous birth defects.Pretty cool.The struggle of the all-American family to survive the repeated attacks of these mutants makes for a pretty good movie.Well at least as good as the restrictions of the rating system will allow it to be.I always want more gore and guts and boobies than an "R" will allow but ,alas,we must take what we can get.
Cool special effects and a good cast and tight direction make this horror film worthy to see.While not a great horror movie,it is a cut above most of the schlock we see here lately with the label "horror".