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The Hills Have Eyes
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The Hills Have Eyes

2006 · R · 1h 47m

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.

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Release

In theaters
March 10, 2006

Curator Score

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

Strongest on atmosphere.

Jump scares

The Hills Have Eyes has 9 jump scares. Compare counts

Age suitability

The Hills Have Eyes is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 7.0/10 for fear and 7.0/10 for gore, and carries one content warning: sexual violence.

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6.7Overall
Fear7.0
Gore7.0
Atmosphere8.0

Genres

horrorthriller

Tags

Subgenre

survivalfamilycreature-feature

Setting

isolated-locationrural

Audience

extreme-horror

Production

practical-effects

Content Warnings

sexual-violence
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Details

Budget$15M
Box office$69.6M

Directed by

Alexandre Aja

Cinematography

Maxime Alexandre

Starring

Aaron Stanford as Doug · Dan Byrd as Bobby · Emilie de Ravin as Brenda · Vinessa Shaw as Lynn · Ted Levine as Big Bob · Kathleen Quinlan as Ethel · Tom Bower as Gas Station Attendant · Billy Drago as Papa Jupiter

Production

Craven-Maddalena Films, Dune Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Major Studio Partners

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