The Hills Run Red (2009) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Alexa was secretly working with her father Concannon all along. The kidnapping and apparent danger she faced was staged to gain the group's trust and lead them to the house. Once inside, her true allegiance became clear when she began filming her own version of The Hills Run Red while torturing Lalo in the barn.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Alexa suspiciously knew exactly where her father's house was located despite claiming to have never visited.

• Alexa betrayal
• Concannon daughter
• The Hills Run Red plot twist

Babyface is Concannon's son, born from an incestuous relationship between Concannon and his daughter Alexa when she was just twelve years old. Raised on the set of The Hills Run Red, Babyface mutilated his own appearance to become the killer, fulfilling his father's legacy of making on-screen deaths real.

• Babyface identity
• incest plot
• Concannon son
• family secret

Concannon killed the original actor who played Babyface in the first film, stealing the costume to claim the mythic killer as his own creation. He then murdered every cast member by replicating their on-screen deaths in reality, which is why the film was canceled and the actors disappeared.

Foreshadowing: The film's reputation as the scariest movie ever made was rooted in the real deaths that surrounded its production.

• Wilson Concannon
• killer director
• movie murders
• on-screen deaths

Serina is captured by Alexa and held captive. The mid-credits scene reveals she is several months pregnant with Babyface's child, as Babyface sexually assaulted her earlier in the barn. Alexa plans to raise the child as the next generation of the family's horror legacy.

Foreshadowing: Babyface's assault of Serina occurred during Alexa's filming, suggesting a darker purpose beyond mere violence.

• Serina ending
• pregnancy
• babyface child
• cliffhanger

Tyler experiences a psychological break after witnessing Alexa's twisted vision of The Hills Run Red and realizing he's trapped in her artistic vision. His laughter may also represent his final transformation, becoming part of the horror he obsesses over, his obsession with the film fulfilled in the most nightmarish way possible.

• Tyler ending
• psychological break
• maniacal laughter
• transformation

The red room is a storage space filled with film reels of The Hills Run Red hanging from the ceiling. This is where Concannon kept all the footage from his original film, which he guarded obsessively in his secluded woods home.

• red room
• film reels
• Concannon house
• storage room

Babyface kills the rednecks not to save the group, but because they trespassed on his territory. As Concannon's son raised in isolation on the property, Babyface views the woods as his domain and eliminates anyone who enters, regardless of whether they're attacking his potential victims.

Foreshadowing: Babyface vanishes after killing the rednecks, then later returns to pursue the group he just 'saved.'

• Babyface attack
• rednecks killed
• woods massacre
• territory

Alexa kills Lalo during a confrontation with her father Concannon in the barn. She shoots him while arguing with her father about their differing approaches to filmmaking, their argument reveals their twisted relationship as she chooses to protect her own vision of the film over loyalty to anyone else.

Foreshadowing: Lalo's presence was always precarious; the group never realized how dangerous Alexa and Concannon truly were.

• Lalo death
• Aleka kills
• barn scene
• murder

Yes, Alexa is Concannon's daughter, which is central to the film's shocking revelation. Their relationship goes far beyond typical father-daughter dynamics, Concannon fathered a child with Alexa when she was twelve, and that child became Babyface. This incestuous background drives the family's twisted obsession with horror.

• Alexa
• Concannon
• father daughter
• incest revelation
• family secrets

Tyler kisses Alexa after confiding in her about his suspicion that Serina and Lalo are having an affair. At that moment, both share a connection over their mutual obsession with The Hills Run Red, and Tyler seeks comfort in Alexa since his relationship with Serina is falling apart.

• Tyler kiss
• Aleka romantic scene
• affair betrayal
• road trip

Tyler manipulates Babyface by showing him footage of Concannon on a camera, convincing the killer that his father has been using him as a tool for his art without true love. This triggers Babyface's rage against his creator, causing him to turn on Concannon during the barn confrontation.

Foreshadowing: Throughout the film, Babyface follows Concannon's commands but shows little genuine affection for his father.

• Babyface vs Concannon
• father son fight
• manipulation camera
• killer betrayal

Serina is subjected to multiple traumatic experiences: she witnesses the redneck attack, is chased through the woods by Babyface, gets captured and sexually assaulted by Babyface in the barn, and at the end remains Alexa's prisoner. She ultimately becomes pregnant from the assault and is left trapped as Alexa prepares to raise the next generation of killer.

Foreshadowing: From the moment they enter the woods, Serina is repeatedly targeted as the weakest member of the group.

• Serina assault
• captivity
• pregnancy
• babyface violence
• ending