IMDb plot summary: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Suze Lanier-Bramlett, Robert Houston, Martin Speer, and Dee Wallace.
This was a huge blind spot for me up until now. It has the same grody, uncomfortable feel as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was one of Craven's favorite films and you can absolutely see its influence here -- not only in the grunginess of its visuals but in how generally unlikable its protagonists are. It's interesting how little information is given to us about the antagonists. We get a sort of back story about halfway through the film, but still it's never clear what these people want or how far their power extends or a lot of other things. But, hey, we fear what we don't understand, and the film really leans into the horror of regular people wanting to know "why are they even DOING this," and it's a pretty effective angle. It's definitely not my preferred sub-genre of horror, but it does exactly what it's trying to do, and I give it props for that.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Hills Have Eyes < All the Money in the World
The Hills Have Eyes > Little Manhattan
The Hills Have Eyes > Bronson
The Hills Have Eyes < Adama
The Hills Have Eyes < Konrad
The Hills Have Eyes > The Hurt Locker
The Hills Have Eyes > Frankie Go Boom
The Hills Have Eyes < Dirty Dancing
The Hills Have Eyes > Ralph Breaks the Internet
The Hills Have Eyes < Sullivan's Travels
The Hills Have Eyes > Flypaper
Final spot: #1921 out of 3210, or
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