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The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

Horror · Thriller · 2006

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

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The Hills Have Eyes

“The lucky ones die first.”

2006 Horror · Thriller 1h 47m

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6.5 / 10

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Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

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Directed by

Alexandre Aja

Written by

Grégory Levasseur · Alexandre Aja

Aaron Stanford

Aaron Stanford

Doug

Dan Byrd

Dan Byrd

Bobby

Emilie de Ravin

Emilie de Ravin

Brenda

Vinessa Shaw

Vinessa Shaw

Lynn

Ted Levine

Ted Levine

Big Bob

Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan

Ethel

Tom Bower

Tom Bower

Gas Station Attendant

Court is in session

Put The Hills Have Eyes on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.