The Hood Has Eyez - Terrence Williams
Cinema Threat Productions
73 minutes

Raw Cinema rarely gets redone.
I doubt if we will see Rob Lowe starring in a remake of "I Spit on your Grave" and we will definitely not see Cuba Gooding Junior in a remake of, "The Hood has Eyez".

Thank goodness for that.

These are the raw real films that make you laugh, scream, and root for the underdog. They take risks.

This gestalt cinema cannot be picked apart but seen as a whole experience.
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but it is rather refreshing to see
something that would make a focus group vomit and leave the room.

This is the 5th feature for Terrence Williams.
He is obviously a fan of revenge cinema as well as the female form.
For the puritans in the crowd there is plenty of violence, nudity, and rough language.

Let me be clear for all of the kids in the room.
This is not for the weak or the uninitiated to violent low budget horror films.
This is a highly disgusting film that will scar you and probably your parents.
It is a shame the title is kind of a throw away porn spoof title.
The film deserves a second by the casual browser.

The film starts off with Kimmy bathing which sets the tone right away.
Many films tease you with nudity but this film starts off exposed and willing to bare its soul.
I thought it was a great way to start a film but the actress did not use it to her full advantage.
This was the perfect spot to realize how vulnerable and on the edge Kimmy was before the day
started.

The young, Kimmy tries to fit in with the cool girls at school.
She really doesn't realize her friends are probably not
the right friends for her. She is a young woman from Latin American descent who
tolerates her intolerant racists friends.She gets talked into going to a party in an
unfamiliar neighborhood in East LA when she should be in school.

Lost in the alleyways of Los Angeles, they hit a female running away from
something. This is the part of the film where things turn terribly wrong.
They get abducted by a "Psycho", an East LA Gang leader who is hell bent on
raping, torturing, and killing the young teens for fun.

Unfortunately for "Psycho" he learns the hard way to never piss off a catholic school girl.

To drive the horror of the situation, the film focuses on the horror of watching your friends killed by a psychotic madmen in horrifying ways. Each scene tops itself with an unexpected over the top violating moments.There were many hours spent in the early hours figuring out how to top each moment in the film to its bloody climax. You will not guess what taboo is broken next as the film progresses. This is what I guess is its charm.
 
I enjoyed the film even though there were some cuts and transitions that took me out of the action. I also thought the casting was good with the catholic school girls but the Psycho Gang member had seen scarface too many times. I wish it was not such a stereotype of a gang member.  I thought Antonio Royuela was a great actor and in fact carried the film along with Kimmy's revenge state performance. Cydne Schulte came alive once she went into "Carrie-mode". I personally loved the bad girl Susan  (Jesselynn Desmond) as she drives the action in the first part of the film. I only wish her monologue about being from St. Francis High School was a bit longer.

It has the charm of many of the Andy Warhol films of the 1970s. What made "Filth" so charming was the monologues allowing you to get inside the characters personal psychosis despite the horror going on around them. The characters are rich enough you leave wanting a little more.

Should you get this film. Yes. If only for the reason
it was shot at Hahn Park the site of the 1920s Olympics and second
to watch catholic school girls really get into trouble.

Here is a pivotal scene in the film.

This is a hard to find film because of its unrated nature but
you can find it here
The Hood Has Eyez

AddTime:  2007-11-24 16:40:06
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Keywords:  gang, violence, mature, school girls
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