Directed by Dave Parker. Starring Sophie Monk, William Sadler, Janet Montgomery, Tad Hilgenbrink, Mike Straub. Horror/Gore. Synopsis: A goup of young horror movie fans and aspiring filmmakers go looking for the a mysterious filmmaker, whose cutting edge movie was so realistic it was yanked from distribution years ago and no trace of its actors ever found. They find his daughter and also discover whey the legendary film was so realistic.
I really liked the premise of this one. Young filmmakers decide to get to the bottom of a legendary film called, appropriately enough, The Hills Run Red, a film made about twenty years before that was so realistic, and so violent, that it had to be pulled from distribution. Trouble was, no real trace of any of the actors or director was ever found. Now, why would that be?
Like most movies, you will have to suspend disbelief just a little, but just a little and the creative premise is so original I don't think you will mind.Tyler (Tad Hilgenbrink) and best gal pal Serina (Janet Montgomery) are hot to trot to solve this little mystery/urban legend and, lucky for them, they have it on good authority that the daughter of the director of this mysterious film just might be a dancer in a strip club. So, like anyone would, Tyler goes to check it out and meets up with Alexa (Sophie Monk Date Movie) , who is, indeed, the fruit of the loins of the mysterious director.
Well, Alexa seems o.k. at first, stripping career and moderate drug habit aside, and agrees to take part in the documentary Tyler and the gang will be making about her dad's legendary horror movie.
But, it soon turns out that Alexa has some issues and is very interested in Tyler, much to the chagrin of Serina. All of this pales in comparison to the burgeoning reality that Alexa's dad, Concannon (William Sadler Die Hard II) is not entirely out of the picture and the two are actually very...close.In addition to that, the killer in the original flick, babyface-so named because of the baby face masj he wears while hacking and slashing, is still active in the hills.
But, who is 'babyface'? Where did he come from, and what are his motives? Well, I know, having seen the film, but I'm not going to tell you in case you have not. Let's just say some very sensitive social and family issues are dealt with in a very frank manner, when the whole stroy is revealed to us.
Gore fans will, simply, love this flick. Plenty of throat slashings, gut cuttings, and a self removal of a face by knife (don't see that every day), not to mention the hills, literally, running red with blood.
Like I said, this premise is very original for a horror flick, and the direction and acting his very good, too, more than doing it justice. Sophie Monk is wonderful in this. I would suspect not many talented actresses would point to a horror flick as their best work, but I bet Ms. Monk could.
Possibly because she plays so many different roles within one character: she is the victimized daughter of a psychopath, the siren luring our hero from his true love, and, possibly, the most evil and deranged of all of the psychopaths. All in one character and I bet you will believe her completely as each. Look, we're not talking Watts or Streep, here, but in comparison to what we usually see from the "pretty girl" in horror/gore flicks, she is exceptional.
William Sadler is equally good, but we expect that from him. No disrespect to Mr. Sadler, a talented actor who has done a lot of excellent work, but I think he is at his best when playing slightly deranged or evil characters, such as he did in Die Hard II, Hard To Kill, and Kinsey. Concannon might be more deranged and evil than all of those parts put together and Sadler nails it, he was born to play this guy, in my opinion.
The rest of the cast pales a little in comparison to Sadler and Monk, but that is the effect of the script and characters, not a knock on the supporting cast and other main characters. Both Montgomery and Hilgenbrink do very well.
If you love horror and gore, you can't miss this one, period.
That's what I think.
I really liked the premise of this one. Young filmmakers decide to get to the bottom of a legendary film called, appropriately enough, The Hills Run Red, a film made about twenty years before that was so realistic, and so violent, that it had to be pulled from distribution. Trouble was, no real trace of any of the actors or director was ever found. Now, why would that be?
Like most movies, you will have to suspend disbelief just a little, but just a little and the creative premise is so original I don't think you will mind.Tyler (Tad Hilgenbrink) and best gal pal Serina (Janet Montgomery) are hot to trot to solve this little mystery/urban legend and, lucky for them, they have it on good authority that the daughter of the director of this mysterious film just might be a dancer in a strip club. So, like anyone would, Tyler goes to check it out and meets up with Alexa (Sophie Monk Date Movie) , who is, indeed, the fruit of the loins of the mysterious director.
Well, Alexa seems o.k. at first, stripping career and moderate drug habit aside, and agrees to take part in the documentary Tyler and the gang will be making about her dad's legendary horror movie.
But, it soon turns out that Alexa has some issues and is very interested in Tyler, much to the chagrin of Serina. All of this pales in comparison to the burgeoning reality that Alexa's dad, Concannon (William Sadler Die Hard II) is not entirely out of the picture and the two are actually very...close.In addition to that, the killer in the original flick, babyface-so named because of the baby face masj he wears while hacking and slashing, is still active in the hills.
But, who is 'babyface'? Where did he come from, and what are his motives? Well, I know, having seen the film, but I'm not going to tell you in case you have not. Let's just say some very sensitive social and family issues are dealt with in a very frank manner, when the whole stroy is revealed to us.
Gore fans will, simply, love this flick. Plenty of throat slashings, gut cuttings, and a self removal of a face by knife (don't see that every day), not to mention the hills, literally, running red with blood.
Like I said, this premise is very original for a horror flick, and the direction and acting his very good, too, more than doing it justice. Sophie Monk is wonderful in this. I would suspect not many talented actresses would point to a horror flick as their best work, but I bet Ms. Monk could.
Possibly because she plays so many different roles within one character: she is the victimized daughter of a psychopath, the siren luring our hero from his true love, and, possibly, the most evil and deranged of all of the psychopaths. All in one character and I bet you will believe her completely as each. Look, we're not talking Watts or Streep, here, but in comparison to what we usually see from the "pretty girl" in horror/gore flicks, she is exceptional.
William Sadler is equally good, but we expect that from him. No disrespect to Mr. Sadler, a talented actor who has done a lot of excellent work, but I think he is at his best when playing slightly deranged or evil characters, such as he did in Die Hard II, Hard To Kill, and Kinsey. Concannon might be more deranged and evil than all of those parts put together and Sadler nails it, he was born to play this guy, in my opinion.
The rest of the cast pales a little in comparison to Sadler and Monk, but that is the effect of the script and characters, not a knock on the supporting cast and other main characters. Both Montgomery and Hilgenbrink do very well.
If you love horror and gore, you can't miss this one, period.
That's what I think.
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