The Hills Have Eyes
American horror franchise
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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 . [2] [3] [4] [5] The series has featured actors and actresses including Dee Wallace , Aaron Stanford , Michael Berryman and Emilie de Ravin .
Films
Film | Director | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977) | Wes Craven | Wes Craven | Peter Locke |
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985) | Barry Cahn, Jonathan Debin and Peter Locke | ||
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) | Alexandre Aja | Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur | Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena and Peter Locke |
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) | Martin Weisz | Wes Craven and Jonathan Craven | |
Reception
Box office
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 | [6] |
The Hills Have Eyes 2 | March 23, 2007 | $15,000,000 | $20,804,166 | $16,662,372 | $37,405,247 | [7] |
Total | $38,930,000 | $66,584,110 | $44,507,222 | $132,028,960 |
Critical reception
Most of the films have received mixed reception from critics.
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977) | 67% (24 reviews) [8] | |
The Hills Have Eyes Part II | 0% (7 reviews) [9] | |
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) | 52% (142 reviews) [10] | 52% (28 reviews) [11] |
The Hills Have Eyes 2 | 12% (68 reviews) [12] | 32% (18 reviews) [13] |
Comics
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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. [14] [15] It was written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray , and drawn by John Higgins .
References
- ↑ "4K Restoration of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes Coming From Arrow Video" . Brutal As Hell .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes 1977" . Blu-ray .
- ↑ "15 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Hills Have Eyes 2" . IFC .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes (1977)" . High-Def Digest .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (Widescreen)" . walmart.com .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes 2006 Box Office" . BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved 26 November 2014 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes 2 Box Office" . BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved 26 November 2014 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2009-12-13 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes, Part II" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2022-12-03 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2009-12-13 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes (2006): Reviews" . Metacritic . Retrieved 2009-12-13 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes 2" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2009-12-13 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007): Reviews" . Metacritic . Retrieved 2009-12-13 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning" . HarperCollins.com . Retrieved 26 November 2014 .
- ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning Preview" . IGN . 8 February 2007.
External links
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- The Hills Have Eyes at IMDb
- The Hills Have Eyes Part II at IMDb
- The Hills Have Eyes at IMDb
- The Hills Have Eyes 2 at IMDb
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