For the longest time I had never been really scared by horror movies. I had seen many with gore, ghosts and psychological twists, but nothing that left me saying, "Wow I'm legitimately scared." I think these feelings come from the far fetched nature of most horror cinema. I felt like this until I saw the most fucked up movie of my entire life, The Hills Have Eyes. I will never forget how uncomfortable and anxious I felt during and after this movie. The mutants in this movie are absolutely horrifying and the combination of these deformed mutants with rape scenes and gruesome deaths makes for a bone chilling film.
I'm not afraid of zombies or other humanoid monsters, but these mutants freak me out. They're so human-like and at the same time extremely alien. Their disfigured bodies and cold attitudes are very unsettling. I believe my fears stem from their actually appearance and all of the elements that surround them. It's like taking Sloth from The Goonies and giving him the mindset of Alex from A Clockwork Orange. In other words an absolutely terrifying combination. These mutants origins are also not far off from real life historical events. Take Hiroshima or Chernobyl for example. In both tragedies people were got radiation poisoning and gained many deformities. This real world aspect contributes heavily to the creepiness of the devilish mutants of The Hills Have Eyes.
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