Films like The Hills Have Eyes.

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

House at the End of the Street (2012) poster
1. House at the End of the Street2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Orphan (2009) poster
2. Orphan2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009) poster
3. Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) poster
4. Texas Chainsaw 3D2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Collection (2012) poster
5. The Collection2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Open Water (2004) poster
6. Open Water2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hidden (2015) poster
7. Hidden2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) poster
8. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cult of Chucky (2017) poster
9. Cult of Chucky2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wrong Turn (2003) poster
10. Wrong Turn2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blair Witch (2016) poster
11. Blair Witch2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Ring Two (2005) poster
12. The Ring Two2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Hills Have Eyes’s neighbours — where are yours?

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