The Hills Run Red(2009)
Directed By: Dave Parker
Tagline: Tresspassers Will Be Slaughtered
Have you ever wanted to see a movie so bad that you would risk bodily harm and even death to yourself and those closest to you? Well the "hero" of 'The Hills Run Red' did. There is a slasher film from the '80's that was pulled from theaters for an unknown reason and this guy sets out to find out why. What was so awful about this film that it was yanked from theaters as soon as it was put in? Apparently CG blood was what the problem was. This film is loaded with it. I understand some tricky kills use CG blood but come on. There is a part in this film where a woman gets ripped in half. George Romero and Clive Barker(to name a couple) managed to rip someone apart without using CG and that was over 20 years ago! The use of CG gore effects in movies today really annoys me. It just shows laziness on the part of the filmmakers. Why would we want to risk doing another take when we can just CG in the good stuff? It doesn't look right and you can tell. 'Hatchet' didn't need computers for gore and that movie has some pretty nasty and creative kills in it. OK, enough ranting, back to the topic at hand. 'The Hills Run Red' is your typical slasher movie. Teens get lost. Teens show boobs. Teens get killed.The killer in this movie is phenomenal. Creepy mask? Check. Unstoppable Strength? Check. Sweet backstory? Check. Inbreeding? Check. Fans of the slasher genre will get a good kick out of this film with all of the poster art from other 1980's slashers thrown into the mix at random places in the movie. Overall, I had some fun with this film. The use of CG blood turned me off but other than that, a very solid movie. 'The Hills Run Red' gets a 6/10. 
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