The Hills Have Eyes
The lucky ones died first...
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.
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $25M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hills Have Eyes returned 71.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $350,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Jul 22, 1977
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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