ROTTEN TOMATOES: Fox Fast-Tracking the "Hills Have Eyes" Follow-Up

Fox Fast-Tracking the "Hills Have Eyes" Follow-Up

by Scott Weinberg | April 27, 2006

If you dug Alexandre Aja's recent remake of Wes Craven's "The Hills Have Eyes," you'll want to keep your eyes focused on the multiplexes next March, because that's when Fox Searchlight wants the sequel to hit the screens. Craven and his son will provide the screenplay, while "Hills 2" will be directed by "Deathwatch" helmer Michael Bassett.

Straight from Fangoria: ""We want to continue the story of the miners," Craven tells us. "This time, a group of National Guard screw-ups come face to face with the mutants on their last day of training in the desert. We will take the audience underground [into the mines] as well. The studio, Fox Searchlight, wants the sequel out a year to the day after the last one, so we have to deliver our script in a matter of weeks ... my son and I decided to write it ourselves, and we are hard at work," Craven says. "I wrote Last House on the Left in three days, so this shouldn’t be so tough."

...and the very good news: "The latest Hills 2 will ignore Craven’s own critically lambasted Hills sequel from 1985, dog flashback and all."

Check out Fangoria for the full scoop.

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cowsfan writes:
on Apr 27 2006 04:10 AM

Another reason to support downloading of crap movies. Thanks Hollywood.

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jarek writes:
on Apr 27 2006 08:39 AM

Yeah, instead of fasttracking sequels (especially sequels to films that were remakes to begin with), why not take the time to properly develop a script, the characters and make it more than an empty exercise with eye candy? Why? Money..... that's all that matters now. The first Hills Have Eyes remake is a pretty mess of a film filled with expository dialogue and a very rushed sense of story. Silent Hill had the same problems. There just isn't enough development time anymore.

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wolfnc17 writes:
on Apr 27 2006 01:25 PM

[b]Awww...[/b]
I want the dog flashback! That's the only interesting part of Hills 2...

http://home.earthlink.net/~wolfnc17

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Steve Perry writes:
on Apr 27 2006 01:43 PM

It's just not going to be the same without Aja I just hope that Bassett can supply us with the thrills and gore us gorehounds crave.

I wish they would work off of the ending of "Hills"

Im also hoping for better scares which "Hills" was lacking although it was awesome

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VML writes:
on Apr 27 2006 03:21 PM

A sequel to a remake that also has a sequel? What's up with Hollywood these days?

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cowsfan writes:
on Apr 27 2006 06:58 PM

In reply to this comment (#834513)
QUOTE The first Hills Have Eyes remake is a pretty mess of a film filled with expository dialogue and a very rushed sense of story. Silent Hill had the same problems. There just isn't enough development time anymore. END QUOTE

This is my problem with all horror films Hollywood is churning out. It's all gore and style over story and character. What made movies like 'Rosemary's Baby' and even the first good slasher films (Friday The 13th, Halloween) good were having well written villains/killers and a reliability on good old fashioned storytelling over flashy and overwrought technique. This same thing was done with 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' remake and it annoyed me.

The ONLY horror remake I've liked (no, loved) is 'Dawn Of The Dead'. Thank you to the filmmakers of that one for preserving the humor, social relevance and gore level of the original Romero films.

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foolofatook writes:
on May 06 2006 02:43 PM

Having Aja back to helm the sequel would have excited me a bit... but no.

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