A nasty trip, although not so scary.

Rating: 5/10 (21 April 2006)

I'm not into horror movies as much as others, but I can (and do) appreciate a good horror flick from time to time. "The Hills Have Eyes," however was not a "good horror flick." This movie is one of the most disgusting films I've ever seen, and I felt like the producers were really relying on the "oh, sick" feeling to pull the rest of the movie out of its mediocrity. The character development wasn't so bad, and I found myself cheering for the "hero" at the end, but my main gripe with this movie was the conclusion. It was so lame, everyone in the theater kind of went, "Awww." There were certain scenes in this film which really stood out to me, for good or for bad. For example, there's a scene where the camera pans out, and you get to see all of the nuclear blast sites from an aerial view, and it's pretty impressive. However, scenes such as the "bonfire" scene, with its cheesiness and obvious animatronics, should have been re-shot.
All in all, this movie was worth seeing once, if only for the gore, but I probably would rather have rented it for 3.00 instead of paying 7.50 to see it in a theater.