The Hills Have Eyes is a legendary survival-horror franchise that began with Wes Craven's 1977 classic and was revitalized by a brutal 2006 remake. The series is renowned for its visceral depiction of a "civilized" family forced to descend into savagery to survive against a clan of cannibalistic mutants in the American desert.
The series consists of four main films and a prequel graphic novel: The Hills Have Eyes
The films explore the thin veneer of civilization and the potential for "normal" people to commit extreme acts of violence when pushed to the limit. The Franchise History The Hills Have Eyes is a legendary survival-horror
Across both the original and the remake, the narrative follows the , who become stranded in a remote desert area (Nevada in 1977; New Mexico in 2006) after a "shortcut" suggested by a suspicious gas station attendant leads to a vehicle breakdown. The Franchise History Across both the original and
A clan of cannibals living in the surrounding hills. In the original, they are a primitive family of outcasts; in the 2006 remake, they are depicted as survivors of government nuclear testing who have suffered horrific genetic mutations.