... Aja and his gorehound ilk are making movies that simply wallow in state-of-the-art displays of torture, sadism and sexual humiliation. Geoff Pevere,Toronto Star
These Hills are more to be endured than enjoyed. Roger Moore,Orlando Sentinel
When its makers, director Alexandre Aja and his co-writer Gregory Levasseur, apply the fresh gloss to the old grit, they remember to apply the thinnest layer possible without skimping on the roughhouse humor. Gene Seymour,Newsday
The Hills Have Eyes is the latest revision to reach theaters, and it's one of the ugliest. Stephen Whitty,Newark Star-Ledger
New horror films, like Aja's, simply shock us with the blunt imagery of heads being axed or blown up, and of limbs being chopped or ripped off. Jack Mathews,New York Daily News
Hills' new mix of old elements somehow feels fresh. Bruce Westbrook,Houston Chronicle
This is not a remake or reinterpretation of Craven's film so much as a recapitulation of ideas from that film and other movies. Liam Lacey,Globe and Mail
Filled with gristle, gore and mutant mayhem, The Hills Have Eyes is a blood feast for horror fans hungering for something more than the by-rote splatter platters that lately have been filling movie theaters. Tom Long,Detroit News
Hills is the unadulterated stuff, no cut, no chaser. Terry Lawson,Detroit Free Press
Consider it as one of the first decent 'Why do they hate us' horror flicks. Lisa Kennedy,Denver Post
Like the Chainsaw rehash, Eyes borrows its title and narrative from a memorably grungy '70s artifact and then proceeds to hammer each new atrocity into your skull with a quarter of the skill and 10 times the blatancy of the original. Michael Phillips,Chicago Tribune
From complete dismemberment to extreme shotgun violence, Aja & Co. not only pull out the stops on this one, they decimate them. Erin Meister,Boston Globe
The film has an unpredictable quality that keeps viewers unnerved. Randy Cordova,Arizona Republic
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New reviews added from Rotten Tomatoes.
03/09/2006 @ 12:00 AM
There is a strange lack of tension and no real jolts of fear in this remake of the 1977 Wes Craven film. Claudia Puig,USA Today
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. Nathan Lee,New York Times
