One "Hill" of a Film!

Rating: 10/10 (14 August 2006)

There's one word to describe this horror masterpiece: riveting. I never gave Alexandra Aja the serious chance as a filmmaker to impress me. I viewed his previous film, "High Tension", and was entertained, yet not so much to the point where I was having a blast. Then "The Hills Have Eyes" trailers started to pop up and I checked out who was the director. I almost moaned when I saw Aja's name, but decided I'd give it a chance, seeing as I was already a fan of the original "Hills". I paid, I sat down in the theater, and...wow. I'll never doubt Alexandra Aja as a filmmaker again! This is truly a horror-drama, when carefully looked at from all the elements. You have the familiar story of the slightly dysfunctional family who become trapped in the least-liked place in the world. How do you scare us? Throw in mutant cannibals! Truly original and highly unexpected. The directing was phenomenal compared to the other crap we receive from horror films *cough**cough* "Silent Hill". The acting is truly believable. I was even stunned to find that veteran actors such as Ted Levine were totally committed to this project. Also, the make-up...friggin' creepy and it works! I completely forgot that they were actors and really believed they were these mutated freaks! I mean, I was chanting throughout the film, "Please kill that guy", "Please kill that big woman". The suspense is well built and even made me jump, 'cause I'm one of those people whose hard to scare at horror films. Alexandra Aja has directed a beautiful, gory, suspenseful masterpiece and will surly go down in cinematic (and horror) history as, not only a great remake, but an excellent horror film as well.