The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

A family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Writers:

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

Stars:

Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd

2 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maxime Giffard	...	First Victim
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Pluto
Tom Bower	...	Gas Station Attendant
Ted Levine	...	Big Bob
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Ethel
Dan Byrd	...	Bobby
Emilie de Ravin	...	Brenda
Aaron Stanford	...	Doug
Vinessa Shaw	...	Lynn
Maisie Camilleri Preziosi	...	Baby Catherine
Robert Joy	...	Lizard
Laura Ortiz	...	Ruby
Ezra Buzzington	...	Goggle
Billy Drago	...	Papa Jupiter
Greg Nicotero	...	Cyst

Storyline

While celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, a couple are traveling 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 realize they're not alone and the hills indeed do have eyes.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of family | deformity | rape | murder spree | graphic violence | 

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Taglines:

They will be the last thing you ever see.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong gruesome violence and terror throughout, and for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The nuclear crater that Doug encounters is completely computer generated.

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Goofs

(at around 1 min) In the beginning when Pluto kills the first researcher, you see the ax go through the mask, so the mask has a hole in it. When the researcher falls on the ground, his mask doesn't have a hole, it's just like it was.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Gas Station Attendant: Ruby, is that you?

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Alternate Versions

US version was heavily edited (31 changes) for violence to secure a R rating. This version was used for international theatrical distribution. Uncut version is available on DVD.

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Connections

Referenced in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

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Soundtracks

More and More
Written by Merle Kilgore
Performed by Webb Pierce
Courtesy of MCA Nashville
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Not bad , but still prefer the original by a mile

What made early Wes Craven movies so special were these eary and daunting atmospheres he was so good in creating ; And this is what Hills Have Eyes 2006 totally lacked. Firstly the music through out the movie was awful and totally cliché and unfortunately diminished any depth that HHE was trying to show. I did like the nuclear mutant idea , but then seeing them reminded me on how the original HHE villains had way more presence on the screen and they had no make up !!

Now I did like the actors , they played their respective roles well The effects were good + I did like how they twisted the original script and added some new ideas instead a complete knock off of the original So my final word not a bad movie , but lacked atmosphere/suspense , which is so important in horror/slasher movies , shame !

Details

Official Sites:

Fox Searchlight [United States]

Country:

USA France Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Hills Have Eyes

Filming Locations:

CLA Studios, Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$15,708,512, 12 March 2006

Gross USA:

$41,778,863

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$70,009,308

Company Credits

Production Co:

Craven-Maddalena Films, Dune Entertainment, Major Studio Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 108 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1