stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The whole thing Just pissed me off !
I really love Doug’s arc in this movie he goes from being not very “manly” or however we can best describe him, you know not much of a fighter but by the end he goes into those mines and gets his baby and just the shot of him walking back with the baby and the dog covered in blood and barely standing idk it just gives me chills every time I love it.
Yeah i really liked that it turned out with him as the hero when we had every reason to expect either a "final girl" or a "no one lives" ending. He was a douchebag who actually became the hero and i found that satisfying.
This was an excellent horror movie. Find it so overlooked and under appreciated.. from that dreadful shot of the man on fire, the terribly vast desert with nowhere to run or hide and gore.. it’s one of my favorites
stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The whole thing Just pissed me off !
For me this sits side by side with the Jessica Biel remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre from right around that same time. I love the original Hills Have Eyes, but for people of a certain age who wouldn't yet appreciate the original mainly because of its age, this is a great version of that story for fans of more modern horror movies.
Love this film. The eerie atmosphere, despite mostly being in broad desert daylight, was very well done. I felt that the nuclear test town was a cool touch. And then Doug transcending into a complete badass, out of necessity, was so satisfying to watch. One of my all-time faves.
stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The whole thing Just pissed me off !
This is genuinely a “pedestal” remake that all horror remakes should follow as a standard. This movie not only felt fresh, but it told a better story and updated everything the original was behind on. This should be the lowest bar and writers/directors should easily go beyond that.
One of my favourites! Such a twisted remake. Miss the mid 2000s where horror was just balls to wall, no fucks given and this movie is a prime example. Everythings so safe these days... Great review as always 👏
@@TheSoloReactor yes but the sequel to the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes is co-written by Wes Craven and his son both father and son collaborated to make a good sequel
@@TheSoloReactor Wes Craven and Johnathan Craven collaborating to make something good is a missed opportunity as they both would’ve delivered something good
One of my top fave horror movies of all time, and I've seen quite a few horror flicks. It had the right amount of all of the elements- gore, depravity, empathy for the characters, mesmerizing bad guys,, setting/cinematography, humor, etc.
stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The stalling, The whole thing Just pissed me off !
I was 7 when this movie was newer, and it was on cable one night at like midnight. I wasn't supposed to be up, but I was anyways and I was flipping through channels and landed on this film. It was about half way through the movie where Doug is wondering through the nuketown with the dog (Beast), and everything from the atmosphere to the soundtrack, to the twilight zone type vibe really intrigued me. It's been my favorite movie ever since!
Yeah I actually got to see this with my parents when I was a kid as they rented it from the video store back when it was new and I watched it with them. I still can’t believe they let me watch something like this lol I love it though and have rewatched it many times since then. As a matter of fact i even own it now.
This and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake where the first horror movies i saw when i was a kid. They're what made me go back and find the original Halloween and fall in love with the genre. For that i give the hills have eyes a near perfect score. Its probably my favorite remake from the early to mid 2000s.
This is one of the few horror movies that scares the shit out of me. Easily in my top 3 scariest movies ever. Not top 3 favorite but certainly top 3 scariest.
I sure hope Cody plans on reviewing the people under the stairs! It was a staple of my childhood and helped turn me onto horror along with dream warriors! As far as the hills have eyes remake loved it! It reminds me of the same way the Texas chainsaw made me feel compared to the original, you respect the og but the remakes were scarier IMO
In my top 5 horror remakes, along with The Thing (1982), The Fly (1986), House On Haunted Hill (1999) and Dawn of the Dead (2004). It's brutal, raw, in your face, and unrelenting. While I love the original for it's grittiness and overall bleak and dark 70's atmosphere, the remake just feels more visceral and disturbing to me.
Ted Levine! YAAAAAAY! He was so iconic as Buffalo Bill that I can NEVER hear the song "Goodbye Horses" without visioning THAT scene in Silence of the Lambs.
Pretty good movie overall. My favorite part was definitely Laura Ortiz as Ruby; she's just an adorable lady and did a great job here. Thus, she ended up being pretty much the only even semi-good thing about that awful Victor Crowley movie.
I really love the fact they changed the antagonists and made them these creepy cannibalistic mutants. I find that faaaaaaaaar more terrifying than the original, although I wouldn’t mind seeing another remake with the antagonists being similar to the ones in the original but- as far as this remake is concerned, I absolutely love it. I really love this film so damn much. I watched this as a kid without seeing the trailer and it genuinely disturbed me to my core. The shocking brutality and grotesque looking villains, and even the setting just makes this film the scariest movie in my personal opinion. I’d much rather have Jason Vorhees chasing me than having a bunch of cannibals looking to kill and consume me. Also can we talk about the tagline of this film? “The lucky ones die first.” HOW FUCKING CREEPY AND EERIE IS THAT?!?! 😱😱😱😱
Its like a more simplified Last of Us, yet somehow equally badass with the shots of Doug holding the baby and dog. The shots are so crazy man I cant even describe it
I’d recommend checking out a graphic novel that came out with the release of hills have eyes 2 called The Hills Have Eyes the Beginning. It’s a prequel to both this and the sequel and fleshes out the mutants way more especially the ones in part 2.
Oh man, I can't wait to see your thoughts on The Hills Have Eyes 2, hahaha! I liked it as an "edgy" teenager because of how disgusting it is. I was all about enjoying the most disturbing and gross shit I could find in movies at that time. It was such a fucked up movie that I was so into the gore and brutality that I never realized just how shit it actually is as a movie. The characters are a joke, the dialogue is attrocious, pacing is terrible, and basically everything about it sucks. It takes a HUGE dip in quality even when it comes to the gore because the first remake used so much practical effects but the second one relies WAY too heavily on CGI gore and when I watched it again for the first time in many years and realized just how bad it looks, I can't even enjoy the gore anymore. It's actually pretty crazy that until recently I never realized that Wes Craven and his son both co-wrote that movie. I NEVER would have expected something so bad from Craven.
I watched this when it first came out and thought it was a good movie. Figured at some point it would be good for a rewatch. I tried to rewatch it sometime last summer and got about half way through it and had to turn it off because it bothered me so much. Something happened as I've gotten older that has made movies like this incredibly hard to watch, almost to the point that I don't even bother with one watch even for horror sake. Its well done and it makes you feel exactly how you should, I will say that. Its visceral, gritty, and you walk away feeling very heavy. ALSO...Did not even realize that was Buffalo Bill and now my mind is a little bit blown!
Haven't even watched the video yet and I'm already super happy lol This is one of my favorite horror movies and I'm sooo glad you're finally reviewing it!
I really appreciate these review series. For me, this movie was always too much for me to get through. I do prefer the original Wrong Turn because it has a similar premise but the sexual violence is almost nonexistent. Those kinds of scenes are incredibly hard for me to get through and even if I can, they stick with me longer and affect my mood for several days if not weeks. Same with Se7en, the sexual violence is mostly through a retelling but it is so well executed and effective that movie is hard for me to get through to get past that scene. I do remember the sequel to this remake more than I do the hard parts of this one so I’m excited to continue on this series.
There is actually a Hills Have Eyes 3... Starring Lance Henricksen.... its also called Mind Ripper.... i've just heard of it, never seen it. Love your videos Cody, great content!
This one is definitely on my list of top horror remakes alongside, John Carpenter's The Thing, Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead and the Zack Snyder Dawn of the Dead. Excellent review, eager for more.
My dad snuck me into the movie to watch this(in Canada it was rated R and they actually ID you in movie theatres here). It’s one of my favourite horror movies because of the awesome theatre experience I had with my dad and everyone in that theatre was having a good time. Edit: at the time the only negative I had with the film is I wanted more character development from the in this movie mutants - as opposed to the original the mountain men seemed more realistic almost where as the remake seemed like it was a better Wrong Turn movie with the Hills have Eyes title… if that makes sense. Either or it’s still a great movie I watch every summer including the original. Great reviews dude 👍🏽
I don’t think I ever saw this but now I wanna check it out. It sounds like a cool little movie Btw I believe Aja is pronounced like “A-zjah.” My French is very rusty lol.
My dad rented this when I was 9. I have no idea why he left me watch it, it left me scared for weeks like I was crying and throwing up just by seeing the DVD cover lmaoo. I was so relieved when he had to return it😆
So honestly I was a little bummed out that this movie is SO similar that it kind just feels like a remaster at times lol. However I loved the final act of Doug going through to get Catherine back.
0:21 New Mexico* ;) definitely agree with your points though. I would have liked for the mutants to have more dialogue and maybe see the “normal” side of them like in the original. The only time you really get that is when you hear Big Brains communicating with Lizard through the walkie-talkie after the trailer attack and lizard just casually says “he’s keepin an eye on em” referring to Goggle. And Jupiters character got screwed over big time. He doesn’t get screen time at all and I would have liked to heard him talk more.
Easily in my top ten horror remakes and all of your comments I practically agree on. I never quite liked the original, I respect it but it wasn't for me whereas I think the 2006 is a much leaner, cohesive whole. Love this film, great review 👍🙂
I REALLY could not handle this movie. I walked out of the room during the "rape/breast feeding scene"---while holding a gun to the baby's head. No. NO. I was done at that point. My brother's girlfriend played this movie at her house, I didn't go to the theater to see this. Hats off to anybody that can watch this movie---ALL THE WAY THROUGH. Green Inferno is another rough one too. Anyhow, great review, Cody. I greatly enjoyed this movie review-----I will not be watching this movie, though. Lol. It's rough.......
i remember seeing this movie i think on my older cousin's watch party with his gf at the time... in 2006 i was maybe 10 years old and being a very tall shaggy headed kid who's awkward as hell with a few grizzly looking scars on my face (i had fallen from a tree and split my face open) somehow got me a whole bunch of references to this movie but i still love this movie because it just does accomplish almost everything that it set out to do
I have not seen the 2006 The Hills have eyes remake but want to. I have heard excellent reviews on it. Some horror fans rank it as a top 5 or top 10 horror best remakes of all time and definitely one of the best horror remakes of the 2000's. Another great review Cody!
I'll admit it. I tuned into this movie once when it was on cable and once I saw that the monsters were actually raping women, I couldn't watch anymore. Got this thing about any kind of actual rape I cannot stand to see in any movie or TV show. I can't even watch that episode of the Sopranos where Lorraine Bracco's character gets raped, ever again. Only saw it once but I've seen the rest of the entire series 3 or 4 times.
Why the hell are there so many long adverts on this video! I love relaxing with my eyes closed listening into these videos and the long ass ads are not the one !
I felt so uncomfortable after watching this movie that I haven't re watched it since. However, I loved your review of it and the points you made helped me find appreciation for it as a piece of media.
I love this movie. It's bso good. One of the best remakes out there in my opinion. I thought the cast was really good. The gore and the kills were so great. Completely brutal and awesome ❤️❤️💖💖
The Hills Have Eyes is great, I recently rewatched it and it was good. But when I first watched it... oh my god. This movie is crazy. The scene where they light the dad on fire to lure everybody out of the trailer then go in the trailer and do stuff to the daughter and mom is insane. It's very brutal but still entertaining and one of the best horror movies I've seen
This is one of my most favorite slasher films if all time. It’s extremely intense and psychologically torturing. The trailer scene traumatized me to death back then but I kept on watching this one for fear tolerance.
I just watched the 1977 movie the other day. I find it very similar to the remake. The 2006 is much more intense. I dared myself to watch haute tension last night. (The scariest movie I've ever seen). Alexandra Aja is an amazing film maker. That man must go to deep parts of his mind to make the movies he does. I haven't heard of anything new, other than CRAWL from him. He's definitely gotten softer in comparison to his works in the 2000s.
And a little did you know one of the movie theater employees that was tired of living there working there, put THE HILLS HAVE EYES PART 2 on before some kind of kids movie the next day as his way of protesting and quoting the job. Many parents and many children were disturbed by the dead baby scene in the beginning
I like the original and the remake..it just goes to show that from something made in the 70’s and had better character development and then remade in the 2000’s and can still hold up the name (without character development), but added other good qualities is still Great horror movie making. Thanks for posting this video.
Great review Cody! I love this remake - it's THE best of those sleazy nasties that were remade. Aja made a brutally violent movie but somehow maintains some class and watchability that the likes of TLHOTL and ISOYG do not have. Your negative comments were very interesting because I've only seen the original once but now I feel like re-watching to see if I agree with you. Only thing missing from this review, for me, was a comment about the music score, which feels inspired by the industrial vibes of the original TCM soundtrack.
This is easily one of the better remakes for me. The original is good, a classic. But this remake really went off the rails with the brutality and just how vile the mutant family is.
The first time I watched this movie I had anxiety watching the father being burned along with the camper scene. I love horror movies and not many have made me feel that way. But it definitely made the ending that much more satisfying for me.
Wasn't that opening remark basically the entire premise of Cabin in the Woods? Aaron Stanford's character is proven right in the end: he didn't need no gun. And the sound design is the thing that makes the gore work; the gore itself is relatively subdued for both the time and Aja, but with the sound.... you hear every fiber getting ripped, every bubble popping, every squelch and slip... It manages to come very close to being funny with it, without ever crossing that line...
Im a big fan of this movie. One of the few re-makes I prefer to the original. Aja just turned Cravens story into a brutal, disturbing bloodbath. I wouldn't say that I like it more than High Tension, though.
Finally someone said it. It's okay to obliterate whatever is trying to kill you and that doesn't make you bad. I especially liked you talking about The Last House on the Left. I have only seen the remake and the couple didn't do anything wrong and that wasn't a revenge film it was survival.
I personally found the wheelchair bound mutant and Lizard to be more memorable than the original’s mutants. OG Pluto is the best though! Absolutely adore this remake. Top 5 remakes for me easily
I disagree with you about the lasting power of the villains. Pluto very much had a personality, more so of a loyal dog child man (kinda like Leatherface- evil in actions, but maybe not so much in mental capacity). Jupiter? Billy Drago is an awesome character actor. He just wasn't given enough airtime in this version. But Drago has the looks and voice of a ghoul- and that's even without makeup. I had no gripes about the bad guys. They looked and acted in ways that were terrifying, revolting, and sometimes even sympathetic.
I don’t care what anyone says, one of the most underrated horror movies ever. Amazing.
Not really underrated though, everyone is praising this movie.
@@dertodesking8379 a lot of ppl rule it out bc it’s a remake but it’s far better than the original
Agreed
stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The whole thing Just pissed me off !
The acting is terrific in this
I really love Doug’s arc in this movie he goes from being not very “manly” or however we can best describe him, you know not much of a fighter but by the end he goes into those mines and gets his baby and just the shot of him walking back with the baby and the dog covered in blood and barely standing idk it just gives me chills every time I love it.
Hell yeah, me too. Very inspiring.
Well said. I totally agree.
A man will do anything for his family
Fuck yes. I'm I'm street dude and that guy was a fucken hero. Now thats how you do character development
Yeah i really liked that it turned out with him as the hero when we had every reason to expect either a "final girl" or a "no one lives" ending. He was a douchebag who actually became the hero and i found that satisfying.
This was an excellent horror movie. Find it so overlooked and under appreciated.. from that dreadful shot of the man on fire, the terribly vast desert with nowhere to run or hide and gore.. it’s one of my favorites
stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The whole thing Just pissed me off !
For me this sits side by side with the Jessica Biel remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre from right around that same time. I love the original Hills Have Eyes, but for people of a certain age who wouldn't yet appreciate the original mainly because of its age, this is a great version of that story for fans of more modern horror movies.
Love this film. The eerie atmosphere, despite mostly being in broad desert daylight, was very well done. I felt that the nuclear test town was a cool touch. And then Doug transcending into a complete badass, out of necessity, was so satisfying to watch. One of my all-time faves.
stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The whole thing Just pissed me off !
I prefer this over the original no disrespect to Wes craven but this was awesome.
Wes Craven was involved creatively and he wanted Hills to be remade.
This is genuinely a “pedestal” remake that all horror remakes should follow as a standard. This movie not only felt fresh, but it told a better story and updated everything the original was behind on. This should be the lowest bar and writers/directors should easily go beyond that.
One of my favourites! Such a twisted remake. Miss the mid 2000s where horror was just balls to wall, no fucks given and this movie is a prime example. Everythings so safe these days...
Great review as always 👏
YESSSSSS. I’ve been waiting on this review for years. So glad you finally talked about it.
The Hills Have Eyes(2006) remake bears Wes Craven’s seal of approval and earned his blessings as does the remake of The Last House on The Left
He was involved with them both
@@TheSoloReactor yes but the sequel to the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes is co-written by Wes Craven and his son both father and son collaborated to make a good sequel
@@karanvirkooner1993 yup and it’s not a good but that’s okay because Wes craven is my favorite director
@@TheSoloReactor Wes Craven and Johnathan Craven collaborating to make something good is a missed opportunity as they both would’ve delivered something good
One of my top fave horror movies of all time, and I've seen quite a few horror flicks. It had the right amount of all of the elements- gore, depravity, empathy for the characters, mesmerizing bad guys,, setting/cinematography, humor, etc.
stupd, corny, unrealistic and cringe this movie is… no common sense! like that missy bch goes to pee alone… pssy soldiers, like why join the army then?! The stalling, The whole thing Just pissed me off !
I was 7 when this movie was newer, and it was on cable one night at like midnight. I wasn't supposed to be up, but I was anyways and I was flipping through channels and landed on this film. It was about half way through the movie where Doug is wondering through the nuketown with the dog (Beast), and everything from the atmosphere to the soundtrack, to the twilight zone type vibe really intrigued me. It's been my favorite movie ever since!
Yeah I actually got to see this with my parents when I was a kid as they rented it from the video store back when it was new and I watched it with them. I still can’t believe they let me watch something like this lol I love it though and have rewatched it many times since then. As a matter of fact i even own it now.
Gets good when the dad fights Pluto.. that shit gave me chills and I remember everyone literally cheering on the theatre
This and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake where the first horror movies i saw when i was a kid. They're what made me go back and find the original Halloween and fall in love with the genre. For that i give the hills have eyes a near perfect score. Its probably my favorite remake from the early to mid 2000s.
Man I agree, these two really sealed the deal on the Horror genre for me, along with Jeepers Creepers and Final Destination 1 and 2.
@@JQUE94 final destination 2 might be my favorite post 2000s horror movie. One of the few sequels i like more than the first installment.
This is one of the few horror movies that scares the shit out of me. Easily in my top 3 scariest movies ever. Not top 3 favorite but certainly top 3 scariest.
You have poor taste then 😂😂
@@stars8924 forgive him, gatekeeper of fun.
I sure hope Cody plans on reviewing the people under the stairs! It was a staple of my childhood and helped turn me onto horror along with dream warriors! As far as the hills have eyes remake loved it! It reminds me of the same way the Texas chainsaw made me feel compared to the original, you respect the og but the remakes were scarier IMO
In my top 5 horror remakes, along with The Thing (1982), The Fly (1986), House On Haunted Hill (1999) and Dawn of the Dead (2004). It's brutal, raw, in your face, and unrelenting. While I love the original for it's grittiness and overall bleak and dark 70's atmosphere, the remake just feels more visceral and disturbing to me.
Great choices, those are my favorite remakes, as well. I also love Night of the Dead 1990.
This was pretty damn scary in the theater. I like Alexandre Aja as a director.
Ted Levine! YAAAAAAY! He was so iconic as Buffalo Bill that I can NEVER hear the song "Goodbye Horses" without visioning THAT scene in Silence of the Lambs.
Loving this review series. I am sick with the flu and I rewatched all the reviews. Thank you for distracting me Cody.
Pretty good movie overall. My favorite part was definitely Laura Ortiz as Ruby; she's just an adorable lady and did a great job here. Thus, she ended up being pretty much the only even semi-good thing about that awful Victor Crowley movie.
I really love the fact they changed the antagonists and made them these creepy cannibalistic mutants. I find that faaaaaaaaar more terrifying than the original, although I wouldn’t mind seeing another remake with the antagonists being similar to the ones in the original but- as far as this remake is concerned, I absolutely love it. I really love this film so damn much. I watched this as a kid without seeing the trailer and it genuinely disturbed me to my core. The shocking brutality and grotesque looking villains, and even the setting just makes this film the scariest movie in my personal opinion. I’d much rather have Jason Vorhees chasing me than having a bunch of cannibals looking to kill and consume me.
Also can we talk about the tagline of this film? “The lucky ones die first.”
HOW FUCKING CREEPY AND EERIE IS THAT?!?! 😱😱😱😱
Its like a more simplified Last of Us, yet somehow equally badass with the shots of Doug holding the baby and dog. The shots are so crazy man I cant even describe it
I’d recommend checking out a graphic novel that came out with the release of hills have eyes 2 called The Hills Have Eyes the Beginning. It’s a prequel to both this and the sequel and fleshes out the mutants way more especially the ones in part 2.
Isn’t available online??
The most useful lesson in F13-3 was the emergency fuel tank, and nobody learned it.
Kathleen Quinlan, not Catherine Keener.
Really good character analysis in this review Cody. Keep it up 👍🏻
I love this movie. One of movies I can always watch and find it scary and enjoyable
Oh man, I can't wait to see your thoughts on The Hills Have Eyes 2, hahaha! I liked it as an "edgy" teenager because of how disgusting it is. I was all about enjoying the most disturbing and gross shit I could find in movies at that time. It was such a fucked up movie that I was so into the gore and brutality that I never realized just how shit it actually is as a movie. The characters are a joke, the dialogue is attrocious, pacing is terrible, and basically everything about it sucks. It takes a HUGE dip in quality even when it comes to the gore because the first remake used so much practical effects but the second one relies WAY too heavily on CGI gore and when I watched it again for the first time in many years and realized just how bad it looks, I can't even enjoy the gore anymore. It's actually pretty crazy that until recently I never realized that Wes Craven and his son both co-wrote that movie. I NEVER would have expected something so bad from Craven.
the Major difference between the 1st and 2nd is that Alexandre Aja is not there .... lol
One of the greatest remakes. This is how you do it.
When I saw this as a kid it was the most bizarre thing ever & still holds up to me
I watched this when it first came out and thought it was a good movie. Figured at some point it would be good for a rewatch. I tried to rewatch it sometime last summer and got about half way through it and had to turn it off because it bothered me so much. Something happened as I've gotten older that has made movies like this incredibly hard to watch, almost to the point that I don't even bother with one watch even for horror sake. Its well done and it makes you feel exactly how you should, I will say that. Its visceral, gritty, and you walk away feeling very heavy.
ALSO...Did not even realize that was Buffalo Bill and now my mind is a little bit blown!
Did you go back to it?
9:11 That was the most badass part of the film.
Robert Joy is one of my favorite character actors. His filmography is long as hell. He plays Lizard.
Haven't even watched the video yet and I'm already super happy lol
This is one of my favorite horror movies and I'm sooo glad you're finally reviewing it!
I really appreciate these review series. For me, this movie was always too much for me to get through. I do prefer the original Wrong Turn because it has a similar premise but the sexual violence is almost nonexistent. Those kinds of scenes are incredibly hard for me to get through and even if I can, they stick with me longer and affect my mood for several days if not weeks. Same with Se7en, the sexual violence is mostly through a retelling but it is so well executed and effective that movie is hard for me to get through to get past that scene. I do remember the sequel to this remake more than I do the hard parts of this one so I’m excited to continue on this series.
You’re right the villains are not memorable but I don’t think that’s what they where going for..great review my guy
There is actually a Hills Have Eyes 3... Starring Lance Henricksen.... its also called Mind Ripper.... i've just heard of it, never seen it. Love your videos Cody, great content!
This one is definitely on my list of top horror remakes alongside, John Carpenter's The Thing, Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead and the Zack Snyder Dawn of the Dead. Excellent review, eager for more.
I really enjoy this remake, but I love the original more! I give this remake a 9/10!
I've never been a huge fan of this remake but I do like it at the end when the main guy Goes Ham on those fucks.
My dad snuck me into the movie to watch this(in Canada it was rated R and they actually ID you in movie theatres here). It’s one of my favourite horror movies because of the awesome theatre experience I had with my dad and everyone in that theatre was having a good time.
Edit: at the time the only negative I had with the film is I wanted more character development from the in this movie mutants - as opposed to the original the mountain men seemed more realistic almost where as the remake seemed like it was a better Wrong Turn movie with the Hills have Eyes title… if that makes sense. Either or it’s still a great movie I watch every summer including the original. Great reviews dude 👍🏽
I don’t think I ever saw this but now I wanna check it out. It sounds like a cool little movie
Btw I believe Aja is pronounced like “A-zjah.” My French is very rusty lol.
My dad rented this when I was 9. I have no idea why he left me watch it, it left me scared for weeks like I was crying and throwing up just by seeing the DVD cover lmaoo. I was so relieved when he had to return it😆
Have you seen it since??
@@EnchantedTooWell Yes but only bits and parts when I catch it on cable never looked for it willingly ☠️😭😭
how old are you now?
@@probIematique
One of the better Remakes from the Remake era that’s for sure. Movie scared the shit out of me when I was younger, especially the Porter Potty scene!
YES! The porter potty scene was scary as shit when I watched it
So honestly I was a little bummed out that this movie is SO similar that it kind just feels like a remaster at times lol. However I loved the final act of Doug going through to get Catherine back.
Doug's arc was fantastic, he became a total badass, love this remake way more than og
Cody was at the video store like Randy Meeks in real life😂😂
Love this movie so much. My favorite horror remake. Brutal, scary and fun in the 2nd half. Does not get anywhere near enough credit.
0:21 New Mexico* ;) definitely agree with your points though. I would have liked for the mutants to have more dialogue and maybe see the “normal” side of them like in the original. The only time you really get that is when you hear Big Brains communicating with Lizard through the walkie-talkie after the trailer attack and lizard just casually says “he’s keepin an eye on em” referring to Goggle. And Jupiters character got screwed over big time. He doesn’t get screen time at all and I would have liked to heard him talk more.
Easily in my top ten horror remakes and all of your comments I practically agree on. I never quite liked the original, I respect it but it wasn't for me whereas I think the 2006 is a much leaner, cohesive whole. Love this film, great review 👍🙂
@Autumn Blood Do you realize the original is actually about 16 minutes shorter than the remake?
Easily one of my favorite remakes.
😂 Hey man new fan here. This is my first watch of your channel. Definitely have a new subscriber 🎯 AWESOME take on the connections and comparisons.
One of the better remakes in horror, especially like Doug’s arc
I REALLY could not handle this movie. I walked out of the room during the "rape/breast feeding scene"---while holding a gun to the baby's head. No. NO. I was done at that point. My brother's girlfriend played this movie at her house, I didn't go to the theater to see this. Hats off to anybody that can watch this movie---ALL THE WAY THROUGH. Green Inferno is another rough one too. Anyhow, great review, Cody. I greatly enjoyed this movie review-----I will not be watching this movie, though. Lol. It's rough.......
Another fun fact: there was 3rd film in the original Hills films titled Wes Craven presents: Mind Ripper.
Been waiting years for this review, brother! So glad you covered it, great review!
i remember seeing this movie i think on my older cousin's watch party with his gf at the time... in 2006 i was maybe 10 years old and being a very tall shaggy headed kid who's awkward as hell with a few grizzly looking scars on my face (i had fallen from a tree and split my face open) somehow got me a whole bunch of references to this movie but i still love this movie because it just does accomplish almost everything that it set out to do
One of the better horror remakes out there.
I have not seen the 2006 The Hills have eyes remake but want to. I have heard excellent reviews on it. Some horror fans rank it as a top 5 or top 10 horror best remakes of all time and definitely one of the best horror remakes of the 2000's. Another great review Cody!
I'll admit it. I tuned into this movie once when it was on cable and once I saw that the monsters were actually raping women, I couldn't watch anymore. Got this thing about any kind of actual rape I cannot stand to see in any movie or TV show. I can't even watch that episode of the Sopranos where Lorraine Bracco's character gets raped, ever again. Only saw it once but I've seen the rest of the entire series 3 or 4 times.
Why the hell are there so many long adverts on this video! I love relaxing with my eyes closed listening into these videos and the long ass ads are not the one !
Finally…love the remake
I felt so uncomfortable after watching this movie that I haven't re watched it since. However, I loved your review of it and the points you made helped me find appreciation for it as a piece of media.
Hey man! Great review! Haven't watched one in awhile so catching up now 😂 hope life is good! Keep up the great work!
I love this movie. It's bso good. One of the best remakes out there in my opinion. I thought the cast was really good. The gore and the kills were so great. Completely brutal and awesome ❤️❤️💖💖
The Hills Have Eyes is great, I recently rewatched it and it was good. But when I first watched it... oh my god. This movie is crazy. The scene where they light the dad on fire to lure everybody out of the trailer then go in the trailer and do stuff to the daughter and mom is insane. It's very brutal but still entertaining and one of the best horror movies I've seen
This movie was like a huge ball of Stress. As soon as the tires get blown out the suspense kicked in and never let up.
This is one of my most favorite slasher films if all time. It’s extremely intense and psychologically torturing. The trailer scene traumatized me to death back then but I kept on watching this one for fear tolerance.
That final fight scene with Pluto was based on the fight between Alabama and Virgil in True Romance.
Really dug this review! Just discovered your channel!
I just watched the 1977 movie the other day. I find it very similar to the remake. The 2006 is much more intense.
I dared myself to watch haute tension last night. (The scariest movie I've ever seen). Alexandra Aja is an amazing film maker. That man must go to deep parts of his mind to make the movies he does.
I haven't heard of anything new, other than CRAWL from him. He's definitely gotten softer in comparison to his works in the 2000s.
I love that Movie. It is easily in my Top 10 of all time.
And a little did you know one of the movie theater employees that was tired of living there working there, put THE HILLS HAVE EYES PART 2 on before some kind of kids movie the next day as his way of protesting and quoting the job. Many parents and many children were disturbed by the dead baby scene in the beginning
I like the original and the remake..it just goes to show that from something made in the 70’s and had better character development and then remade in the 2000’s and can still hold up the name (without character development), but added other good qualities is still Great horror movie making. Thanks for posting this video.
Good job cody loving the Wes Craven flims reviews
Great review Cody! I love this remake - it's THE best of those sleazy nasties that were remade. Aja made a brutally violent movie but somehow maintains some class and watchability that the likes of TLHOTL and ISOYG do not have. Your negative comments were very interesting because I've only seen the original once but now I feel like re-watching to see if I agree with you. Only thing missing from this review, for me, was a comment about the music score, which feels inspired by the industrial vibes of the original TCM soundtrack.
The Hills Have Eyes 2006 is one of the few remakes that outdoes the original. Such a brutal yet great movie
Catherine Keener in The Hills Have Eyes would have been fun. But it was Kathleen Quinlan :-)
Basically this and 03’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre are my favorite remakes
If i had a most anticipated review of the year list this would be #1
Fun Fact: There was comic follow-up that took place between Hills 1 and 2 that reveals the fate of Doug and his family.
This is easily one of the better remakes for me. The original is good, a classic. But this remake really went off the rails with the brutality and just how vile the mutant family is.
The first time I watched this movie I had anxiety watching the father being burned along with the camper scene. I love horror movies and not many have made me feel that way. But it definitely made the ending that much more satisfying for me.
Definitely my anxiety was thru the roof 💀
Wasn't that opening remark basically the entire premise of Cabin in the Woods?
Aaron Stanford's character is proven right in the end: he didn't need no gun.
And the sound design is the thing that makes the gore work; the gore itself is relatively subdued for both the time and Aja, but with the sound.... you hear every fiber getting ripped, every bubble popping, every squelch and slip... It manages to come very close to being funny with it, without ever crossing that line...
I agree with the creepy gas station rule
Im a big fan of this movie. One of the few re-makes I prefer to the original. Aja just turned Cravens story into a brutal, disturbing bloodbath. I wouldn't say that I like it more than High Tension, though.
This is definitely one of my favorite horror remake's.
Finally someone said it. It's okay to obliterate whatever is trying to kill you and that doesn't make you bad. I especially liked you talking about The Last House on the Left. I have only seen the remake and the couple didn't do anything wrong and that wasn't a revenge film it was survival.
Cody in intro you were spitting out facts. Btw love your vids
I took mushrooms at 11:30 a.m. to see the 12:15 p.m. showing where I lived free advice do not see this movie on mushrooms trust me
This movie is amazing, watched it during Halloween and I was surprised on how much I enjoyed it
Finally Cody! Yes! I’ve been waiting for this one for years! 😎🥳👍
Finally !! It's been like 3 days since ur last vid !!!
Waiting on this one. This was far better than the original imo.
It’s between this and Maniac 2012 for my favorite post year 2000 horror remake.
Nuclear testing, radiation mutation is a pretty nice concept tbh
I personally found the wheelchair bound mutant and Lizard to be more memorable than the original’s mutants. OG Pluto is the best though! Absolutely adore this remake. Top 5 remakes for me easily
I still wake up saying, "It's breakfast time!"
I disagree with you about the lasting power of the villains. Pluto very much had a personality, more so of a loyal dog child man (kinda like Leatherface- evil in actions, but maybe not so much in mental capacity). Jupiter? Billy Drago is an awesome character actor. He just wasn't given enough airtime in this version. But Drago has the looks and voice of a ghoul- and that's even without makeup. I had no gripes about the bad guys. They looked and acted in ways that were terrifying, revolting, and sometimes even sympathetic.
This was actually the first film I had in my collection