This 51-minute making of documentary covers the production of "The Hill Haves Eyes" remake in fascinatingly thorough detail. Alexandre Aja and Gregory Lavasseur reveal that they saw the original film together at age fourteen. Aja notes that he came up with the idea for the mutants to be the hideous results of atomic testing and based the design of said mutants on actual photos of mutated babies. Moreover, we also learn that the car crash took three days to film, the filmmakers initially had some trouble getting the Moroccan government to let them shoot the movie in their country, the entire gas station was a set that was specifically built for the film, the difficulties of working with both animals and a six month old baby (the filmmakers had to find a pig for a crucial scene at the last minute), Ruby's facial disfigurement was done with CGI, and that Billy Drago really got into the heart eating scene. Robert Joy admits that he loved the make-up for his Lizard character while Michael Bailey Smith describes Pluto as being innocent and childlike, yet still dangerous. Loaded with choice clips and behind the scenes footage, this doc is essential viewing for fans of the film.
Surviving the Hills: Making of 'the Hills Have Eyes'
(2006 Video)
An excellent and informative making of documentary.
21 October 2016
Warning: Spoilers