The Hills Have Eyes
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
A straightforward, brutal horror remake faithful to Wes Craven's original with no identity messaging to speak of. The only thematic edge is a vague government nuclear-testing backstory, which is genre atmosphere rather than a lecture. Essentially clean across all axes.
What the AI Flagged
Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.
Identity Swaps
0A remake of the 1977 film with no race or gender swaps of established characters.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
10Standard family-in-peril horror; no male-demotion messaging, though the meek son-in-law becomes capable late.
- Doug evolves from skeptical pacifist to violent survivor to rescue his daughter
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0No LGBTQ+, trans, or non-binary content present.
DEI Casting
5Cast fits the setting; no quota-driven casting.
Preachiness
20A loose nuclear-testing/government-cover-up subtext exists but it's atmosphere, not a sermon.
- The mutants are products of government atomic bomb testing in the desert
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
10No anti-masculinity or anti-West messaging; gun-owning father is sympathetic.
Source Betrayal
10A faithful remake of Craven's original with gorier execution; no identity-driven rewrites.
- Retains the core premise of a family attacked by mutant clan in a test zone
Audience Reviews
Discussion
Cast & Crew
Aaron Stanford
Doug
Dan Byrd
Bobby
Emilie de Ravin
Brenda
Vinessa Shaw
Lynn
Ted Levine
Big Bob
Kathleen Quinlan
Ethel
Tom Bower
Gas Station Attendant
Billy Drago
Papa Jupiter
Robert Joy
Lizard
Desmond Askew
Big Brain
Alexandre Aja (Director) · Frank Hildebrand (Executive Producer)
The whole series, metered
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