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The Hills Have Eyes

Play trailer 2:28 Poster for The Hills Have Eyes R 2006 1h 47m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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51% Tomatometer 137 Reviews 58% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
A family road trip takes a terrifying turn when the travelers become stranded in a barren atomic zone established by the U.S. government. However, the unlucky travelers discover to their horror that the wasteland is far from uninhabited, A band of bloodthirsty mutants prowls the area, and there is nothing they like better than fresh meat.
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Faster paced for today's audiences, this Hills remake ratchets up the gore for the hardcore horror fans, but will turn away casual audiences.

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Brian Tallerico UGO Mar 24, 2007
Like Craven's original, Aja's version gets the job done - it makes your stomach turn, puts you on edge, and gives you a horror-movie ride. Go to Full Review Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper Mar 20, 2006
It's just nasty. Go to Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Mar 20, 2006
C+
What's fundamentally missing is the anarchic, irrational unpredictability that made the original so terrifying. Go to Full Review Sloan Freer Radio Times Oct 2, 2025
4/5
Yet while the killers' casualness is deeply disturbing, it's the ordinary family's shocking survival tactics that give the movie its lingering impact. Go to Full Review Alberto Abuín Espinof Feb 12, 2020
A good movie that never aims to achieve perfection. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 5, 2019
2.5/4
For such a dark, gritty, ferocious film, the big, melodramatic finish betrays its creepy, low-budget aesthetic. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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J H @UpstateNYThriller 1 day ago 8.1/10 Survival Horror, Desert, mid 2000's Good Hills have eyes remake. creepy mid 2000s family gets stranded out in the desert. Mutated cannibals hunt travelers in the desert. See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 1, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Carrington S @RT97516098 Jun 27, 2026 Phenomenal Fantastic Movie! See more Callum P @RT72988767 Jun 25, 2026 I am a big horror movie fan. I will watch at least one a week with my friends and we get across a pretty wide range. But jesus christ i have never watched a horror movie so attrocious. This does mot have scares, it just tries to shock with an obscenely boring start followed by a rather nonsensical climactic moment where the director clearly just wanted to see someone get SA'd. If you want a brutal horror taking place in the desert, watch wolf creek. If you want something to really scary there are so many recent horrors that are well made (smile, hereditary, invisible man). Do not watch this movie. Oath. See more Pedro Henrique C @Pedro2005 May 1, 2026 The Hills Have Eyes (2006) It's a really boring movie full of plot holes. The cast is a real disappointment, the central story is very generic, and the horror is quite weak. There are many people who really like this movie and consider it a classic. See more Tierney O @RT76648757 Apr 14, 2026 I remember seeing this first when I was nine it was a big heart racer the scenes were completely unecessary and really put a viewpoint on me of not watching movies that is straight up gore no plotline. It started of good but got concerning. Partial recommend because it wasn't the worst as it did give the characters some personality before the gore. But then again I can't be saying much given the age I watched it I was probably dramatic as hell. In my eyes it was greusome I stand by it. The r4pe scene was not necessary forever staying by that point. Trashy but acceptable. See more Read all reviews
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Alexandre Aja

Director

Aaron Stanford

Doug Bukowski

Kathleen Quinlan

Ethel Carter

Vinessa Shaw

Lynn Carter Bukowski

Emilie de Ravin

Brenda Carter

Dan Byrd

Bobby Carter

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Synopsis A family road trip takes a terrifying turn when the travelers become stranded in a barren atomic zone established by the U.S. government. However, the unlucky travelers discover to their horror that the wasteland is far from uninhabited, A band of bloodthirsty mutants prowls the area, and there is nothing they like better than fresh meat.
Director
Alexandre Aja
Producer
Wes Craven, Peter Locke, Marianne Maddalena
Screenwriter
Grégory Levasseur, Alexandre Aja
Production Co
Craven-Maddalena Films
Rating
R (Strong Gruesome Violence|Language|Terror Throughout)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$41.8M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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