Pointless

Rating: 1/10 (28 June 2006)

In 2006, there is really no need for a film like The Hills Have Eyes. It may be that I've seen the Unrated DVD, but the truth is, when you don't have the ability to scare people, you should stick to other forms of theater.
Instead, what we experience with this film is quite the opposite. They simply can't scare you at all, so instead, they'll offend you, and honestly, they'll thoroughly disturb you.
The fact that the "Director's Cut" DVD (Quoted because it was not titled as such, nor is he a director), is quite possibly my most disappointing purchase ever. The rape scene with Brenda was actually so tasteless that I had to watch the last half of the film at another time, and the need to show Big Bob's eyes turn white during his gruesome death scene was just a ridiculous attempt at finding credibility with horror fans .. which is an otherwise lost effort considering how completely not-scary this movie is.
I won't even go into a detailed rant about a scene where you point a gun at an infant, however, mentioning it at all should tell you something.
Save your money. Wait for a real horror movie, not a remake, not a glorified snuff-film (a la House of 1,000 Corpses), and rent/buy something that can scare you without offending your most basic respects for humanity.
"The Hills Have Eyes" .. just more evidence as to why horror movies are regularly snuffed by critics, and proof that American movie-goers have no reason to spend their hard earned money in theaters any more.