Very disappointing...

Strong and Moving!

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Although the title and box cover openly copies THE HILLS HAVE EYES, THE HILLS RUN RED is much more of a traditional slasher flick with a masked weirdo in the woods dispatching numerous nubile victims. There's a little more plotting to it than that, involving a mystical old slasher flick from the 1980s that our protagonists are searching for, but it all boils down to a familiar, overworked storyline.Sad to say, it's not very good either. The execution is shoddy, with a dirt cheap look and unworkable editing. The most surprising thing for me is that David Schow, a respected horror author, had a hand in writing this thing - his talent must have deserted him for this one. THE HILLS RUN RED is an entirely derivative work, with poor effects, CGI augmentation, and needlessly nasty kills and torture scenes. The characters are as wooden as the trees surrounding them.Poor old William Sadler (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) makes a crucial appearance in this mess of a film, and it's sad to see that his fortunes have sunk so low. Also present is ROME's Alex Wyndham, playing another of his patented weaselly type characters, so if like me you were disappointed that he didn't get his overdue comeuppance in ROME then you can enjoy seeing it here.

"The Hills Run Red" is one of those slasher movies that you may have missed or have been easily passed by, firstly given it's straight to DVD status and the fact that are literally tons and tons to look through or come across in this genre. Okay there are always a lot of crap that comes out especially the straight to DVD's one because there are a lot of them, but there are times though when you do come across a gem or two and this one is certainly a gem.The plot = A young college student named Tyler comes across a rare slasher movie that got banned 20 years ago, cause it was too realistic and all the prints were destroyed and the director supposed to have died, but Tyler is still keen to track down this cult movie by tracking down his daughter and he and his friends set off to the cabin where it was filmed to make a documentary about it, unaware that the infamous Babyface killer from the long film is all too real and is after them.Okay the storyline alone got me interested and once they set off into the woods, it all turns into pretty much standard slasher fare, which isn't a bad thing whatsoever and there is nothing original about this movie, but again that might be hard to do these days nothing's original anymore. But this movie do deliver the goods and the Babyface killer is more than adequate for the job, he was very effective and brutal and even the backstory was interesting as well. The twists and turns that are throughout this movie were pretty great, and the gore was also great as well, especially at the beginning where we have a child cutting off chunks of his face with a pair of scissors were pretty disturbing and went right through me, I couldn't watch it and made me cringe, Okay this movie does get predictable and some of the characters aren't very likable and show stupidity but that was all part of the fun, and plus the downbeat ending was also rather fun.The performances really make this movie work as well Tad Hilgenbrink is a very decent lead as Tyler and Sophie Monk as Alexia the daughter showed some real range and became one of the more interesting characters in this movie, But William Sadler as the director was the real star he was vicious and really chewed the scenery and in fact all the cast members were very decent.All in all "The Hills Run Red" is just a standard slasher movie that is fun and has slight nods to other backwoods slasher movies, and moves along at a quick pace and never gets boring.

Finally, I got to see this hyped horror. After watching the many promos that showed on cable, I was hoping for something truly big. Me & my expectations! We've the usual Mr.sincere guy(Tad Hilgenbrink as Tyler), his doting love(Janet Montgomery as Serina), his naughty, prankster pal(Alex Wyndham as Lalo) and then we also have a blond hottie(Sophie Monk as Alexa) who's sometimes mellow but mostly high! All the right roles for a chill buster, and then of course the monster character - a Jason lookalike, slaughter maniac called Babyface! The first-half goes smack on predictable lines. The boredom could have been partially avoided if at least one of the characters was knocked off right in the beginning.But I must say the movie delivers in the second half. At times violent but still tense. And the unexpected finale tops it all.The performances were to the mark especially William Sandler(always fab in evil roles) as the presumed dead horror movie director Concannon and the wickedly talented Sophie Monk as Alexa.Inspite of all that, one of the main protagonists, our Yuckface...oops Babyface has quite a clumsy role here. Like a dumb butcher who knows nothing better. His characterisation could have been stronger and this movie would have been a good hit.Verdict: The recipe is a weak mix of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jason and some others but still....bloody nice :)

why? If this movie would have been viewed worldwide in every theater, baby face would be the next horror icon.this is down right amazing with an almost perfect plot. Great!!!!!! I've been waiting for a great horror movie with a plot that actually makes sense to surface. Here it is..I enjoyed every single moment of this film. If your looking for a slasher film with original taste and its own story line and not those typical duplicates they tend to release nowadays, "The Hills Runs Red" will definitely give u a run for your money...Jason?Micheal Myers?Pin Head? No...Not this time..Victor Crowley?. No. Not this time..Baby Face is the name..Hey, give him a Chance..its well deserved with a layout like this. what more can u ask for? I thought horror died about 10 years ago..Guess not..This film proved me wrong...Enjoy!!!!!