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Release Date:
22 July 1977 (USA) moreTagline:
The lucky ones died first... morePlot:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Fangoria Celebrates Fathers Day Aka- “Oh look, another tie! Now I have to kill you.” (From Fangoria. 20 June 2009, 9:16 PM, PDT)
Satan Hates You. And You. And You Over There? Yeah, Especially You.
(From Twitch. 11 June 2009, 1:58 PM, PDT)
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Still Impressive Thirty Years Later moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Susan Lanier | ... | Brenda Carter | |
| Robert Houston | ... | Bobby Carter | |
| Martin Speer | ... | Doug Wood | |
| Dee Wallace | ... | Lynne Wood | |
| Russ Grieve | ... | Big Bob Carter | |
| John Steadman | ... | Fred | |
| James Whitworth | ... | Jupiter | |
| Virginia Vincent | ... | Ethel Carter | |
| Lance Gordon | ... | Mars | |
| Michael Berryman | ... | Pluto | |
| Janus Blythe | ... | Ruby | |
| Cordy Clark | ... | Mama | |
| Brenda Marinoff | ... | Katy | |
| Peter Locke | ... | Mercury (as Arthur King) | |
| Flora | ... | Beauty, the Carters' Dog |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
89 min | UK:86 min (cut version)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
New Zealand:R18 | USA:X (original rating) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Finland:(Banned) (1986) | Finland:K-16 (1996) | USA:R (MPAA rating) | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Germany:18 (uncut) (2008) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Australia:R | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16Filming Locations:
Victorville, California, USAFun Stuff
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Wes Cravens original title for the film was 'Blood Relations'. Producer Peter Locke however disliked the title. Numerous titles were then considered and the film tested best under the title 'The Hills Have Eyes', though Craven himself initially disliked the title. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: Toward the end of the movie, Bobby and Brenada use the left rear wheel of the car to pull Papa Jupiter across the ground, if the Axel had snapped like Big Bob said, this would be impossible. moreFAQ
Why is the Carter family driving through this deserted part of the desert?Is it true that they cooked a baby in the movie?
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While traveling in a trailer through the desert to California, the retired detective Big Bob Carter (Russ Grieve) stops in an isolated gas station with his family for fueling and rest. Bob is traveling with his wife Ethel (Virginia Vincent), his son Bobby (Robert Houston), his daughters Brenda (Susan Lanier) and Lynn (Dee Wallace) and his son-in-law and Lynn's husband Doug (Martin Speer) and their daughter baby Katy (Brenda Marinoff). When they leave the gas station, the owner advises Bob to stay in the main road. However, the stubborn driver takes a shortcut through a nuclear testing site and wrecks his station wagon. With the family stranded in the middle of nowhere, Bob and Doug walk on the road trying to find some help. Bob is captured by an insane and sadistic member of a deranged evil family that lives nearby the spot. Doug returns to the trailer, and along the night the Carter family is attacked by a group of psychotic cannibal criminals. Absolutely trapped by the murderers, they have to fight to survive.
The 1977 "The Hills Have Eyes" is still an impressive movie thirty years after the release date. I have never had the chance to see this low-budget movie, which has not been released on DVD in Brazil, and the VHS is rare. The violent, crude and claustrophobic story has not been dated; on the contrary, I believe it is more credible in the present days, when we can see violence everyday on the news, than in 1977. This movie is certainly one of the best in the filmography of Wes Craven. The cast is pure emotion and fear on the side of the Carter family, and evilness and sadism on the side of Jupiter's family. Ruby, performed by Janus Blythe, is probably the most interesting and ambiguous character, living with a dysfunctional family but still acting like a human being. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Quadrilha de Sádicos" ("Sadistic Gang")