directed by Wes Craven
Wes Craven first shot to prominence,
not to mention notoriety, in 1972, when he and Sean Cunningham ( Friday the
13th and the House series director/Producer) shot the infamous "Last
House on the Left". Surprisingly "The Hills Have Eyes", which
is not as brutal or relentless as "Last House on the Left", went
on to become an international hit and acheived cult status.
The story is about an American family called the Carters, who are travelling
across the desert wastelands of America heading for California when they accidently
journey on to a road which has government aircraft experiments going over
it. The noise and the comotion of the experiments causes the dad to panic
and he crashes the car stranding them in the middle of nowhere.
They are spotted by a cannibal family who live in the
hills and wait for unexpecting passers by. This familly is run by a total
nutter of a father who orders his sons to go out and hunt down the passers
by for food. As the Dad of the Carters Family go for help he is attacked by
the cannibals, forced to drink petrol, and burnt to death nailed to a tree.
The cannibals then proceed to kill the dog, kidnap the baby, rape the daughter,
kill the other daughter and the mother of the Carters family. One of them
even eats the budgie! The sons and daughter of the Carters want revenge and
one by one the cannibal family are wiped out.
The film itself is not that bloody but what gore is in the film is rather
good. It is a good story which keeps its pace and momentum and builds up to
a good climax. Respectively it is shot and directed well and the new transfere
to dvd which was done by Anchor Bay makes for a whole new experience.
THE LUCKY ONES DIED FIRST...
