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The Hills Have Eyes is a 2006 American horror film directed by Alexandre Aja and co-written by Aja and Grégory Levasseur, in their English-language debut. It is a remake of Wes Craven's 1977 film of the same name.
Aug 26, 2020 · The Hills Have Eyes franchise popularized the cannibal family horror sub-genre but its four films are distinctly different; here's how they compare. Every The Hills Have Eyes movie ranked. Screen Rant
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- It was based on a “true story.” According to writer/director Wes Craven, The Hills Have Eyes was heavily inspired by the legend of Sawney Bean, believed to be the head of a wild Scottish clan that murdered and cannibalized numerous people during the 16th century.
- The film was also inspired by necessity. After Craven released The Last House on the Left in 1972, he tried his hand at making films outside of the horror genre, but according to the late director, “Nobody wanted to know about it.”
- Craven was even influenced by The Grapes of Wrath. For The Hills Have Eyes, Craven reportedly wanted to do “something more sophisticated” than The Last House on the Left, and also claimed, “I didn’t want to feel uncomfortable again about making a statement about human depravity.”
- Janus Blythe won her role based partly on speed. For the role of Ruby, the filmmakers needed an actress who could pull off the flighty and feral character convincingly, so, in the words of Locke: “We had sprints.”
Mar 10, 2006 · The Hills Have Eyes: Directed by Alexandre Aja. With Maxime Giffard, Michael Bailey Smith, Tom Bower, Ted Levine. A traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.
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May 11, 2023 · No, ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ is not a true story. However, the legend that inspired Wes Craven to write the original is no less morbid than the film itself. While researching for ideas , the famous horror film director came across the Scottish folk legend of Sawney Bean.
Mar 10, 2006 · Brenda Carter. Dan Byrd. Bobby Carter. Watchlist. A family road trip takes a terrifying turn when the travelers become stranded in a barren atomic zone established by the U.S. government.
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It's a mostly bloodless film that relies more on threat and menace for its scares than gore and gratuity, a lesson that modern horror filmmakers have still largely failed to learn, and while the ...
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