THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2006) If you've read my reviews up to now, you'd know that I am not, by any means, a fan of remakes or Alexandre Aja. In fact, I really hated High Tension. I remember my review and how completely and utterly angry I was at the movie....but isn't that what a horror movie is supposed to do? I guess so. How can you make a tasteful horror film anyways? Well, Aja has done it! He has redeemed himself in my eyes by writing and directing a brilliant remake of the classic Wes Craven film The Hills Have Eyes. In the new Hills, the song remains the same - A family road trip goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter's soon realize the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually... MORE V FOR VENDETTA V for Vendetta is a more ambitious production than The Matrix since it attempts to make a powerful political statement. Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself - and emerges as his unlikely ally... MORE WOLF CREEK Greg Mclean's cinematic debut film 'Wolf Creek' is indie horror at its finest. This rough low-budget film nonetheless shows Mclean's early promise, although it is ironic that there is not much blood in the film. The movie is a comment on violence, and to that end it is the realistic handling of the violence and killings that will bring this film its notoriety, and that mark it as different from other work being pumped into theater's as of late. This significant film may influence filmmakers of a new generation, but is far from being comfortable viewing. 'Wolf Creek' is a chilling, factually-based, story of three road-trippers in remote Australia who are plunged into danger when they accept help from a friendly local... MORE MORTUARY After Tobe Hooper's last film, The Toolbox Murders remake, I was on fire to see his next project. When I heard about Brew I was hopeful... Bill Moseley and Tobe Hooper together again? Sadly, it didn't happen. So when I heard that Hooper was working on Mortuary with the same writers that did The Toolbox remake, I was on board and hyped up. Well, The Pit just received a screener of the film and needless to say, I had fun with it... but it's definitely not what I was expecting. In Mortuary, the Doyle family moves to rural California to start a new life; perhaps a strange choice because their new life takes on the form of running the long abandoned Fowler Brothers Funeral Home. The locals fear the place, and there are whispers around town that the land the home lies on is haunted... MORE NIGHTWATCH 'Nightwatch' is one of those films that you either love or hate. There’s no middle ground on this issue. If you haven’t seen it, it’s 'Underworld' meets 'Franz Kafka' meets 'The Matrix'. In 'Nightwatch', among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage. MORE PREVIOUS FEATURES