"Wrong turn" indeed, Greg Nicotero's effects are delightfully gruesome

Rating: 6/10 (13 March 2006)

*** Aaron Stanford, Dan Byrd, Emilie De Ravin, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Joy, Ted Levine. Directed by Alejandre Aja
Lets face it remakes are all the rage and we've already seen a bomber with "When a Stranger Calls" kudos to Simon West. But Aja's "Eyes" is one of the best remakes (of a horror movie to boot) I've seen in a long time. He adds himself new parts that honestly made me jump, I haven't seen a horror movie that made me jump in a very long time, it's was delightful.
The story of a family traveling through the remote desert to get to San Deigo which are soon sent into hell. When their car crashes and breaks down in the middle of nowhere (sure it's been done before but remains interesting) the family is stuck and left to wait. A band of radioactive mutants (! attacks the family and leaving them traumatized. The trailer seen is one of the most horrific scenes in the movie, especially for the 1977 Wes Craven version.
My personal favorite was he mutated effects done by genius artist Greg Nicotero, Tom Savini himself couldn't have done a better job. Again Nicotero working with Robert Joy who was in last years "Land of the Dead". And the duo go hand in hand, Joy delivers the acting while Nicotero helps make it more terrifying.