The Hills have Eyes (18) <!-- none onestar twostar threestar fourstar fivestar -->

I recall seeing Wes Craven's original of this back in the Seventies, since when it has become a "cult horror classic". Hands up who knew.

Alexandre Aja's remake doesn't evoke pleasant memories. A suburban family is travelling through the desert when their caravan is attacked by a clan of cannibalistic mutants, the genetically modified product of US military nuclear testing.

A slow build-up prepares us for the splatter-fest to come, the only surprise being which family members buy the big one and which turn out to be the survivalist heroes - although no one should be at all surprised that one of the latter is played by the family Alsatian. Efficient, in its repulsive way.