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The Hills Have Eyes

- The lucky ones die first.

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.

Release Date : 2006-03-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fox Searchlight PicturesCraven-Maddalena FilmsMajor Studio PartnersDune Entertainment

Production Country : FranceUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Doug

Original Name : Aaron Stanford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ethel

Original Name : Kathleen Quinlan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lynn

Original Name : Vinessa Shaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Big Bob

Original Name : Ted Levine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brenda

Original Name : Emilie de Ravin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bobby

Original Name : Dan Byrd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gas Station Attendant

Original Name : Tom Bower

Gender : Male

Character Name : Papa Jupiter

Original Name : Billy Drago

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lizard

Original Name : Robert Joy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Brain

Original Name : Desmond Askew

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goggle

Original Name : Ezra Buzzington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pluto

Original Name : Michael Bailey Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ruby

Original Name : Laura Ortiz

Gender : Female

Character Name : First Victim

Original Name : Maxime Giffard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baby Catherine

Original Name : Maisie Camilleri Preziosi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cyst

Original Name : Greg Nicotero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Mama

Original Name : Ivana Turchetto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Small Deformed Child

Original Name : Judith Jane Vallette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Small Deformed Child

Original Name : Adam Perrell

Gender : Male

Reviews

Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

One of the best horror remakes to come out in this most recent trend. Rather than ignoring its source material, or taking the other extreme of drearily rehashing it scene for scene, Aja and Levasseur's _The Hills Have Eyes_ simply expands and improves upon the original. _Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-21

Aside from some pretty significant plausibility issues, this is actually quite a decent shock horror. A family stop off at gas station where the elderly attendant tells them of a dirt track shortcut across the desert that will save them a few hours. Towing their caravan, off they go, but when a puncture causes them to lose control and crash into a big rock, they begin to realise that they are not the only folks nearby - and I use the term "folks" loosely. What now follows sees our travellers terrorised by some hideously mutated people who had been left there ever since the US Government carried out nuclear tests. Reduced to just 3, "Big Bob" (Ted Levine) and his faithful hound have to track down his kidnapped baby grandchild - a perilous journey indeed. Now quite why they decided to take the shortcut is just one of a few dodgy decision taken by the "Carter" family that made me wonder, and rendered the plot increasingly silly as we progress to an ending that seems to drag on a bit too long. That said, there are plenty of jump moments and Alexandre Aja manages to keep the annoyingly screaming hysteria to a minimum. Once it eventually gets going, it becomes decently paced and the photography is tightly cut to maximise the impact of some pretty gruesome scenarios (and prosthetics!). Though not as gritty as the 1977 original, I think it's still just as good.