The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Alexandre Aja's brutal remake of Wes Craven's 1977 cult classic remains one of the best examples of modern horror.

The Asylum's mockbuster Hillside Cannibals starred director Leigh Scott in a dual role as Sawney Bean and David.

Poster depicts Lizard laying a depraved hand on Brenda.

Whatever, shit rips off Unleashed (2005).

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Known for Conan the Barbarian (1982), Red Sonja (1985) and The Advenutres of Baron Munchausen (1988), renowned Italian artist Renato Casaro was coaxed out of retirement to design numerous film-within-film posters for Quentin Tarantino's uneven ode to 1969 Los Angeles, with Mike Moh controversially portraying Bruce Lee as an arrogant prick.

Check this out.

Comanche Rising

While that's probably coincidence, Casaro got away with plagiarising an iconic work by fantasy supremo Boris Vallejo.

Satan's Baby Doll (1982) vs Vampire's Kiss (1979)

(Rolls eyes).

And.

Amateur Night (2016)

Even if this is a parody of Hills, it doesn't explain why Casaro's work in Hollywood is so similar.

Getting back on track.

Tagline

The lucky ones died first...

Became:

The lucky ones die first.

WHY?

Anyway, two films deemed it necessary to copy remake.

Mischief Night (2013)

Bastard (2015)

Big Brain

New character replaces Papa Jupiter as clan leader.

Rubber Johnny is a 2005 British experimental short film/music video produced, written, starring and directed by Chris Cunningham, featuring Aphex Twin track Afx237 v.7.

(Deep breath).

WTF?

Before being mauled to death by Beast (entirely off-screen), he orders Lizard to kill the baby.

This is how Pluto 'died' in original, but villain was magically brought back in Part II, and finally killed when Beast knocks him off a cliff.

It's breakfast time!

Please note, the following only happens in remake.

A battered Doug threatens Pluto with a scratch awl. 

But shit is just a ploy,and geezer seizes the opportunity to drive tool into foe's foot.

Film buffs should already be laughing.

True Romance (1993)

Alabama (who's had the shit kicked out of her too), adopts a 'similar' tactic against Virgil (albeit using a corkscrew).

The Sopranos - Amour Fou (May 2001)
Although playing out differently, Gloria grabbing a corkscrew to defend herself against Tony is surely a nod to Tony Scott's classic.

Going back to the beginning of scene.

Haunting Ground (2005)

While hide-and-chase mechanics were highly derivative of the Clock Tower series, how 18-year-old protagonist Fiona Belli¹ is seen as an object of sexual desire was deeply unsettling.

¹The same age as Rebecca Chambers in Resident Evil (1996).

Pluto vs Debilitas

At one point.

Beast attacks Pluto.

Commanding Hewie is an integral part of gameplay.

 

You want Fiona? I'll give you Fiona!

Eerie fact.

Like Beast, Hewie is a German Shepherd.

But this just takes the Azoth.

Doug and Pluto vs Fiona and Debilitas

 

UNBELIEVABLE.

Coincidence? My fucking ass.

The Mummy (2026) - The scoop and digest

Unrelated to The Asylum's mockbuster The Mummy: Bride of the Dead, writer-director Lee Cronin reimagines franchise.

Jack Reynor - Charlie Cannon

Laia Costa - Larissa Cannon

May Calamawy - Detective Dalia Zaki

Natalie Grace - Katie Cannon

Shylo Molina - Sebastian Cannon

Billie Roy - Maud Cannon

Veronica Falcón - Carmen Santiago

Hayat Kamille - The Magician

May Elghety - Layla Khalil

Lily Sullivan - Miss Mills

Additionally, Emily Mitchell portrays a young Katie.

Summary

In Aswan, Egypt, a family discover their home was built on a buried black pyramid.  The cellar contains a sarcophagus with mummified human remains, which come to life, with the father soon killed by a supernatural force.

In Cairo, Katie Cannon is kidnapped by a woman known as the Magician.

Her father Charlie gives chase, but loses them in a sandstorm.

Eight years later, the Cannons have relocated to the home of Larissa's Catholic mother Carmen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Charlie is contacted by a member of the US Embassy based in Cairo, informing Katie has been found alive in a 3,000 year-old sarcophagus.

They visit her in hospital and 'butterfly' doesn't look too hot, but medical staff immediately discharge catatonic girl.

Yeah, totally realistic.

When Katie's creepy behaviour gets out of hand, Charlie is determined to unwrap mystery.

The Destroyer of Families

First off, Professor Bixler (a derivative of Knowby) shares the same surname as the family in Evil Dead Rise (2023), which is a nod to Denise Bixler, who played Linda in Evil Dead II (1987).

Anyway, premise has absolutely NOTHING to do with title, so they should've called this "Evil Dead Exorcist", which I think most will agree is pretty fucking accurate.

There's some gross body horror to enjoy (including skin removal and Katie’s toenails), but at over two hours, shit drags on way too long.

After Dalia acquires a VHS tape labelled 'Katie', footage reveals the Magician leads an ancient cult who transfer fictional demon Nasmaranian from a spent vessel into a freshly prepared host.

Loud climax boasts all the traditional exorcism tropes, with Dalia transferring Nasmaranian from Katie into Charlie, which blatantly rips off The Conjuring (2013).

Back in Cairo, Larissa and Dalia visit the Magician in prison and manage to sedate her.  Dalia begins chanting, freeing Charlie of possession, while sacrificing convict.

Famous Paintings in Video Games - Fifth Stroke

Presenting the penultimate episode.

Daymare: 1998

Allergory of the Planets and Continents - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Castor and Pollux - Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya

The Archangel Michael Defeating Satan - Guido Reni

The Golden Fleece - Herbert James Draper

Horns of Fear

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian - II Sodama

Saturn Devouring His Son - Peter Paul Rubens

The Return of Neptune - John Singleton Copley

The Scream - Edvard Munch

Two Old Men Eating Soup - Francisco Goya

Witches' Sabbath - Francisco Goya

Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya (left) and Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head - Henry Fuseli (right)

L-R: Medusa - Caravaggio, Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci and Daedalus and Icarus - Anthony van Dyck

Tormented Souls

The Adoration of the Shepherds - Gerard can Honthorst

Judith Beheading Holofernes - Caravaggio

Saint Michael - Giordano

The Archangel Michael Defeating Satan - Guido Reni

The Nightmare (1781 version) - Henry Fuseli

The Vision of Catherine of Aragon - Henry Fuseli

Tormented Souls 2

Christ Carrying the Cross - El Greco

Jesus with the Eucharist at the Last Supper - Juan de Juanes

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ - Andrea Solario

Them and Us

Childhood of King Cyrus - Antonio Maria Vassallo

John Dee Performing an Experiment Before Queen Elizabeth I - Henry Gillard Glindoni

The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum - John Martin

The Nightmare (1781 version) - Henry Fuseli

Judith Slaying Holofernes (left) and Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (right) - Artemisia Gentileschi

Mr and Mrs Hallett aka The Morning Walk (left) and Three Ladies Adorning a Hymen - Thomas Gainsborough

Caravaggio

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Saint Jerome Writing

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (Madrid)

The Seven Works of Mercy

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter

The Mute House

The Nightmare - 1790-1791 verison (left) and The Shepherd's Dream, from Paradise Lost - Henry Fuseli

Caravaggio

The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus

David and Goliath

Judith Beheading Holoferns (detail)

Madonna of the Rosary

The Seven Works of Mercy (detail)

And there's more.

A Virgin - Abbott Anderson Thayer

Judith Slaying Holofernes - Artemisia Gentileschi

Medusa - Peter Paul Rubens

Princess of Delphi - John Collier

Princess Tarakanova - Konstantin Flavitsky

Self-Portrait with her Daughter Julie - Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Sleeper Awakened by a Young Woman with Fire (detail) - Nicolas Regnier

Stańczyk - Jan Matejko

Storm on the Mediterranean Coast - Claude-Joseph Vernet

The Fall of the Rebel Angels - Luca Giordano

The Temptation of St. Anthony - Salvator Rosa

Next time, it all ends.