The Hills Have Eyes

2006

1h 47m

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6.4/10

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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.

Directors

Alexandre Aja

Writers

Grégory Levasseur(screenplay by)

Alexandre Aja(screenplay by)

Wes Craven(characters by)

Stars

Aaron Stanford

Kathleen Quinlan

Vinessa Shaw

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Doug

Ethel

Lynn

Big Bob

Brenda

Bobby

Gas Station Attendant

Papa Jupiter

Lizard

Big Brain

Goggle

Pluto

Ruby

First Victim

Maisie Camilleri Preziosi

Baby Catherine

Greg Nicotero

Cyst

Ivana Turchetto

Big Mama

Judith Jane Vallette

Small Deformed Child

Directors

Alexandre Aja

Writers

Grégory Levasseur(screenplay by)

Alexandre Aja(screenplay by)

Wes Craven(characters by)

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6/10

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.

Geronimo196721 Apr, 2022