Much better than I was expecting

Rating: 6/10 (5 November 2012)

While I'm a not exactly a big fan of this kind of movies, I have to admit that this remake was reasonably well made, being very interesting to watch, and even entertaining, in a very twisted manner.
I never saw the original film directed by Wes Craven, so I can't make a comparison between the two. However, I enjoyed "The Hills Have Eyes" much more than stuff such as "Hostel", "The Devil's Rejects" and the 2010 remake of "I Spit on Your Grave" which in my opinion were just plain awful. At least in this movie the characters weren't so annoying and the script wasn't so pretentious.
The visual aspect from this movie was quite good, having an appropriate atmosphere of tension and bleakness. There was also an interesting tribute to the disturbing (Yet, incredibly fascinating) experimental music video "Rubber Johnny", directed by Chris Cunningham.
Without being the greatest horror film ever made, "The Hills Have Eyes" is still a decent effort, which personally I found to be more effective than other movies with a similar premise and treatment.