Darkness "Even the Dead will Scream"

Director: Leif Jonker

Starring: Gary Miller & Michael Gisick



After two viewings of "Darkness," I have decided there is no plot in this movie. Sure there is some dialogue in the movie, but what moves "Darkness" forward is the amount of gore. If it wasn't for the numerous goreshots featured in "Darkness," I wouldn't see any reason for people wanting to complete their viewing of "Darkness."

With that being said "Darkness" is a "hardgore" film and what makes "Darkness" even cooler is that it is not an Italian, French, or Spanish film, but American. "Darkness" is the only American "hardgore" film that I can think of. "Darkness" is violent for the sake of being violent.

As one might assume, "Darkness" is a low-budget film and by the looks of it, the producers' money went to the right department, the effects. Each kill is greatly over exaggerated, brutal, and is sure to put a smile on the face of any horrorhound.

"Darkness" starts off with a bang and then sort of turns into a cowboys and Indians type of thing as the rest of the film only consists of the vampires chasing the kids and then the kids chasing the vampires. This pattern exists until the film ends, but you gladly ignore the trend because of the nicely executed, CGI free gore.

Watchable
For Fans of Independent and Gore Horror Films
6 out of 10

Trailer for "Darkness:"

"The Hills Have Eyes" The Lucky Ones Die First

Director: Alexandre Aja

Starring: Aaron Stanford & Dan Byrd



At the time of this writing, I can say I have not seen the original "The Hills Have Eyes" and not feel bad. This is due to the excellent remake French Horror film director Alexandre Aja gives us of "The Hills have Eyes."

In "The Hills have Eyes," families that were living in the New Mexico desert, during the testing of the atom bomb, are affected by the radiation and turn into bloodthirsty mutants. The mutants have survived by living in towns they have created, feeding off of those that fall prey to them.

Years later, a family, the Carters, are traveling across the country and are given a "shortcut" through the New Mexico desert. The mutants, aware they are coming, sabotage their vehicle and quickly make things go from bad to worse.

There is a rape and three people murdered, two getting shot and one getting set on fire, in a single scene!

In the movies, revenge is sweet, and now it is time for the remaining Carters to get theirs and retrieve a newly born infant that was kidnapped from them by the mutants.

Aja's "The Hills have Eyes" is a horror remake that was done right and since that is a bit of a rarity in the horror genre, that should be enough for people to want to watch it.

Be sure to pick up the "unrated" DVD of "The Hills have Eyes" due to Aja knowing the importance of a gnarly goreshot.

Highly Recommended
For Fans of Gore and Remakes
8 out of 10

Trailer for "The Hills have Eyes:"