The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

So Wes Craven's 80s film The Hills Have Eyes has been remade, none other by the talented, blood-covered hands of Alexander Aja, director of the polarizing Haute (High) Tension.

With the film only days away, any expectations? Anyone catch a screening?

All the prerelease buzz makes it sound very promising. On the plus side, the redband clips so far indicate it won't shy from gore.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Hostel blew chunks. Didn't know whether to be an all-out gorefest or an faux-sophisticated allegory on female objectification. Ended up teasing on both and doing well in neither. I guess that Quentin brand should have been enough of a warning.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

A lot of discussion I've seen is around this compared to the self-touted horror juggernaut Hostel.

Seriously, for those who have seen both, which did you prefer? I aim this question specifically at those who think THHE (2006) is a bad film.

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Originally Posted by Sepharite

Boring. Cliche. Too predictable. And simply retarded.

I like how the monster is smashing everywhere and completely misses the guy by a mile. Oh please.

Spoiler:

And I love how at the end, he pokes the monster to see if it's dead. Okay, it's not moving... so yeah, it's dead. Why would it move if it's alive. Yeah, common sense. ._. Oh and on top of that, why don't I just put my shotgun right next to him.

If you're looking for an intelligent horror movie - completely avoid it at all costs. If you're looking for a horror-comedy, this is it.

There are probably some exceptions, but think of the number of movies where the guy can kill the antagonist but doesn't because he wants to forgive him for some horrible offense out of the blue. Think of all the films where the protagonists go into almost certain danger without bringing anyone as back-up. It's a movie!

For the most part, this film didn't intend to instigate some deep discussion or any sort of meditation about ourselves. It's visceral and constantly exciting, it draws us in, even if it may be largely due to the fact that there's more blood in the frame than there isn't. And that's more than can be said with most films.

Like Hostel. I'm all for being deliberate but know what to do with that kind of pacing. Eli Roth (aka Quentin's New Bitch) tries for this kind of lasting allegory on the skin trade and objectification of women, and with what? A movie with more boobs than blood. He tries to go for less is more, but he succumbs to his insatiable desire to include gore, destroying whatever minimalistic mood he was trying to go for.

Aja goes in her headfirst, starting with

Spoiler:

the graphic ax deaths of a bunch of scientists

. He knows the material and he knows what to do with it. I'm not saying this guy could handle subtle stuff. I mean he hasn't done anything like that yet, just balls-to-the-wall violence, but that's his strength. But he knows what he can do and he does that well.

In closing, Hostel was a poor horror film with an identity crisis while THHE was a gripping gorefest. Needless to say, I enjoyed the latter.

I was speaking idiomatically.