The Hills Have Eyes
1977, R, 89 min.
Directed by Wes Craven, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman, Robert Houston, Virginia Vincent, Dee Wallace, Martin Speer.

In this early Wes Craven movie, mutant humans creatively slaughter and cannibalize an all-American family camping-out in their RV in the middle of the Nevada test range sites. Inventive story ideas and humorous touches give this horror picture an enduring relevancy and stylistic flourish.

This article appears in January 25 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.