The Hills Have Eyes

– Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family ro..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

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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The Hills Have Eyes (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

10 Mar 2006

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Writer:

Wes Craven (based upon his film), Alexandre Aja (screenplay), Grégory Levasseur (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Maxime Giffard, Michael Bailey Smith, Tom Bower, Ted Levine

Plot:

While celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, a couple are caravanning through the desert with their 3 children, son in law and their baby granddaughter. While the rest of the family agrees there are plenty of better and more appropriate things to do to celebrate an anniversary, they make do with what they have, but things take a turn after a sketchy gas station attendant informs them about a "short cut" that will take them in between a series of hills in the desert. It doesn't take too long before they realise they're not alone and the hills indeed do have eyes.

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations.

Gross profit:

$41,685,824

Production:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
Metacritic:
52%