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hills have eyes remake...

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http://www.eyesonthehills.com/

coming out in march,directed by aja ( haute tension)....being cut up right now from a nc-17 rating(aja thought it would be pg-13 :lol: )
here's the official poster w/ the ones that didn't make it along w/ the banned one(3rd down)...

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http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searc ... /trailera/

remakes and reruns don't exsist to me...but i'm making an exception for this...
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"The HILLS not only have eyes, they’ve got teeth as well! Fango was recently granted an early look at Fox Searchlight’s THE HILLS HAVE EYES redux, directed and co-written by Alexandre (HIGH TENSION) Aja, with longtime partner Grégory Levasseur also on adaptation duties. And here’s the real kicker: Fango was presented with Aja’s NC-17-rated cut. According to one studio rep, the director is currently busy excising up to five minutes’ worth (!) of footage to appease the MPAA and meet the film’s March 10 release date.

To be respectful, plot details will be kept to a minimum in this report. What was witnessed—albeit in unfinished form—came complete with a temp score (riddled with choice cuts from Ennio Morricone’s THE THING and James Horner’s ALIENS; Tomandandy, who have contributed to THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES and Roger Avary’s KILLING ZOE and RULES OF ATTRACTION, will ultimately provide the true score), but that did nothing to deter this writer from being swallowed whole by HILLS’ outlandish and truly shocking impact.

Aja has made a pull-no-punches, balls-to-the-wall remake for fans to rally behind. It dabbles in the old material first put forth by remake co-producers Wes Craven and Peter Locke back in ’77, and brings something fresh to the party. (It actually may be beneficial that the film hits theaters when it does—at a distance from the recent mining tragedy in West Virginia—due to the new elements injected into HILLS’ plot.) But more importantly, Aja has made a truly scary film. It portrays a realistic and amiable family unit—from Ted Levine to Emilie de Ravin to a barely recognizable Aaron (X2) Stanford—who are forced into animalistic and violent means to protect themselves. It’s a flurry of bullets, blood, pickaxes, brain matter and so much more.

Aja knows where to throw his blows and makes every single sickening one count. He raises the ante in every scene, keeps the story simple and leaves the rest to the business of frightening. HILLS brings HOSTEL to its knees and, depending on what’s left of the film in its final cut, one will likely be scouring the sticky theater floor looking for their jaw—it will most certainly drop the minute Aja’s updated mutated desert clan attack the Carter family’s mobile home. Craven himself said he was floored by the atrocities that unfolded in this scene, and man, he ain’t kiddin’.

And it doesn’t let up from there when the muties, lovingly crafted by KNB EFX (this is some of their finest work), come out to play. Where the original film spends time in the daylight with these creeps, Aja imbues them with some mystery—as if their terrible looks were not enough to get freaked out about (wait till ya get a peek at “Big Brainâ€
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It's kinda sad that Michael Berryman won't even be making a cameo or anything. I was really disappointed with Haute tension, but I guess Alexandre Aja can't go too wrong with this one, so long as he bases it on Wes Craven's screenplay, with a few surprises here and there. Nothing too over the top like the "Tylor Durden" ending to Haute tension though.
I'm looking forward to it. The trailer looks promising.
I'll definitely go see it on opening weekend.
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Zeo wrote:It's kinda sad that Michael Berryman won't even be making a cameo or anything. I was really disappointed with Haute tension, but I guess Alexandre Aja can't go too wrong with this one, so long as he bases it on Wes Craven's screenplay, with a few surprises here and there. Nothing too over the top like the "Tylor Durden" ending to Haute tension though.
I'm looking forward to it. The trailer looks promising.
I'll definitely go see it on opening weekend.


"tyler durden" that's a very nice example...w/ tyler i really didn't see that one coming...w/ alex and because of the hospital set-up and "is the camera rolling" i realized at the beginning ,that the story was being told from her side,and found out later it was a schizo's version at that(who knows what is real in the mind of someone like that,when they're all out to get me) ..

as you know i really like haute(and it's similarity to koontz's intensity...ahem) because of the brutality,suspense,the sound of nahon's shoes(hee,hee), and the gritty look of it all(plus i'm a slasher kid),all three guys(dir,producer,cinematographer)have been friends since kids and have a style that very nice to look at...from what i've heard hills is no exception,craven is very pleased and fango(whose opinion i take w/ a grain of salt)says it's incredible,the best remake ever done(not that that's saying much but i did enjoy cape fear,savini's noltld,and the thing)...they have a nice write-up about it in the newest issue...and i can't remember if they asked berryman or not,but they should've at least gave him a part...the new pluto is something else,the new family is a lot more "mutated"

btw freak i'll dub calvire over the weekend(just forgot about it),i'll let you know when i send it...
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