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Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:38 am**

Not for the squeemish, apparently. It's supposed to be incredibly graphic and brutal - it's about damn time horror movies got back to shit like this.

This was remade by the guys who did High Tension, but I don't think there can be a ridiculous plot twist in this one.

Any takers?

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:15 pm**

original 70's one is pretty brutal, i'm curious about this more than other similar remakes for some reason

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:08 pm**

wife and i going to see it tonight.
trailer looked decent

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:10 pm**

Looks like it has potential to be dope....But at the same time it has potential to be terrible...Im thinking there will be no middle ground with this one.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:35 pm**

The 70s one is pretty good.

This is a rarity: a horror remake that has promise. Didn't see High Tension but heard great things. A friend saw Hills Have Eyes (the remake) and said it was pretty damn good.

Definitely gonna see this.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:04 pm**

High Tension was pretty great until the hilarious twist. This should be pretty good if they dont mess with the story.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:05 pm**

cascarrabias wrote:
Definitely gonna see this.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:46 pm**

I can't wait to see that ish this weekend. Word.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:15 pm**

Unless the principal from the Smoking in the Boys Room video is in it, I got no interest.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:08 pm**

I always see violent horror movies.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:11 pm**

I never watch horror movies, but this one seemed interesting. Then the reviews came in. I imagine horror movies usually don't get good reviews though.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:22 pm**

Jizzy wrote:
cascarrabias wrote:
Definitely gonna see this.

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:54 am**

i cant even watch the previews for this, it looks disturbing.

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:01 pm**

Anyone seen this yet?

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:52 pm**

arlene wrote:Anyone seen this yet?

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:40 pm**

Saw it tonight, it was ok. A lot of cheap scares and most of the horror is supposed to be how creepy the "people in the hills" are.

The gore was satisfactory..I guess.

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:52 pm**

I gotta slightly disagree with my man Christpuncher. I saw it tonight too and I really enjoyed myself. Yes, there are some cheap, stupid scares in the first half. I stopped counting them after I got to five. I found this to be a far superior movie to Wolf Creek and Hostel which were the last gore explosions I saw in theatre.

Anyway, I thought the music in the movie was fantastic (and I do believe the Silent Hill trailer jacks some of it), the visuals were nice, the gore was basically borderline NC-17, and it's the type of movie that's not afraid to wave a gun in a baby's face which is nice.

Two minor spoilery things that I found awesome, but if you want a virgin experience, don't highlight it.

When Lizard (I think) grabs the bird (who cares), bites off its head (whatever, little ozzy tribute, okay), and then squeezes it like a feathered juicebox and guzzles the contents (alright, that I liked). And then the other thing I liked was our boy, the hero, he finally makes his bones and takes one of the creepies out, and as he's standing there soaked in blood, they have the balls to start playing fake spaghetti western music. Well, there's no quicker way to my heart than fake spaghetti western music.

Basically the movie gave me everything I expected it to. It's a stupid horror movie, but it's well made. And it's got that mean 70's vibe going on which is a plus. Curious to see what everybody else thinks. Horror and Comedy tend to be quite polarizing.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:44 pm**

I saw it Friday. My wife's girlfriend left the theatre, she couldn't take it. Many parts were disturbing, but I made it through with flying colors. For a horror movie it was fine, just fine. Would I see it again? probably not.

It's a one and done for me. Then again, same goes for Hostel.

horror movie rating: 8/10

any movie i've seen rating: 6/10

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:11 pm**

pendiana jones wrote:I saw it Friday. My wife's girlfriend left the theatre, she couldn't take it.

Lemme guess, the trailer scene? Which I really didn't think was *that* bad in the big scheme of things.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:20 pm**

StormShadow wrote:
pendiana jones wrote:I saw it Friday. My wife's girlfriend left the theatre, she couldn't take it.
Lemme guess, the trailer scene? Which I really didn't think was *that* bad in the big scheme of things.

She's got 2 small kids, so stuff like that hits her harder.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:22 pm**

pendiana jones wrote:
StormShadow wrote:
pendiana jones wrote:I saw it Friday. My wife's girlfriend left the theatre, she couldn't take it.
Lemme guess, the trailer scene? Which I really didn't think was *that* bad in the big scheme of things.
She's got 2 small kids, so stuff like that hits her harder.

Fair enough. No, that was the part that got people in my theatre.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:22 pm**

so the best part of the movie is that little girls deformed face?

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:26 pm**

I actually agree about the music in the movie, but I forgot to mention it. It was really cool stuff and came in at just the right moments. The family in the movie also isn't completely braindead, so that helped.

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:29 am**

Am I the only one who thought the whole movie was pretty good but the ENDING FUCKING SUCKED???!?

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:46 am**

I still can't decide if I should see this or not.

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:49 pm**

I saw it. I feel worse as a human being for having watched it, if that helps any of you to make a decision on this one. Basically, it's got a lot of gore, and some ugly people, and some stupid people, and some cheap scares here and there.

It had traces of a great horror movie, but too much of it was by-the-numbers lame. The parts where the hero kicks ass were genuinely enjoyable, and the hero's musical theme made me smile, but the characters were stupid stupid stupid and I didn't like any of them.

Oh, also, the teenage daughter was looking reeeeeally good.

More disturbingly though:

spoiler wrote:that creepy dude sucking on that girl's boob made me throw up in my mouth a little.

Love,

Smooth Lou

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:49 pm**

I need to see this. Is this as disturbing as "The Devil's Rejects"?

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:25 pm**

I liked it. Some pretty disturbing scenes, and I like when people just die in flicks that you don't anticipate dying. Ending sucked, but was a pretty standard old school horror flick ending, so I didnt hate it that much. The fucker in the wheelchair with the long head (no homo) was probably the most disturbing looking thing in the movie for me, and why was that dog so anti-freak? It would just tear them to shreds, sometimes without reason other than them being gross looking.

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:50 pm**

Choke wrote:I liked it. Some pretty disturbing scenes, and I like when people just die in flicks that you don't anticipate dying. Ending sucked, but was a pretty standard old school horror flick ending, so I didnt hate it that much. The fucker in the wheelchair with the long head (no homo) was probably the most disturbing looking thing in the movie for me, and why was that dog so anti-freak? It would just tear them to shreds, sometimes without reason other than them being gross looking.

Well,

They did Kill and eat Beast's girlfriend, Beauty, so he was pretty ticked

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:05 pm**

I saw it yesterday afternoon, i was a little impared and it was still just an ok movie. nothing special. very little diolauge in the movie, but it was a horror movie, sorta.

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