Another horror re-make that outdoes the original!!!

Rating: 7/10 (13 March 2006)

There are few re-makes that are better than the original, but there is a new trend on the rise; The Better Re-Make! The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, directed by Marcus Nispel, is a better version that the original, directed by Tobe Hooper, but this film makes the original Hills Have Eyes, directed by horror master Wes Craven, look like a high-school snuff project. There were a few moments where I actually jumped, something that does not usually happen to me at a horror movie, and a lot of moments where I thought what I was seeing was disgustingly cruel. Though I will say this is one of the better horror films I have seen in the last year or so, it did not have as much staying power as I expected after seeing it. The acting was a little weak and the "mutants" sounded goofy. However, when they stopped speaking and started terrorizing, there was nobody laughing anymore. In fact, at some point the whole theatre started clapping when one of the bad guys got butchered! How's that for fan-participation?