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The Hills Have Eyes is an Americanhorror franchise that consists of fourhorror films, as well as agraphic novel andmerchandise. The first film was released in 1977,The Hills Have Eyes; the series wasrebooted in a 2006 remake. The films focus on a group of people stranded in a desert who become hunted by a clan of deformedcannibals in the surrounding hills. The films collectively grossed over $132 million at the box-office worldwide. The series was created byWes Craven who is known for theNightmare on Elm Street andScream films.[2][3][4][5] The series has featured actors and actresses includingDee Wallace,Aaron Stanford,Michael Berryman andEmilie de Ravin.
| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original films | ||||
| The Hills Have Eyes | June 22, 1977 (1977-06-22) | Wes Craven | Peter Locke | |
| The Hills Have Eyes Part II | August 2, 1985 (1985-08-02) | Peter Locke, Barry Cahn, Jonathan Debin | ||
| Reboot films | ||||
| The Hills Have Eyes | March 10, 2006 (2006-03-10) | Alexandre Aja | Alexandre Aja andGrégory Levasseur | Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Peter Locke |
| The Hills Have Eyes 2 | March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23) | Martin Weisz | Wes Craven andJonathan Craven | |
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
| Character | Films | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Mentioned | Aaron Stanford | Mentioned |
| Brenda Carter | Susan Lanier | Susan LanierA | Emilie de Ravin | |
| Bobby Carter | Robert Houston | Dan Byrd | ||
| Lynne Carter-Wood / Bukowski | Dee Wallace | Mentioned | Vinessa Shaw | |
| Ethel Carter | Virginia Vincent | Virginia VincentA | Kathleen Quinlan | |
| Big Bob Carter | Russ Grieve | Mentioned | Ted Levine | |
| Catherine "Katy" Wood / Bukowski | Brenda Marinoff | Maisie Camilleri | ||
| Ruby / Rachel | Janus Blythe | Laura Ortiz | ||
| Fred | John Steadman | Tom Bower | ||
| Beast | Appeared | Mentioned | ||
| Beauty | Appeared | Appeared | ||
| The Cannibal | ||||
| Pluto | Michael Berryman | Michael Bailey Smith | ||
| Papa Jupiter | James Whitworth | James WhitworthA | Billy Drago | |
| Mercury | Peter Locke | Adam Perrell | ||
| Big Mama | Cordy Clark | Ivana Turchetto | ||
| Film | Release date (US) | Budget | Box office revenue | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Most of the films have received mixed reception from critics.
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| The Hills Have Eyes (1977) | 69% (29 reviews)[8] | |
| The Hills Have Eyes Part II | 12% (8 reviews)[9] | |
| The Hills Have Eyes (2006) | 51% (137 reviews)[10] | 52% (28 reviews)[11] |
| The Hills Have Eyes 2 | 13% (64 reviews)[12] | 32% (18 reviews)[13] |
To coincide with the release ofThe Hills Have Eyes 2,Fox Atomic Comics released agraphic 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 byJimmy Palmiotti andJustin Gray, and drawn byJohn Higgins.
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