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The Hills Have Eyes

2006 · 107 min

A relentless, grueling descent into desert brutality that keeps you clenched and sickened from the first ambush to the last.

Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Maxime Giffard, Michael Bailey Smith, Tom Bower

Tagline: The lucky ones die first.
Overview: Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

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Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Maxime Giffard, Michael Bailey Smith, Tom Bower

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
revenge
violence
trauma
Places: wilderness
road trip
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	7
Horror	9
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	9
Darkness	9
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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