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   The Hills Have Eyes 2006

The Hills Have Eyes 2006
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller (more)
Rating: R
In Theaters: March 10th, 2006
Produced by Wes Craven
Directed by Alexandre Aja
Cast:
Aaron Stanford
Ted Levine
Kathleen Quinlan
Vinessa Shaw
Emilie de Ravin
Dan Byrd
Robert Joy
Ted Levine

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The Hills Have Eyes - Official Web Page



Spoiler Film Clip from The Lucky Ones Die First

Horror aficionados will be delighted to know that the remake of The Hills Have Eyes is being produced by Wes Craven.

The remake of THE HILLS HAVE EYES will be released nationwide March 10, 2006. Click here to visit the fan site.



The story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carters soon realize the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family... and they are the prey. The lucky ones die first.....
October 11: First preview of THE HILLS HAVE EYES!
January 16: First Fango review of HILLS HAVE EYES



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Eyes on the Hills -The Hills Have Eyes Unofficial Site

Wes Craven has been challenging audiences with his bold visions since the release of his first feature film, The Last House On The Left, which he wrote, directed, and edited in 1972.

Craven's most recent film is Red-Eye, a psychological thriller starring Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, and Brian Cox for DreamWorks, SKG, which opened in August 2005. He is currently in production with longtime collaborator Marianne Maddalena on the remake of his second feature, The Hills Have Eyes, with Fox Searchlight and French filmmakers Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur.

Alexandre Aja is a director to watch. At the beginning of what promises to be an incredible career, French filmmaker Alexandre Aja had already received great critical acclaim, including a Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm nomination, for his directorial and screenwriting debut Over the Rainbow.

2003 saw the release of Haute Tension (HIGH TENSION), which Aja helmed and co-wrote with his The Hills Have Eyes screenwriting partner Gregory Levasseur. HIGH TENSION starred Cécile De France, and was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival before it was released worldwide. HIGH TENSION went on to earn numerous international festival awards, including Best Director and Best Picture at the prestigious Sitges/Catalonian International Film Festival.


History of the Hills Have Eyes


View trailer for Original Hills Have Eyes

Bad Movie Planet review on the original Hills Have Eyes 1977




The Hills Have Eyes examines the nature of society, morality, and base human nature, but in a context all its own.
When Wes Craven first crafted a script based on the idea that nothing is sacred anymore, he had no idea that he was tapping into one of the most prevalent fears of that time. In 1977, The Hills Have Eyes took this fear and made it flesh; creating an iconic masterpiece that still resonates today.

"I researched quite a while on murder and mayhem in general, and ran across a story of a weird family which lived in Scotland in the 17th Century. They were cannibals living in a cave overlooking the ocean, and they would way-lay travelers between London and Edinburgh. The whole countryside got the reputation of being haunted because those that went in didn't tend to come out. Finally, a husband and wife were attacked on their way home, and the wife was grabbed, but the man escaped and saw the people. He went back to London and brought back help. They discovered a cave with this inbred family of about 25 people, and vats of human bodies pickled in sea water. This wild and crazy family was captured and dragged back to London, and executed in a most bizarre and uncivilized way. That was my inspiration for the family in HILLS." - Wes Craven


The fact that the Beane family's savagery was repaid with something ever more brutal by their 'civilized' captors sparked Craven to write his own tale, a tale of two families. The first was the Carters, a nice suburban family traveling across the desert en route to California. When their RV breaks down, they are attacked by their polar opposites: a clan of primitive, sociopathic cannibals led by the fearsome Papa Jupiter. After suffering some casualties, the Carters regroup and use the tools at hand to mount a vicious revenge. By the end, it is revealed that these two seemingly different families are very much alike on a dark, primal level. Both share the same feelings of love, honor and loyalty and both strongly adhere to their own moral code, although the concept of morality differs widely between the two.

"I was very much interested in that - the mirror images of the two families, a darker side and a lighter side. Each family had its own integrity, its own system of values. Even the villains cried when one of theirs died, and the other family, what we called the 'white bread family,' became more and more vicious." - Wes Craven
"In The Hills Have Eyes, I was examining the shadow side of the American family." -Wes Craven
 

"In that nut of a story was everything I thought about civilization, because on one hand you have this wildness that can just run rampant and prey upon the civilization, but then the civilization when they catch them is completely uncivilized itself and has its own macabre wildness to it." -Wes Craven

"The first monster that must frighten the audience in a horror film is the filmmaker himself."
-Wes Craven

Craven incorporated inspiration from current events and classic art to add another layer of depth to the story line. The intolerant, class driven anger that Jupiter and his clan feel toward the well off Carter family was inspired by the anger that third world countries often express towards the United States. Craven also drew inspiration from Greek and Roman mythological tales because these primal, violent stories often got at the basic human truths that he wanted to explore. One of his most unique inspirations came from a painting: Goya’s famous rendering of Cronos eating his children inspired the film's cannibal feast sequence.


The Hills Have Eyes was released in July of 1977. It did well in its first week, breaking attendance records at some theaters.
The Hills Have Eyes continued to play theatrically for years. In the 1980's, the film reached a new audience through television, cable and video rentals. It earned a new legion of fans in the process and even spawned a Wes Craven-helmed sequel, The Hills Have Eyes Part II.

   X-Men 3

Release Date: May 26th, 2006       
Director: Brett Ratner  
Writer: Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn       
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Shawn Ashmore, Daniel Cudmore,
Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Sir Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Rebecca
Romijn-Stamos, Kelsey Grammer, Vinnie Jones, Ben Foster,
Ellen Page, Olivia Williams, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Bill Duke, Michael Murphy        
Studio: 20th Century Fox        
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi     
Official Site: x3movie.com

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

The continuing adventures of the superpowered group, the X-Men, led by Professor Xavier, and based at
his school for gifted students, as they try to foster good will for mutants like themselves, in a world where
some people are born with extraordinary powers, and many ordinary humans fear them for it.

Plot Outline: When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor
Charles Xavier (Stewart), and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former
ally, Magneto (McKellen). (view trailer)

Quotes:

Prof. Charles Xavier: [Narration] Since the dawn of existence, there have always been moments when the
course of history shifted. Such a turning point is upon us now. The conflict between the better and worst angels
of our very nature. Whose outcome will change our world so greatly...there will be no going back. I do not
know if victory is possible. I only know that great sacrifice will be required. And because the fate of many will
depend on a few, we must make the last stand.

Ben Foster as Angel

Comics 2 Film
According to ComicsContinuum, the novelization of X-MEN 3, written by Chris Claremont and based on the
screenplay by Zak Penn and Simon Kinberg, is scheduled for release on May 16 from Del Rey.

"The X-Men, mutant heroes sworn to defend a world that hates and fears them, are back! This time, with the
help of new recruits The Beast and Angel, they must face evolution itself in the form of their former teammate,
Jean Grey! Possessed with the cosmic power of the Dark Phoenix, the resurrected Jean Grey has become a
danger to herself, her mutant comrades, and the entire planet!

To stave off this imminent threat to humanity, a potential cure is discovered and processed to treat -- and
ultimately eliminate -- genetic mutations, once and for all! Now, as the battle lines are drawn, the X-Men,
led by Professor Charles Xavier, must contend with both Jean Grey's world-consuming powers, as well
as the malevolent Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto!


Greg's Preview Thoughts:
Sort: By Most Recent | Chronologically
12/06/05 - I've been waiting for something really solid we could collectively sink our adamantium-laced teeth
into,and this week delivered a few great things, with new cast images at the the official site (including Callisto
and Beast) and USAToday.com, and most importantly, the first teaser trailer (over at Apple.com) which
delivers comparatively more cool images than we've gotten in the early teasers for the first two movies.
There's lots of Beast and Angel (hey, look, it's Claire Fisher's boyfriend!), a few choice looks at Juggernaut,
and lots of images of Magneto's new, nicely-expanded Brotherhood, and the damage that they can obviously
dish out (on what I think is San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge?). There's lots of goodies if you pause to
examine each scene, including the confirmation that Jean Grey, in her new Dark Phoenix persona, eventually
joins Magneto's Brotherhood (you can see her in the lineup twice). All in all, this teaser looks pretty darn great.
I wasn't sure the 'Rush Hour' guy could deliver the same quality as Bryan Singer.

It's true you can't really judge something like that in a teaser, but this does look better than I expected. My
only peeve... where's Hank's glasses? It would also would've been nice to hear him spouting one of his
famously long-winded, dictionary-challenging bits of flowery exposition, or maybe something like
"O, my stars and garters!" Ah well, there will be more.

Kesley Grammer as Beast
Omahyra Mota as Stacy X, Dania Ramirez as Callisto and Meiling Melancon as Psylocke

News and Rumors:
January 10, 2006: Hugh Jackman spoke to Entertainment Weekly
and revealed some interesting news on X-Men 3:
"There's a lot of things we really tried to get in 1 and 2 which -- I don't mean to be blunt -- were just real
expensiveand we couldn't get them in until 1 and 2 were so successful. So there's some sequences there that
the fans -- if yougo to that midnight screening on the first night, they'll just be going ballistic. There's some
specific choreography, famous fighting moves, that we use in this movie that we haven't been able to do before.
The fans have been the foundation of the success of this movie and they're never forgotten. Trust me. No decision
 is made without considering the history of each character. You don't want to come in and just rewrite the history
books". -Hmmm, could we finally get to see the "Fastball Special"??

December 29, 2005: JoBlo is reporting that we may see Psylocke in Brett Ratner's X-Men 3:
"We got a report from an X3 extra who says that Psylocke has made the cut. He reports that Meiling Melancon
is starring as Psylocke in the movie. Melancon hasn't done much acting work but one of her earlier roles was in
RUSH HOUR 2...with Brett Ratner. Our scooper describes her look as "short purple hair and purple eyes and
kinda strappy looking stuff on her arms." He also adds that she'll resemble more the new look Psylocke with the
 "crimson red mark" over her eye." -Thanks to 'JoBlo' for the news!

Additional Cast Picture

Dania Ramirez as Callisto	James Marsden as Cyclops	Shawn Ashmore as Iceman	Famke Janssen as Jean Grey	Vinne Jones as Juggernaut

Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde	Ian McKellan as Magneto	Patrick Stewart as Professor X	Aaron Stanford as Pyro	Ann Paquin as Rouge

Halle Berry as Storm	Hugh Jackman as Wolverine	Rebecca Romjin as Mystique	Daniel Cudmore as Colossus	Eric Dane as Multiple Man?

Famke Janssen as Phoenix aka Jean Grey	Ben Foster as Angel	Ben Foster as Angel

   Devil's Rejects

STARRING: Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Sheri Moon, Karen Black, Danny Trejo, William Forsythe, Natasha Lyonne, Rosario Dawson, M.C. Gainey, Robert Trebor DIRECTOR: Rob Zombie STUDIO: Lions Gate Films RATING: R GENRE: Horror RELEASE DATE: July 22, 2005


From the visionary mind of acclaimed musician Rob Zombie comes the follow-up to his smash hit “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects.” Written and directed by Zombie, “Rejects” further explores the Dr. Satan Cult Murders by blending traditional horror elements with the Western genre to paint a shocking portrait of vigilante justice. Hell-bent on revenging his brother’s murder, Sheriff John Wydell (William Forsythe) takes the law into his own hands, tracking down the Firefly family, with the help of a bounty hunting duo called The Unholy Two, in what culminates in one of the most depraved and terrifying showdowns in cinematic history.

Devil's Rejects




Rob Zombie's Blog on Devil's Rejects







Some reviewers seem to really get the spirit of this movie. Here's one in particular that Bill Moseley brought to my attention: The Devil’s Rejects Reviewed for Horror.com
By Staci Layne Wilson Writer/director Rob Zombie’s gory horror debut, House of 1000 Corpses, was set in the 1970s and followed two young couples who take a misguided tour through the back roads in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by the Fireflys, a bold and bizarre family of sadistic psychotics. While the couples became forgettable grist for the mill, horror fans found heroes in Baby Firefly (Sheri Moon), Otis (Bill Moseley) and Captain J.T. Spaulding (Sid Haig).





In my review of the 2003 film, I wrote: “House of 1000 Corpses reminded me of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets The Funhouse, as co-directed by Oliver Stone and Mario Bava. Zombie definitely has talent as a director, but the movie is pretty uneven (and it’s easy to understand why, given the budget and time constraints). I have a feeling that if he doesn’t catch ‘sequelitis’ (e.g., afflicted with House of 1000 Corpses Pt 7 in 2012) Zombie could have a good film career ahead of him.�

I now know that was my understatement of the year. With The Devil’s Rejects, Zombie has joined the ranks of my all-time favorite living directors, right up there with Spike Jonze, Robert Rodriguez, and Guillermo del Toro. Yet, his style is quite apart from theirs… It’s more along the lines of the unflinching best of Oliver Stone or Sam Peckinpah.

Pluck me from oblivion, sit me down in front of The Devil’s Rejects, then ask me when it was made, and I’d say 1977 or ’78. It’s pitch-perfect for the era, bringing to mind such bleak and gutsy classics as Vanishing Point, Bonnie and Clyde, Electra Glide in Blue, Ned Kelly and even the peerless Taxi Driver (yep, a character talks to himself in a mirror). But to compare is unfair.




The Devil’s Rejects stands alone as not a copycat, or even a sequel — it’s a wild, grittily authentic, nihilistic jaw-dropper of a film that grabs you right from the opening credits and doesn’t let go of your throat till the bitter end — it’s the evolution of a good idea, made great.

The movie opens on the Firefly family enjoying a lazy day at home. Otis snuggles with the rotten corpse of a once-pretty woman in bed, while his sister Baby and their mother (Leslie Easterbrook, replacing Karen Black from the first film) reminisce about blonde Baby’s angelic looks as an infant. Meanwhile, their henchman Tiny (Matthew McGrory) takes some discarded human trash out deep into the woods that surround the ramshackle Firefly home.

Before you can say “I am the devil, and I am here to do the devil’s work,� all hell breaks loose when the local law comes down hard, quickly and effectively surrounding the den of murderers. The confrontation escalates to an all-out shootout, bullets flying. The family dons their Ned Kelly style archaic armor and it does the trick long enough to get Baby and Otis out and on the run. While Mother is taken by Sheriff Wydell (William Forsythe), her outlaw thrill-killer kiddies find their way to Baby’s father, Spaulding.

(cont. on next page)(beware graphic pictures)(rated R)

   Land of the Dead

George Romero has done it again. Land of the Dead premiers today, after two decades of waiting for a sequel. I am sure it will be well worth the wait, because only George Romero can produce Zombie Flicks worth their weight in gold, or maybe I should say cold meat. It is a sad thing that it took so long to produce but finally after a long long lonely wait the King of Zombies has returned . George Romero should be crowned the father of modern horror and all should bow at his feet, without him the modern world of horror would not be what it is now. I can still remember as a kid of 6 watching Night of the Living Dead and I loved it and that is what turned me into the horror craving monster I am today. So give us more more more!

Land of the Dead/HorrorMovies.ca

Land of the Dead Cast List : Simon Baker, Robert Joy, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Pedro Miguel Arce, Krista Bridges, Eugene Clark, Boyd Banks, Jason Gautreau, Christopher Russell, Alan Van Sprang, Asia Argento, Tony Nappo, Tony Munch, Joanne Boland, Max McCabe, Phil Fondacaro, Sasha Roiz, Joanne Boland, Tom Savini, Michael Belisaro, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Jennifer Baxter, Grant Hayes

Sometime ago an unimaginable catastrophe destroyed much of human civilization. The recently dead, for an unknown reason, had returned to life and taken the lives of their living brothers and sisters. These "zombies" multiplied rapidly by adding to their ranks with every new victim. Many years later, the dead greatly outnumbered the living.

Land of the Dead

   COC: In the Arms of God (April 5, 2005)

In The Arms Of God 1) Stonebreaker 2) Paranoid Opioid 3) It's That Way 4) Dirty Hands Empty Pockets/Already Gone 5) Rise River Rise 6) Never Turns To More 7) Infinite War 8) So Much Left Behind 9) Backslider 10) World On Fire 11) Crown Of Thorns 12) In The Arms Of God

About damned time they come out with another album. It's been 5 years since they last came out with a studio album. Southern metal titans return savage as always.

In Depth Magazine

Says 5 long years have passed now in this powerhouse of a band that has gone over their 20th year in existence. The mighty COC has returned again with guitars and riffs screaming louder than ever. Woody Weatherman (guitars), Pepper Keenan (vocals, guitar), Mike Dean (bass) and guest drummer Stanton Moore (of Galactic) have forged one of the heaviest COC albums to date in the form of "In The Arms Of God".

Corrosion of Conformity

This summer, COC will be embarking on a very special tour. Joining them will be Weedeater, Alabama Thunderpussy, and the New Orleans sludge metal gods CROWBAR! Here are the dates thus far:

06/30/05 w/Stanton Tulsa OK Cain's Ballroom 07/01/05 Dallas TX Trees 07/02/05 Houston TX Engine Room 07/03/05 Austin TX Emo's 07/05/05 w/Stanton Albuquerque NM Launchpad 07/06/05 w/Stanton Tucson AZ Coconuts 07/07/05 w/Stanton Santa Ana CA Galaxy Concert Theater 07/08/05 w/Stanton West Hollywood CA Key Club 07/09/05 w/Stanton Santa Cruz CA The Catalyst 07/10/05 w/Stanton San Francisco CA Slim's 07/12/05 w/Stanton Portland OR Berbati's 07/13/05 w/Stanton Seattle WA Neumos 07/15/05 Salt Lake City UT Club Vegas 07/16/05 Englewood CO Gothic Theatre 07/17/05*** Lawrence KS Bottleneck 07/18/05 Sauget IL Pop's 07/20/05 Louisville KY Headliners Music Hall 07/21/05 Chicago IL House Of Blues 07/22/05 Huntington WV Huntington Music Hall 07/23/05 Spartanburg SC Ground Zero 07/24/05 Raleigh NC Lincoln Theater

   House Of Wax

House of Wax, which is filled with remarkably life-like wax sculptures. But as they soon discover, there is a shocking reason the exhibits look so real. As the friends uncover the town’s dark secrets, they are stalked by a mysterious killer and find themselves in a bloody battle for survival. The group must find a way out of Ambrose – or become permanent additions to the HOUSE OF WAX.

Coming out on DVD October 18th, 2005.

House of Wax

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Dark Castle Entertainment production, House of Wax, starring ELISHA CUTHBERT, CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY, BRIAN VAN HOLT, PARIS HILTON, JARED PADALECKI, JON ABRAHAMS and ROBERT RI’CHARD. Directed by JAUME COLLET-SERA, House of Wax is produced by JOEL SILVER, ROBERT ZEMECKIS and SUSAN LEVIN from a screenplay by CHAD HAYES & CAREY W. HAYES. The executive producers are HERBERT W. GAINS, STEVE RICHARDS and BRUCE BERMAN. RICHARD MIRISCH is the co-producer. The director of photography is STEPHEN WINDON, A.C.S.; the production designer is GRAHAM “GRACE” WALKER; the film is edited by JOEL NEGRON; and the music is by JOHN OTTMAN. This film has been rated “R” by the MPAA for “horror violence, some sexual content and language.” Great special effects, especial when the whole damned place melted, but damn I don't wanna give away the whole damned movie. You know when you go on vacation or a road trip and you see these signs for turn left in 4 miles to see the House of Wax, I have stopped at places like this and I kept wondering when the dude with the ax was gonna come popping out and chop my head off. This movie gave me the same feeling. Came out on dvd 10/25/05. So check it out!



Fangoria Ghastly Reveiw

Anyone remember the old House of Wax with the King of fucking horror, Vincent Price. The New House of Wax does follow some of the story lines, like the horrible deformed person running around and killing people to make his wax masterpieces. However it is not a remake of the original.

I don't think anyone could ever top Vincent Price Now I have to find the original and watch it again. The whole idea of skeleton's inside of wax is creepy. I wonder why people don't embalm them that way, like the Egyptians, only use wax instead. *looks into that one* Doubt it would last 4,000 years but then again. Fuck, here I go again getting sidetracked.


Check out the original House of Wax, 1953



House of Wax, 1953 [www.horror.com]



Vincent Price [en.wikipedia.org]

Vincent Price Film Site [www.vincent-price.com]

Vincent Price Exhibit [www.angelfire.com]

WEDNESDAY 13 @ Tower Records"Transylvania 90210"Apr 12, 2005



The Official Grave Site of Wednesday 13



"The Ghost Of Vincent Price"

I knew that life wouldn't be the same after that fateful day
Dreams were crushed and who's to blame for all my hurt and pain
Can someone tell me why, why did all of my heroes die?
And now there's nothing left but this black heart of mine just cheating death
Just cheating death
I know I'll always get my thrill in that house on Haunted Hill
I know that life can be a gas locked inside that house of wax
Some people prefer the finer things in life I'm all right just hanging out with the ghost of Vincent Price
Some people prefer the finer things in life I'm all right just hanging out with the ghost, with the ghost of Vincent Price

It's so strange how my life suddenly went black and white
Like a movie on the screen with Vincent Price co-starring me
It's such a late, late, late show
And when it ends, nobody knows
I never question my sanity when the Lord of the Dead is watching over me
Watching over me

I know I'll always get my thrill in that house on Haunted Hill
I know that life can be a gas locked inside that house of wax
Some people prefer the finer things in life I'm all right just hanging out with the ghost of Vincent Price
Some people prefer the finer things in life I'm all right just hanging out with the ghost, with the ghost of Vincent Price
I know I'll always get my thrill in that house on Haunted Hill
I know that life can be a gas locked inside that house of wax
Some people prefer the finer things in life I'm all right just hanging out with the ghost of Vincent Price
Some people prefer the finer things in life I'm all right just hanging out with the ghost, with the ghost of Vincent Price
With the ghost of Vincent Price
With the ghost of Vincent Price
With the ghost of Vincent Price
With the ghost of Vincent Price

Long Live Horror and Heavy Metal and Naked Women!!!

Check out my coming review on Wednesday 13, and check out the video "I walked with a Zombie".

Watch the "I Walked with A Zombie" Video

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