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The Hills Have Eyes Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 80

  out of 100

  The New York Times

  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.

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• 70

  out of 100

  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.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  This remake of the 1977 Wes Craven cult classic is brutally horrific. And that's a compliment.

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• 63

  out of 100

  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.

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• 58

  out of 100

  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.

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• 38

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  It is not faulty logic that derails The Hills have Eyes, however, but faulty drama. The movie is a one-trick pony.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Nothing is right about this ridiculous horror schlockfest.

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