The Hills Have Eyes is an American horror franchise that consists of four horror films, as well as a graphic novel and merchandise. The first film was released in 1977, The Hills Have Eyes; the series was rebooted in a 2006 remake. The films focus on a group of people stranded in a desert who become hunted by a clan of deformed cannibals in the surrounding hills. The films collectively grossed over $132 million at the box-office worldwide. The series was created by Wes Craven who is known for the Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream films.[1] [2] [3] [4] The series has featured actors and actresses including Dee Wallace, Aaron Stanford, Michael Berryman and Emilie de Ravin.
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
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Original films | ||||
The Hills Have Eyes | Wes Craven | Peter Locke | ||
The Hills Have Eyes Part II | Peter Locke, Barry Cahn, Jonathan Debin | |||
Reboot films | ||||
The Hills Have Eyes | Alexandre Aja | Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur | Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Peter Locke | |
The Hills Have Eyes 2 | Martin Weisz | Wes Craven and Jonathan Craven | ||
Character | Films | |||
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Original series | Reboot series | |||
The Hills Have Eyes | The Hills Have Eyes Part II | The Hills Have Eyes | The Hills Have Eyes 2 | |
1977 | 1985 | 2006 | 2007 | |
Humans | ||||
Doug Wood / Bukowski | Martin Speer | Aaron Stanford | rowspan="7" | |
Brenda Carter | Susan Lanier | Emilie de Ravin | ||
Bobby Carter | Robert Houston | Dan Byrd | ||
Lynne Carter-Wood / Bukowski | Dee Wallace | Vinessa Shaw | ||
Ethel Carter | Virginia Vincent | Kathleen Quinlan | ||
Big Bob Carter | Russ Grieve | Ted Levine | ||
Catherine "Katy" Wood / Bukowski | Brenda Marinoff | Maisie Camilleri | ||
Ruby / Rachel | Janus Blythe | Laura Ortiz | ||
Fred | John Steadman | Tom Bower | ||
Beast | rowspan="2" | |||
Beauty | ||||
The Cannibal | ||||
Pluto | Michael Berryman | Michael Bailey Smith | ||
Papa Jupiter | James Whitworth | Billy Drago | ||
Mercury | Peter Locke | Adam Perrell | ||
Big Mama | Cordy Clark | Ivana Turchetto | ||
Film | Release date (US) | Budget | Box office revenue | Reference | ||
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United States | Foreign | Worldwide | ||||
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) | July 22, 1977 | $230,000 | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 | ||
The Hills Have Eyes Part II | January 2, 1985 | $700,000 | ||||
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) | March 10, 2006 | $15,000,000 | $41,778,863 | $27,844,850 | $69,623,713 | [5] |
The Hills Have Eyes 2 | March 23, 2007 | $15,000,000 | $20,804,166 | $16,662,372 | $37,405,247 | [6] |
Total | $38,930,000 | $66,584,110 | $44,507,222 | $132,028,960 |
Most of the films have received mixed reception from critics.
Film | |||
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977) | 67% (27 reviews)[7] | ||
The Hills Have Eyes Part II | 0% (7 reviews)[8] | ||
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) | 52% (140 reviews)[9] | 52% (28 reviews)[10] | |
The Hills Have Eyes 2 | 12% (68 reviews)[11] | 32% (18 reviews)[12] |
To coincide with the release of The Hills Have Eyes 2, Fox Atomic Comics released a graphic novel set in the continuity of the remake series in July 2007. The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning reveals the genesis of the mutants, who were once normal people, ignorant to the rest of the world, and how they evolved into horrific creatures.[13] [14] It was written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, and drawn by John Higgins.