A brilliant demonstration of complete capitalism in the film industry of today

Rating: 3/10 (29 August 2006)

I don't know if I've seen too many horror movies (which is ridiculous, because I can't have.. I haven't even seen the original of this one) or is the overall intelligence level of the average horror-fan decreasing at an alarming rate, but Hills Have Eyes lacks in every possible aspect (excluding the effects, which usually just get better and better, especially with studio releases) that a moviegoer could rate a piece on.
I don't like watching trailers and teasers of movies because I feel they already tell too much and take the thrill away but this movie shows that they aren't all that pointless after all. When I first heard the name 'Hills Have Eyes,' I automatically presumed it to be a mystical, spiritual fantasy theme and since I do like horror movies in general I decided to catch it. Especially with such a high rating of 6+ here in IMDb.
After the first scene I already knew that this movie would have nothing I haven't seen before in store for me. I dragged myself through the release and was pondering about the overall score, which dropped from an initial 5 to a final 3. There is nothing more to say about the storyline, plot, screenplay etc. than plain typical!
Maybe this movie would've been a fit in it's original time because of the genre of slasher-movies was still relatively fresh back then but now I can see absolutely no justification why this movie should possibly be so lousy other than the next bunch of people who ran out of money in Hollywood feeling desperation.
This is just sad.. I feel dazzled how can movies like 28 Days Later, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, The Ring etc. fit into the same genre with this piece. There should be a Horror movie and then there should be a Horrible movie.. don't get them mixed up.