Average Horror Movie

Rating: 4/10 (30 June 2006)

Well this movie was quite terrible. I did not watch the original but "The Hills Have Eyes" would probably not receive an award for a groundbreaking movie with its story about contaminated, mentally disordered and horrible looking people who live in a desert and kill trespassers, including the typical "stuck-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-having-a-car-accident" scenario. You see, this is a classical horror movie. And you should not look forward to something you have not seen before in other horror movies.
The only difference between this and other horror movies would be that every individual including the "desert freaks", seem to have their own personality and it also comes clear that one of those freaks seems to be more intelligent than his fellows due to his acting and "communication skills" (in a primitive way). I didn't find a lot of shocking moments in this film - many scenes were just too predictable, and some were pretty weird (keyword freaks in the caravan).
Overall, i was not really impressed about this film - a baby, splitting up family members etc - so, old news here and what remains is an average horror movie. I rate this movie with 4 stars, because the gore effects and other special effects were nicely done and could definitely shock you plus the one or other thrilling scene, but like i said before you should not await an innovative masterpiece here.
Expect a good dose of violence!
(sorry for any spelling/grammar failures, English in not my native language)