feelsalike.com

Movies that feel like The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

If you loved The Hills Have Eyes, the closest films we have are Friday the 13th (2009), Halloween Kills (2021) and House of Wax (2005). All three share The Hills Have Eyes' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 51% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Alexandre Ajadreadunsettlingtense

Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.

See it on the map

When is The Hills Have Eyes streaming? β†’

If The Hills Have Eyes hit the spot, these will too

Friday the 13th poster
Friday the 13th
2009 Β· dir. Marcus Nispel
πŸ… 26%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: slasher

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

Feels alike?
Halloween Kills poster
Halloween Kills
2021 Β· dir. David Gordon Green
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller

Common ground in both: serial killer and killer

Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.

Feels alike?
House of Wax poster
House of Wax
2005 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Common ground: gore

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than The Hills Have Eyes does

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

Feels alike?
X poster
X
2022 Β· dir. Ti West
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.5horror

Both are working the same pair: van, gas station

The difference: Missing the tension of The Hills Have Eyes

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

Feels alike?
Silent Night, Deadly Night poster
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984 Β· dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.8thriller Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: gore

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1980s show

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

Feels alike?
Saw VI poster
Saw VI
2009 Β· dir. Kevin Greutert
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: killer

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

Feels alike?
Halloween poster
Halloween
2018 Β· dir. David Gordon Green
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: serial killer

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Feels alike?
Crawl poster
Crawl
2019 Β· dir. Alexandre Aja
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thriller

Alexandre Aja working the same nerve twice

When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.

Feels alike?
Drag Me to Hell poster
Drag Me to Hell
2009 Β· dir. Sam Raimi
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

Feels alike?
Wrong Turn poster
Wrong Turn
2003 Β· dir. Rob Schmidt
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: cannibal

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

Feels alike?
Creep poster
Creep
2014 Β· dir. Patrick Brice
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: β€œ$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naivetΓ©, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

Feels alike?
The Sadness poster
The Sadness
2021 Β· dir. Rob Jabbaz
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: rape

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

Feels alike?

In the mood for more dread?

all dread movies β†’

The best-reviewed films that share The Hills Have Eyes’ defining feeling.