Combining his previous exploitation flick the last house on the left 1972 with the texas chain saw massacre 1974, craven was becoming a true professional scaremonger. Wes cravens the hills have eyes 1977 is a classic of horrors backwoods brutality subgenre. The hills have eyes 2 2007 horror film wiki fandom. Two very different kinds of nuclear families battle it out in the hills have eyes, alexandre ajas nasty remake of wes cravens 1977 classic. The hills have eyes 1977 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Victorville, california, usa 8 of 8 found this interesting interesting. Possible the hills have eyes 1977 filming location near apple. I was a member of the morongo valley volunteer fire department when hills have eyes 2 was filmed,they used the department as a back up for their pyro technics. The hills have eyes 2 began filming in the summer of 2006 in ouarzazate, morocco, where the previous movie was filmed. Horror gas station from slasher film the hills have eyes lies abandoned in morocco, still stocked with americana the eerie movie set. Writer wes cravens initial inspiration for the film came during a casual conversation with producer peter locke. The hills have eyes 35 movie clip big brain 2006 hd duration.
This is the r1 unrated print of the hills have eyes remake. As in cravens original, a vacationing family faces attack from within as well as without and the film plays as something of a warped western with suburbanites and murderous mutated freaks replacing cowboys and indians. The movie is a sequel to the 2006 movie the hills have eyes which was a remake of an older 1977 horror film. The film follows the carters, a suburban family targeted by a family of cannibal savages after becoming stranded in the nevada desert following cravens directorial debut, the last house on the left 1972, producer peter locke was. T he hills have eyes 2 is the sequel to last years remake of wes cravens 1977 exploitation classic, which itself had a followup that this new series entrywritten by craven and his son jonathanisnt based upon. The hills have eyes is an american horror franchise that consists of five horror films, as well as a graphic novel and merchandise. The hills have eyes part 2 movie filming locations the.
The film stars tamara stafford, kevin spirtas, john bloom, michael berryman, penny johnson, janus blythe, john laughlin, willard e. No moment in ajas hills have eyes is as offensive as the camera moving through the cgi bullet hole in marcus nispels the texas chainsaw massacre, which took serial killing into the realm of mtvs wow factor. The 1977 hills have eyes has a torn jaws poster in one scene as a mocking homage to say that it wasnt horror, the hills have eyes was. Horror gas station from slasher film the hills have eyes lays abandoned in morocco still stocked with americana. This action horror film was written by french filmmaking partners alex. Cla studios, morocco 15 of 16 found this interesting interesting. The hills have eyes is a 2006 american horror film and remake of wes cravens 1977 film of.
They filmed the first out here in the high desert where i live in california, but i am not sure about the second, i havent seen it yet. This film lacks anything that made the first film so good. The hills have eyes part ii is a 1984 american slasher film written and directed by wes craven. It is about a family on a road trip stranded in the nevada desert who become hunted by a clan of deformed cannibals in the surrounding hills. Creepy photographs reveal the abandoned gas station from horror film the hills have eyes. Possible the hills have eyes 1977 filming location near apple valley, california. In 2006, the successful horror film remake, the hills have eyes was released.
See more ideas about the hills have eyes, eyes and horror films. The hills have eyes was filmed entirely in morocco, specifically in marrakech and ouarzazate. It was written by filmmaking partners alexandre aja and gregory levasseur of the french horror film high tension, and directed by aja. Possible the hills have eyes 1977 filming location near.
Filming locations 2 filming dates 1 filming locations. The hills have eyes is the grueling tale of a waspy family that finds itself stranded in the american southwest desert and, most unfortunately, near a lair of. We also filmed some amazing animals without even realizing it. The film was released in cinemas on 22 july 1977, and has since become a cult classic. The film was produced by barry cahn, jonathan debin, and peter locke. The hills have eyes ii 1984 full movie flick vault duration.
The hills have eyes is a 1977 american horror film written, directed, and edited by wes craven. Its probably a dirt road still but any info would help. The film follows a family that is targeted by a group of cannibalistic mutants after their car breaks down in the desert. The american horror movie the hills have eyes 2 was released in 2007. Ouarzazate, morocco 16 of 16 found this interesting interesting. From there, craven found mainstream success with a nightmare on elm street 1984 and it propelled him to the forefront of. See more ideas about the hills have eyes, eyes and horror. Where was the movie hills have eyes filmed answers. They were trying to recreate the feel of new mexico and the desert. It was a grindhouse blockbuster and, five years later, craven returned with a film that went on to eclipse its reputation. The hills have eyes an article in sundays calendar section about. Does anyone know what road to take to get to the area where the car broke down in the movie and all the stuff happened. The hills have eyes is a 1977 american horror film written, directed, and edited by wes craven and starring susan lanier, michael berryman and dee wallace.
When the movie transforms into a grindhouse slaughter show, where good guys get their limbs chopped off hostelstyle, aja really seems in his element, covering his cast from head to. W es cravens infamous schlocker the last house on the left was an exercise in pop culturecrashing perversity. The film was shot in victorville, california in the mojave desert using 16 mm film on cameras that were borrowed from a californian. Aside from cravens insightful story, the hills have eyes is a brutally violent tale. The hills have eyes is a 2006 american horror film and remake of wes cravens 1977 film of the same name. Packed with gutwrenching gore, ghastly makeup effects and heartstopping suspense, the hills have eyes will keep you on the edge of your seat and your sanity.
With suze lanierbramlett, robert houston, martin speer, dee wallace. So lets look back on its unflinching terror with 11 facts about the films production. The grainy picture quality lends the movies violence a sense of gritty realism. Apple valley, california, usa 6 of 6 found this interesting interesting. The hills have eyes 2006 movies, tv, celebs, and more. The first film was released in 1977, the hills have eyes. The hills have eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic testing zone. The films focus on a group of people stranded in a desert who become hunted by a clan of deformed cannibals in the surrounding hills. In fact, like many exploitation films from the 1970s, the hills have eyes benefits from its low budget.
The hills have eyes part 2 is a poorly constructed horror film that is absolutely pointless. The hills have eyes is the 2006 remake of wes cravens 1977 film the hills have eyes. In fact the movie was filmed in morocco, close to the city ouarzazate. The john wayne movie the shepherd of the hills1941 filming locations include big bear lake, calafornia, and branson, missouri. The movie was filmed near pioneer town in san bernadino, county calif. The hills have eyes 2 2007,is the sequel to the popular 2006 horror remake. The eerie movie set in agadir, morocco, stands relatively unchanged since it featured in the 2006 flick. The abandoned hills have eyes set in morocco youtube. If you have to make a remake, this is how you do it. The hills have eyes part ii is the sequel to the 1977 film. Possible hills have eyes filming location near apple valley, california i didnt know going out to california that i would be near this area, but i always remembered the movie as a kid and looked. According to writerdirector wes craven, the hills have eyes was inspired by the story of sawney bean, the head of a. An isolated desert research camp has been mysteriously abandoned, and now its up to an elite unit of soldiers to uncover the truth about the scientists who vanished without a trace.
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