If you’ve been watching horror movies over recent years (especially the ones that find their way directly to DVD) then you’ll probably know how they go... kids (annoyingly attractive), drive to wilderness (totally remote and beyond the reach of anyone’s cell phone) and encounter X (could just be basic human rednecks, could be vampire things that live underground – it doesn’t really matter). From there it’s your average ‘stalk ‘n slash’ until the last teen is left standing.
‘The Hills Run Red’ is hardly a classic, but at least it makes some attempt to be a little bit different. Okay, so the attractive teens go to your average out-of-the-way place and fall foul to... (well, you have to watch the film to find out), but at least the film-makers know the ‘horror conventions’ and do their best to subvert them. The teens are investigating a ‘legendary’ eighties horror film that has somehow got lost among the way, therefore there are plenty of references to horror movies’ conventions and they do manage to break them here and there.
The acting is about what you’d expect from a B-movie and the kills are inventive (although some people might notice the excessive use of CGI here and there) and, as I’ve mentioned, there’s a few little differences that makes this one (at least) worth a watch if you’re into the genre. Yes, it’ll never be in the same league as the original Texas Chainsaw film, but it’ll while away an hour and a quarter if you have time (and teenagers) to kill.
7/10 if I woke up on Groundhog Day and had to watch this again, I could live with that
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