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

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80
Film ThreatHeidi Martinuzzi
When Aja really starts in on the brutal slayings, he spares no one any comfort at all. Read full review
80
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Even as he reinvents, Aja invents. He's clearly working on a big budget for his first American film and has been told he can do anything he can think of. Visually, the movie is wildly alive, full of sure touches. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNathan Lee
Snobs may balk, purists will be appalled, but this new and exceedingly nasty version of Wes Craven's 1977 cult shocker is awfully good at what it does. And mostly what it does is make you feel awful. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Almost 30 years later, it's just as primal. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
French up-and-comer Alexandre Aja's full-bore do-over is a shockingly successful update of a seminal 1970s shocker. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
If studios insist on remaking classic horror films, this is definitely the way to do it. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeErin Meister
Hills is a far cry from its cheesy and predictable predecessor. "Gruesome" doesn't begin to describe the horrors that are revealed on-screen here. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
This remake of the 1977 Wes Craven cult classic is brutally horrific. And that's a compliment. Read full review
70
VarietyRobert Koehler
Besides proving to be a faithful mimic of Craven's filmmaking, Aja pours on the gore. But where Aja's version really leaps beyond Craven's both atmospherically and on the violence scale is in the second hour. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Aja's version, while a killer ride in its own right, never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the proceedings. It's a topnotch nightmare, but this time you wake up. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The Hills Have Eyes gets points for gore and general creepiness, and for occasional periods of tension, but it's not scary enough to linger long in the subconscious. Read full review
63
PremiereGlenn Kenny
Though this new Hills is both scarier and smarter than 95 percent of the other horror product out there, it's also indicative of everything that's wrong with horror movies today. Read full review
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