| John Steadman | ... | Fred | |
| Janus Blythe | ... | Ruby | |
| Peter Locke | ... | Mercury (as Arthur King) | |
| Russ Grieve | ... | Big Bob Carter | |
| Virginia Vincent | ... | Ethel Carter | |
| Suze Lanier-Bramlett | ... | Brenda Carter (as Susan Lanier) | |
| Dee Wallace | ... | Lynne Wood | |
| Brenda Marinoff | ... | Katy | |
| Robert Houston | ... | Bobby Carter | |
| Martin Speer | ... | Doug Wood | |
| James Whitworth | ... | Jupiter | |
| Michael Berryman | ... | Pluto | |
| Lance Gordon | ... | Mars | |
| Cordy Clark | ... | Mama | |
| Flora | ... | Beauty | |
| Striker | ... | The Beast |
Directed by | |||
| Wes Craven | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Wes Craven | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Peter Locke | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Don Peake | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Eric Saarinen | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Wes Craven | |||
Casting by | |||
| Gus Schirmer | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Robert A. Burns | (as Robert Burns) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Joanne Jaffe | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Dave Ayres | .... | special makeup | |
| RaMona Fleetwood | .... | hair stylist | |
| Karen Grant | .... | makeup artist: second unit | |
| Ken Horn | .... | special makeup | |
| Donald Mulderick | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Walter R. Cichy | .... | production manager (as Walter Cichy) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Valley Hoffman | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Mary Church | .... | props | |
Sound Department | |||
| Jill Debin | .... | sound effects | |
| David Lee Fein | .... | sound effects | |
| Craig Felburg | .... | sound mixer: second unit | |
| D.G. Fisher | .... | assistant sound | |
| Peter Hitchcock | .... | sound effects | |
| David Marsh | .... | sound effects | |
| Jan Schulte | .... | sound mixer | |
| Hal Watkins | .... | re-recording engineer | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Greg Auer | .... | special effects | |
| John Frazier | .... | special effects | |
Stunts | |||
| Alton James | .... | stunts | |
| Ron Stein | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Ron Stein | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Carolyn Ames | .... | best person: second unit | |
| Dennis Bishop | .... | gaffer | |
| Larry Boyd | .... | grip | |
| Robert Eber | .... | assistant camera: second unit (as Bob Eber) | |
| Ray Fischer | .... | still photographer | |
| William Moore | .... | grip (as Bill Moore) | |
| Leslie Otis | .... | assistant camera | |
| Lynn Rogers | .... | key grip | |
| Richard Scheid | .... | grip | |
| Tim Wawrzeniak | .... | assistant camera: second unit | |
| Ken Wheeland | .... | best boy | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Paula Cain | .... | wardrobe supervisor | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Robert Alsheimer | .... | assistant editor | |
| J. Larry Carroll | .... | set editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Don Peake | .... | conductor | |
Other crew | |||
| Florence M. Amico | .... | production assistant | |
| Joanie Blum | .... | script supervisor | |
| Rick Braverman | .... | script supervisor: second unit | |
| Jim Dannaldson | .... | snakes | |
| Moe Di Sesso | .... | dogs | |
| Rhonda Hopkins | .... | production assistant | |
| Peter Locke | .... | presenter | |
| Tom Morrocco | .... | dogs | |
| Tom Pickette | .... | location coordinator | |
| Tom Pickette | .... | location scout | |
| Rose Marie Yurinko | .... | assistant to producer | |
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THE HILLS HAVE EYES is an example of a strong premise interpreted intelligently by an original, non-pussified director. If this had been made (for the first time) now, it'd be weak as pi**.
HILLS is a raw, solid, shocking little terror flick about a multi-generational family who get stranded in the desert. They are stalked and attacked by another multi-generational family.
"They wanted to see something different, but something different saw them first," is how the ad line ran for this classic. It sums up the premise nicely. The desert family is an ugly, in-bred, brutal unit, but, like our "heroes", they just want to survive the only way they know how.
Baldy Michael Berryman, who plays Pluto, is the standout sicko in this drama, but no actor fails to impress here as the terror mounts and survival instincts short like fuses.
Director/writer Craven does a superb job characterizing both families and keeps proceedings moving at a clip. The characters are no cliches, they are flesh and blood people, and it is so refreshing to not sit through another template terror flick with pre-ordained peaks and troughs.
This film gets nasty, too, yes, siree. There are shootings, stabbings, burnings and strangulation. Two Rin Tin-Tin-like dogs bring a little Barnum and Bailey to the action and the desert location, where the entire film is set, is a perfect, sun-drenched hell on earth.
Although much can be learned from rotten movies, much about staging realistic terror and keeping it simple, stupid, can be learned watching HILLS.
A classic.