The Hills Have Eyes
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: March 10, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireChris Hewitt (1)
Fans of the original won't be disappointed, but ultimately it's just another decent, arguably unnecessary, '70s horror remake. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Where Craven and his director, Alexandre Aja, may have miscalculated is in making the genetically damaged demons, with their flesh-potato foreheads and minimal verbal skills, into monster action figures who take vengeance on the world that created them. They're not scary because they're victims themselves. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
What good is a wallow in sicko sadism if you take all the fun out of it? Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Alexandre Aja directs in full glop mode and the cast includes a few performers, including Ted Levine (from "Monk"), Robert Joy, and Kathleen Quinlan, who probably wish they were elsewhere. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Some may condemn this gruesome, heartless exercise, but I prefer to savor the irony: three years after the Francophobia that accompanied Operation Iraqi Freedom, every bonehead in America will be lining up to see a Frenchman's movie about subhuman hillbillies. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
As with all ensemble horror movies, your first challenge is to guess which of the Carter kin will survive to destroy the creatures killing them, and in what order the family members (and their pets) will fall. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
There are scenes that may make your stomach feel uncomfortable for a moment but rarely stories that will upset your equilibrium. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
This slick, sick remake of the 1977 Wes Craven cult shocker is more of a glum bummer than a horror show. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Thanks to assured direction and a fine cast, Hills isn't terrible, only terribly unnecessary. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
The net effect would be doze-inducing if in fact the Dolby didn't attempt to wake the dead. Read full review
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