The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and starring Michael Berryman. The film was supposedly inspired by the Scottish legend of the "Sawney" Bean family.

The film tells the story of a vacationing upper-middle-class nuclear family which stumbles into the middle of the badlands in the American midwest. Stranded there, they are set upon by a family of inbred cannibals, who proceed to rape, murder, and mutilate the family members, until the survivors strike back in bloody fashion.

It is a follow-up of sorts to Craven's Last House on the Left, expanding on the earlier film's theme of the "traditional" American nuclear family being threatened by a twisted version of itself.

The film did reasonably well in its initial release and today enjoys a large cult following. Craven later made a sequel in 1985, which he later disowned. Alexandre Aja made a remake in 2006, which Craven both endorsed and reportedly enjoyed.

Taglines:

The lucky ones died first...

A nice American family. They didn't want to kill. But they didn't want to die.

The story of an American family who lost everything, except the will to survive.

So, you think you're lucky to be alive.

Hills Have Eyes Series

• The Hills Have Eyes (1977 film),1977
• The Hills Have Eyes Part II, 1985
• The Hills Have Eyes III, 1995, also known as The Outpost or Mindripper
• The Hills Have Eyes, 2006

External links

• A Review of the 2006 version, which acts to place the original film in context and explore the thematic content of these films.
• The Hills Have Eyes Official Movie Site

1977 films | Horror films | Films directed by Wes Craven

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