# The Hills Have Eyes

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. The series has featured actors and actresses including Dee Wallace, Aaron Stanford, Michael Berryman and Emilie de Ravin.

## Films

| 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 | Wes Craven | Peter Locke |
| The Hills Have Eyes Part II | August 2, 1985 (1985-08-02) | Wes Craven | Wes Craven | Peter Locke, Barry Cahn, Jonathan Debin |
| Reboot films |||||
| The Hills Have Eyes | March 10, 2006 (2006-03-10) | Alexandre Aja | Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur | Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Peter Locke |
| The Hills Have Eyes 2 | March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23) | Martin Weisz | Wes Craven and Jonathan Craven | Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Peter Locke |

### Cast

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
* An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
* $^A$ indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio.
* $^C$ indicates a cameo role.
* $^U$ indicates an uncredited appearance.
| Character | Films | Films | Films | Films |
| Character | Original series | Original series | Reboot series | Reboot series |
| Character | The Hills Have Eyes | The Hills Have Eyes Part II | The Hills Have Eyes | The Hills Have Eyes 2 |
| Character | 1977 | 1985 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Humans |||||
| Doug Wood / Bukowski | Martin Speer | Mentioned | Aaron Stanford | Mentioned |
| Brenda Carter | Susan Lanier | Susan Lanier | Emilie de Ravin | Mentioned |
| Bobby Carter | Robert Houston | Robert Houston | Dan Byrd | Mentioned |
| Lynne Carter-Wood / Bukowski | Dee Wallace | Mentioned | Vinessa Shaw | Mentioned |
| Ethel Carter | Virginia Vincent | Virginia Vincent | Kathleen Quinlan | Mentioned |
| Big Bob Carter | Russ Grieve | Mentioned | Ted Levine | Mentioned |
| Catherine "Katy" Wood / Bukowski | Brenda Marinoff | Mentioned | Maisie Camilleri | Mentioned |
| Ruby / Rachel | Janus Blythe | Janus Blythe | Laura Ortiz | |
| Fred | John Steadman | | Tom Bower | |
| Beast | Appeared | Appeared | Appeared | Mentioned |
| Beauty | Appeared | | Appeared | Mentioned |
| The Cannibal |||||
| Pluto | Michael Berryman | Michael Berryman | Michael Bailey Smith | |
| Papa Jupiter | James Whitworth | James Whitworth | Billy Drago | |
| Mercury | Peter Locke | | Adam Perrell | |
| Big Mama | Cordy Clark | | Ivana Turchetto | |

## Reception
### Box office

| Film | Release date (US) | Budget | Box office revenue | Box office revenue | Box office revenue | Reference |
| Film | Release date (US) | Budget | United States | Foreign | Worldwide | Reference |
| 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 | |
| The Hills Have Eyes 2 | March 23, 2007 | $15,000,000 | $20,804,166 | $16,662,372 | $37,405,247 | |
| Total | 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 |
| The Hills Have Eyes (1977) | 67% (27 reviews) | |
| The Hills Have Eyes Part II | 0% (7 reviews) | |
| The Hills Have Eyes (2006) | 52% (140 reviews) | 52% (28 reviews) |
| The Hills Have Eyes 2 | 12% (68 reviews) | 32% (18 reviews) |

## Comics

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. It was written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, and drawn by John Higgins.