The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American horror film, directed by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman, and Dee Wallace-Stone. It is about a family on a road journey who become stranded in the California desert, and are hunted by a clan of deformed cannibals in the surrounding hills. It was released in cinemas on July 22, 1977, and has since become a "cult classic".
The film was remade in 2006 by French horror filmmaker Alexandre ...
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The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American horror film, directed by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman, and Dee Wallace-Stone. It is about a family on a road journey who become stranded in the California desert, and are hunted by a clan of deformed cannibals in the surrounding hills. It was released in cinemas on July 22, 1977, and has since become a "cult classic".
The film was remade in 2006 by French horror filmmaker Alexandre Aja.
The film begins with an old man named Fred, packing his truck and drinking alcohol, as though worried. He frequently glances at the arid landscape around him, and makes continual comments about "them" and what "they" would do to him if they ever found out he was escaping. Suddenly, a ragged and somewhat feral ragamuffin girl turns up, wearing a tattered skirt and blouse. Annoyed, Fred addresses her as Ruby. She offers to trade what she has in her bag for food and the old man refuses.
They move into a small cabin and Fred scolds her for...
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