Day 8: The Hills Run Red
You'd think that with a title like that, the movie would be trying to capitalize on the recent Hills Have Eyes films, but it takes a much different approach.
We follow a young filmmaker named Tyler who is obsessed with a legendary, unreleased, downright mythical film titled, uniquely enough, The Hills Run Red. He wants to track it down so badly that he finds the disappearing director's drug-addled daughter and roughly rehabs her so she can take him to the cabin where the film was...well...filmed. Along with them is Tyler's girlfriend and best friend, who are currently sleeping with each other. Bummer for Tyler.
They find what they're looking for...and shockingly enough, it doesn't go well from there.
This is a 50/50 film that balances good and crap throughout the run time. It's a film that salutes it's own twist with snarky dialogue. While it might have been surprising to me (set up with logic that I questioned later), I'd say the seeming self-pat on the back took the fun of it from me. However, the movie gets credit for side stepping my biggest horror movie pet peeve, The Out of Service Cell Phone. The characters have service, but are in a forest and completely unable to identify where they're located. Then, the killed attacks and the phone is destroyed, meaning a trace isn't going to happen.
Grade: C
It's a middle of the road film with good and bad. If forced for a "yes or no" on a rental, I would most likely lean with "no" due to the ending, which was kind of blah to me. The film includes a lot of fourth wall winks and that can be irritating or just plain annoying at times. Consider that my big warning in regards to it.
So, that counts as a review, right? Sure.
I'll edit the plug in later. :)
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