Hillside Cannibals (2006) (V)

Director:

Leigh Scott

Writer:

Steve Bevilacqua (writer)

Release Date:

28 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

A group of teenagers in the desert become the prey of cannibalistic inbreds who live in the nearby hillside. |

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Travesty | Murder | Flesh | Cannibalism

Cast

Heather Conforto	...	Linda
Tom Nagel	...	Bill
Vaz Andreas	...	Callum
Frank Pacheco	...	Magnus
Erica Roby	...	Rhian
Marie Westbrook	...	Tog
Thomas Downey	...	Towart / Mr. Pratt (as Tom Downey)
Crystal Napoles	...	Tearlach
Chriss Anglin	...	Ted
Louis Graham	...	Sheriff Lachlan
Ella Holden	...	Amber
Justin Jones	...	Mark
Katayoun Dara	...	Tonya
Leigh Scott	...	Sawney Bean / David
Brian J. Garland	...	Balloch

Also Known As:

Hillside Cannibals: The Legend of Sawney Bean (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

UK:18

Filming Locations:

Odessa Canyon, Yermo, California, USA

Company:

Asylum, The

Movie Connections:

References Deliverance (1972)

Zzzzzz

It's tough to criticize this movie because really I knew what I was getting into with the lame cover art and the complete lack of a description on the back (the back of the DVD case is just a retelling of the Sawney Bean clan). Still, I was hoping for either something that was so bad it was funny or at least so bad it was amusing.

Instead, this is just so bad it's tedious. It's not a bad looking movie like most of the other shot-on-video productions that go straight to video, and there are some decent gore effects here or there, but the whole time it feels like the cast and crew are just sleepwalking through the thing for a paycheck. There's not a scent of originality here whatsoever - the whole plot was lifted from the original "The Hills Have Eyes", only without the fleshed out characters or compelling antagonists. Speaking of the antagonists - what the heck are a bunch of kilt wearing cave people doing in the mountains of California? Did I miss that explanation? Did I miss the explanation of why they behave like a high school production of The Flinstones? Yawn.

The only redeeming thing about this movie was trying to guess whether or not the lead actress was wearing a wig or not. I vote for yes. Either that or she should never work with her stylist from this flick ever again.

Congratulations, Asylum, you have suckered me once, but this is the last time I am using my hard-earned cash on one of your cop out excuses for cinema.