Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- dread-filled
- brutal
- claustrophobic
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the remake fast-paced and technically effective for hardcore horror audiences, but excessively gory and thinner on character development than its premise suggested.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The family is stranded among remote desert hills after following a shortcut from a gas station.
The surviving family members respond to prolonged attacks by turning resistance into violent retaliation.
The film reworks Wes Craven’s 1977 premise with faster pacing and significantly heightened gore.
Parents, adult children, an in-law, and a baby must cooperate after their caravan is ambushed.
Films like The Hills Have Eyes, and why
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
desert-set survival horror, isolated travelers, brutal mutant antagonists, and escalating family peril
Wrong Turn
remake-driven slasher horror with graphic violence, relentless pursuit, and vulnerable protagonists trapped in hostile surroundings
The Strangers
extreme survival horror centered on an ordinary family confronting savage attackers in an isolated environment
Movie Details
- Director
- Alexandre Aja
- Release Date
- 2006-03-10
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (3487)
Cast
- Aaron Stanford
- Dan Byrd
- Emilie de Ravin
- Vinessa Shaw
- Ted Levine
- Kathleen Quinlan
- Tom Bower
- Billy Drago
- Robert Joy
- Desmond Askew
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Hills Have Eyes about?
- A stranded anniversary road trip becomes a savage desert siege in which an ordinary family must fight back against hidden, mutated attackers.
- What is The Hills Have Eyes like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Hills Have Eyes as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Hills Have Eyes violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Hills Have Eyes as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Hills Have Eyes?
- Critics broadly found the remake fast-paced and technically effective for hardcore horror audiences, but excessively gory and thinner on character development than its premise suggested.
- Which films are like The Hills Have Eyes?
- Films with a similar feel include The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Wrong Turn, and The Strangers.
- How long is The Hills Have Eyes?
- The Hills Have Eyes runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Hills Have Eyes?
- In United States, The Hills Have Eyes streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
