The Hills Have Eyes
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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.
What critics thought
Critical opinion on Alexandre Aja's remake landed squarely in the middle, with some finding it a legitimately effective and disturbing horror film while others felt the escalating brutality came at the cost of characterization. The debate over whether the film constitutes serious genre filmmaking or exploitative 'torture porn' defined its reception and hasn't fully settled.
“this remake of the alleged 1977 Wes Craven classic has one very disturbing quality: It's too damned good.”
The Washington Post
“The Hills Have Eyes finds an intriguing setting in 'typical' fake towns built by the government [...] But its mutants are simply engines of destruction. There is a misshapen creature who coordinates attacks with a walkie-talkie; I would have liked to know more about him, but no luck.”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Alexandre AjaDirector
Aaron StanfordDoug
Dan ByrdBobby
Emilie de RavinBrenda
Vinessa ShawLynn
Ted LevineBig Bob
Kathleen QuinlanEthel
Tom BowerGas Station Attendant
Billy DragoPapa Jupiter
Robert JoyLizard
Desmond AskewBig Brain
Ezra BuzzingtonGoggle
Michael Bailey SmithPluto
Grégory LevasseurWriter
Maxime AlexandreCinematographyFrom the studio
The Hills Have Eyes
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.
What critics thought
Critical opinion on Alexandre Aja's remake landed squarely in the middle, with some finding it a legitimately effective and disturbing horror film while others felt the escalating brutality came at the cost of characterization. The debate over whether the film constitutes serious genre filmmaking or exploitative 'torture porn' defined its reception and hasn't fully settled.
“this remake of the alleged 1977 Wes Craven classic has one very disturbing quality: It's too damned good.”
The Washington Post
“The Hills Have Eyes finds an intriguing setting in 'typical' fake towns built by the government [...] But its mutants are simply engines of destruction. There is a misshapen creature who coordinates attacks with a walkie-talkie; I would have liked to know more about him, but no luck.”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Alexandre AjaDirectorAaron StanfordDougDan ByrdBobbyEmilie de RavinBrendaVinessa ShawLynnTed LevineBig BobKathleen QuinlanEthelTom BowerGas Station AttendantBilly DragoPapa JupiterRobert JoyLizardDesmond AskewBig BrainEzra BuzzingtonGoggleMichael Bailey SmithPlutoGrégory LevasseurWriterMaxime AlexandreCinematographyFrom the studio
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