The Hills Have Eyes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Wes Craven
Lance Gordon
Martin Speer
Cordy Clark
Arthur King
Robert Houston
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A family traveling to California accidentally drives through an Air Testing range closed to the public. When they crash their car, they're left stranded in the desert, becoming prey for the violent savages who inhabit the area.
Director
Wes Craven
Cast
Lance Gordon
Martin Speer
Cordy Clark
Arthur King
Robert Houston
John Steadman
Susan Lanier
Brenda Marinoff
James Whitworth
Dee Wallace Stone
Janus Blythe
Russ Grieve
Bobby Houston
Virginia Vincent
Michael Berryman
Crew
Florence M Amico
Greg Auer
David Ayres
Robert A Burns
Walter Cichy
Wes Craven
Wes Craven
Jim Dannaldson
Jill Debin
Moe Disesso
Robert Eber
David Fein
Craig Felburg
D G Fisher
John Frazier
Karin Grant
Peter Hitchcock
Valerie Hoffman
Rhonda Hopkins
Ken Horn
Joanne Jaffe
Alton Lee Jones
Alton Lee Jones
Peter Locke
David Marsh
Tom Morrocco
Donald Mulderick
Don Peake
Tom Pickette
Eric Saarinen
Jan Schulte
Ron Stein
Ron Stein
Hal Watkins
Tim Wawrzeniak
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Do you always try to stop trespassers by hanging yourself?- Big Bob Carter
Baby's fat. You're fat... fat and juicy.- Mars
That's not my Bob!- Ethel Carter
Trivia
There is a ripped poster of Jaws (1975) visible. See also: _Evil Dead, The (1982)_ , _Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)_ .
Producer Peter Locke has a memorable cameo as Mercury, the imbecile-sounding gang member with the feathered head-dress who is only spotted twice throughout the film, firstly at Fred's garage and secondly communicating with Mars and Pluto using a USAF radio.
The dead dog used as a stand-in for the family's slaughtered Alsatian 'Beauty', widely believed to be a dummy dog, was in fact a real (already dead) dog that director Craven and producer Locke had bought from the county sheriff's department.
When originally submitted to the MPAA, the film was given an X-rating which would have relegated it to the porno circuit and severely hurt the box-office returns. Craven cut the film enough to secure an R rating, and the original director's cut is thought to be no longer in existence.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video August 4, 1988
Released in United States Summer July 22, 1977
Filmmaker Wes Craven marked his feature directorial debut with "The Last House on the Left" (USA/1972).
Released in United States Summer July 22, 1977
Released in United States on Video August 4, 1988
