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| Image: The Hills Have Eyes |
Seen by some critics as an allegorical take on the Vietnam War, Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes pits a 'civilised' all-American family - the God-fearing Carters, who unwisely take a detour through the desert - against a 'primitive' clan of cannibals. Craven smartly subverts the stock issue 'good versus evil' paradigm by having the Carters become every bit as brutal and violent as their assailants in their quest to survive; a theme Craven also explores to discomfiting effect in Last House on the Left.
'.one of the richest and most perfectly realized films of Craven's career' - Steven Jay Schneider, Senses of Cinema.
