Antonio Foncillas
Staff Writer

The scary and bloody yet great film, “The Hills Have Eyes,” opened nationwide March 10.

This movie, produced by Marianne Maddalena and Peter Locke, is a remake of the 1977 film with the same name. This new version has the advantage of new special effects, as well as the talent of young, cutting-edge filmmakers.

“The Hills Have Eyes” is a typical American thriller and takes place during a cross-country family road trip in Boston.

After getting wrong directions from a sinister gas station attendant, the family car breaks down close to an area inhabited by violent savages.

The family begins to live the worst-case scenario, attempting to defend themselves in a barren desert home to villains who are not only extremely violent but also mutant cannibals.

The main characters are Big Bob Carter (Ted Levine), the ex-cop patriarch; Ethel (Kathleen Quinlan), his wife; Bobby (Dan Byrd), his son; (Lost's Emilie de Ravin), his daughter; Lynne (Vinessa Shaw), his oldest child and Doug (Aaron Stanford), his liberal, Democrat son-in-law.

The film is produced by Wes Craven, best known for directing horror movies including the “Scream” trilogy and the original version of “Hills.”

“The Hills Have Eyes” could be compared to some of Quentin Tarantino’s movies because of the macabre violence.

Potential viewers should be warned to have a high tolerance for gore and violence, especially through some of the rougher scenes.

“The Hills Have Eyes” is a movie for adults and it is a quality film, mainly because it is a real thriller like they used to be.

“The Hills Have Eyes” is full of plot twists from beginning to end.

Audiences will be shocked and frightened by the film, and drawn in by its well-done and realistic sets.

The new version and the original are very different, because while the plots are generally the same, the making of the newer movie is superior—thanks to added violence and some better technology.

Antonio Foncillas can be reached at boueron_11@hotmail.com.