Other Titles • Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (1977) • Hügel der blutigen Augen (1979)
Synopses for The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
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Fans of Wes Craven's more recent major studio work (the Scream series) may be put off by the low-budget griminess of his sophomore feature, The Hills Have Eyes, but the director's longtime supporters and aficionados of '70s horror will be riveted by this unsettling culture clash fable. Originally titled Blood Relations, Hills strands a suburban family (which includes E.T.'s Dee Wallace Stone and future documentarian Robert Houston) in the desert and pits them against a clan of inbred cannibals. The resourceful killer brood quickly decimates the outsiders' numbers, forcing the survivors to fight back with equally savage means. Like Craven's debut, Last House on the Left, Hills is a relentlessly tense film which demolishes numerous societal taboos (fratricide and infant kidnapping, for starters), but it also delivers a powerful subtext about family and the fine line between civilization and animal behavior amidst the mayhem. Highly recommended for Craven completists and fans of no-holds-barred horror. --Paul Gaita
DVD features Anchor Bay presents The Hills Have Eyes in a deluxe two-disc set with a wealth of extras to reward collectors who have been waiting patiently for this film's DVD debut. Disc 1 offers the film in a restored, widescreen presentation with multiple audio options (mono, Dolby 5.1 Surround EX, and DTS 6.1) as well as a warm and frequently amusing commentary track by Craven and producer Peter Locke. Disc 2 offers two featurettes: the first, "Looking Back on The Hills Have Eyes," has Craven and several cast members (including the always-charming Michael Berryman) giving their reminiscences about the movie's difficult shoot, while the second is an episode of the cable series The Directors on Craven, featuring a number of celebrities testifying to his talents. The supplements are rounded out by the original ending, a brace of TV and theatrical trailers, promotional material, and storyboards; viewers with a DVD-ROM can access an early draft of the screenplay and several screen savers. --Paul Gaita
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When their camper breaks down in the desert on their way to California, a desperate family struggles to survive the attacks of a bizarre cannibalistic family, hungry for fresh meat and determined to terrorize the innocent vacationers. As members of the Carter clan fall prey to these inbred marauders, only a son and daughter remain to rescue their kidnapped infant and seek vengeance against the savages who have destroyed their family.
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The Carters are an all-American family on their way to California when their car breaks down far from civilization in the remote southwestern desert. But they are not alone: Watching from the hills is a very different kind of clan, a family of marauding inbred cannibals with an unspeakable taste for human flesh and monstrous brutality. In the nightmare that follows, what depravities must this wholesome family endure to survive? And in a primal wasteland ruled by lust and rage, who will become the most shocking savages of all?
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