Opinion of a non horror fan

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2006)

I was in Glasgow for about 4 hours and went to the cinema to see what films were showing and there wasn't much choice of films that were starting shortly. I decided that I would go and see The Hills Have Eyes as it seemed the best option to kill a couple of hours (no pun intended). Now as my summery says I'm not a real big horror fan and I didn't even know that this was a remake until I read the reviews on here, I have only watched a handful of horror movies like Nightmare on Elm St and People Under The Stairs, the latter of which I really enjoyed.
This movie is about a family who are told of a short cut through a desert road by a garage attendant, the family are headed by a former cop Bob Carter, his wife is Ethel and they have 3 children Bobby ,Brenda and their oldest daughter Lynne who is married to mobile phone salesman Doug who have a baby called Catherine.
Their journey on the short cut road id sabotaged and they find themselves stranded, but they are not alone in the desert as there is a family of deformed mutants who live in a area which had been used in the 60's for testing nuclear bombs. As night falls the mutants attack the family and in a quick succession of events which include burning, rape ,murder and the abduction of baby Catherine the family finds themselves down to just 3 members ( 4 if you include the dog).
We then get to the point where if it were a Seagal or Arnie movie that it's time to kick some ass and mild mannered Doug who is assisted with the dog goes in search of the mutants and his baby. He finds the mutants small town and goes in search of his baby, what follows is a bloodbath as Doug gets revenge and with the help of a mutant girl gets his baby back. Doug meets back up with Bobby and Brenda and the closing shot is that somebody is watching them, so the hills maybe still have eyes and the possibility for a sequel.
My opinion is that is a good horror movie once it gets going, and maybe I should take a look at the original to see how the 2 compare.