The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

The lucky ones died first...

Rating

1.8 (2)

Release Date

7/22/1977

Runtime

90 mins

Overview

Taking an ill-advised detour en-route to California, the Carter family soon run into trouble when their RV breaks down in the middle of the desert. Stranded, they find themselves at the mercy of monstrous cannibals lurking in the surrounding hills.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$350,000

Revenue

$25,000,000

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A relentless descent into nightmare as an ordinary family's bad luck becomes a fight for survival against inhuman predators in an isolated wasteland. The film's power lies in how quickly civilization's safety is stripped away.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling

Themes

SurvivalFamilyComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceSexual violenceAnimal harm

Reviews

The Hills Have Eyes (Original) Collection

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