works as a taut thriller, but it also leaves plenty of room for political and ideological tunneling, if only for its horrific inversion of American family values

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 6, 2022

I've never been a Wes Craven fan, yet if there's one picture of his that I would place above all others, it would be The Hills Have Eyes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 27, 2021

In essence, this is a cruel odyssey prizing the survival of the fittest, both family units operating by their own socially dictated codes, reduced to brutality and savagery for survival.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 30, 2020

A pretty weak script and a totally tasteless realization. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Feb 12, 2020

There are still iconic and unforgettable elements to The Hills Have Eyes which allow it to stand the test of time and hold up among horror master Wes Craven's wide body of work

| Dec 7, 2018

It's a different kind of entertainment, one that thrives in the dark.

| Aug 28, 2018

One of the prime examples of the what was so fascinating about American horror films in the 1970s.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 8, 2011

Beware! 70s horror film is ultra violent.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 15, 2010

A satisfying piece of pulp.

| Jul 22, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 13, 2006

As disgusting as the movie is, the ride is never dull, but there's no need to take on the film to begin with unless there's something a little off inside your head.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 9, 2006

A heady mix of ironic allegory and seat-edge tension.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 26, 2005

Craven paints an interesting and uniquely bloody study of how 'normal' people will descend to the lowest depths in order to save themselves, but you'll have to suffer through a lot of tedium to get there.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 7, 2004

As a mirror to the low-fi, sci-fi hero journey of Star Wars, however, The Hills Have Eyes is the far less damaging to its respective genre.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 1, 2003

Craven's latent sick streak gets a major workout here, and the rudest shocks seem to center around the "good" family's parental figures.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 10, 2003

...a sporadically effective Texas Chain Saw Massacre rip-off.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Inventive story ideas and humorous touches give this horror picture an enduring relevancy and stylistic flourish.

| Mar 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 5, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2002