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The Hills Have Eyes (franchise)
''The Hills Have Eyes'' is an American Horror film, horror franchise that consists of four horror films, as well as a graphic novel and Product (business), merchandise. The first film was released in 1977, ''The Hills Have Eyes (1977 film), The Hills Have Eyes''; the series was reboot (fiction), rebooted in a 2006 remake. The films focus on a group of people stranded in a desert who become hunted by a clan of deformed human cannibalism, cannibals in the surrounding hills. The films collectively grossed over $132 million at the box-office worldwide. The series was created by Wes Craven who is known for the A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise), ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' and Scream (franchise), ''Scream'' films. The series has featured actors and actresses including Dee Wallace, Aaron Stanford, Michael Berryman and Emilie de Ravin. Films Cast Reception Box office Critical reception Most of the films have received mixed reception from critics. Comics To coincide with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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The Hills Have Eyes (2006 Film)
''The Hills Have Eyes'' is a 2006 American horror film directed by Alexandre Aja and co-written by Aja and Grégory Levasseur, in their English-language debut. It is a remake of Wes Craven's 1977 film of the same name. The film stars Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy, and Ted Levine and follows a family that is targeted by a group of cannibalistic mutants after their car breaks down in the desert. ''The Hills Have Eyes'' was released theatrically in the United States and United Kingdom on March 10, 2006. It earned $15.5 million in its opening weekend in the United States, where it was originally rated NC-17 for strong gruesome violence, but was later edited down to achieve an R rating. An unrated DVD version was released on June 20, 2006. A sequel, '' The Hills Have Eyes 2'', was released in 2007. Plot Retired detective 'Big' Bob Carter and his wife Ethel are traveling from Cleveland to San Diego through the New Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ted Levine
Frank Theodore Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill) in the film '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series ''Monk'' (2002–2009). Levine's other notable roles are in the films '' Nowhere to Run'' (1993), ''Heat'' (1995), ''Bullet'' (1996), '' The Fast and the Furious'' (2001), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), '' Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), '' American Gangster'' (2007), '' Shutter Island'' (2010), '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018), and '' The Report'' (2019). Early life Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, the son of Charlotte Virginia (Clark) and Milton Dmitri Levine, who were both doctors and members of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Levine's father was of Russian-Jewish descent and his mother had Welsh and Native American ancestry. He describes himself as a "hillbilly Jew". He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. In 1975, he enrolled at Marl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel ''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,'' and her Golden Globe and Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film ''Apollo 13 (film), Apollo 13'', along with many roles in other feature films, television movies and series, in a career spanning almost five decades. Early life and education She was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Josephine (née Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television sports director. She was raised in Mill Valley, California. Career Quinlan had an uncredited role in 1972's ''One Is a Lonely Number'' but her official credited film debut was in George Lucas's 1973 movie ''American Graffiti'', at the age of nineteen. As a young actress in the 1970s, she also had guest-starring roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Virginia Vincent
Virginia Vincent (May 3, 1918 – October 3, 2013) was an American film, television and theatre actress. She was known for playing the role of "Jennie Blake" in the 1958 film '' The Return of Dracula''. Vincent died in October 2013, at the age of 95 in United States. Partial filmography *'' California Passage'' (1950) - Mazie (uncredited) *'' The Company She Keeps'' (1951) - Annabelle Bird (uncredited) *''Taxi'' (1953) - Hortense (uncredited) *''The Helen Morgan Story'' (1957) - Sue *'' The Return of Dracula'' (1958) - Jennie Blake *'' The Black Orchid'' (1958) - Alma Gallo *''I Want to Live!'' (1958) - Peg *''Perry Mason'' (1958–1960) - 3 episodes, various characters *'' Never Steal Anything Small'' (1959) - Ginger *''The Real McCoys'' (1962) - Nancy Templeton *'' Love with the Proper Stranger'' (1963) - Anna *'' Navajo Run'' (1964) - Sarah Grog *'' Tony Rome'' (1967) - Sally Bullock *'' Dragnet'' (1967–1970) - 6 episodes, various characters *''Gunsmoke'' - "The Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vinessa Shaw
Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actress, making her feature film debut in the slasher film ''Home Sweet Home (1981 film), Home Sweet Home'' (1981). She had her breakout role in Walt Disney Pictures, Disney's Halloween comedy-fantasy film ''Hocus Pocus (1993 film), Hocus Pocus'' (1993). Shaw also appeared in ''Ladybugs (film), Ladybugs'' (1992) and ''L.A. Without a Map'' (1998). While attending Barnard College, Shaw was cast in a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick's ''Eyes Wide Shut'' (1999), after which she decided to continue acting into her adulthood. Subsequent roles include in Kathryn Bigelow's period drama ''The Weight of Water (film), The Weight of Water'' (2000); the comedy ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' (2002), the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's horror film ''The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film), The Hills Have Eyes'', the western ''3:10 to Yuma (2007 film), 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), and the romantic dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dan Byrd
Daniel Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2004 film ''A Cinderella Story'', the 2006 remake of '' The Hills Have Eyes'', the 2010 films ''Easy A'' and '' Norman'', and the sitcoms ''Aliens in America'', ''Young Sheldon'', and ''Cougar Town''. Life and career Byrd was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jeff and Rachel Byrd, and was raised in Marietta, Georgia. He began acting at a young age. His feature film debut was in the 1999 film '' The First of May'', which starred Julie Harris and Mickey Rooney. He then went on to make a string of appearances in television series such as ''Judging Amy'', '' Any Day Now'', '' ER'', and ''Touched by an Angel'' before gaining his first break-out role in the TNT miniseries '' Salem's Lot'', playing schoolboy Mark Petrie. In 2004, Byrd co-starred in ''A Cinderella Story'', opposite Hilary Duff. He played Carter Farrell, the method acting best friend of Duff's Cinderella character Sam Mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Houston (actor)
Robert "Bobby" Houston (born 1955) is an American filmmaker and actor. He made his acting debut in '' The Hills Have Eyes'' (1977) before becoming a film director and screenwriter. His films include ''Shogun Assassin'' (1980) and ''Bad Manners'' (1984). Later in his career, Houston became a successful documentarian. He won an Emmy Award for the film '' Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks'' (2002) and an Academy Award for the film '' Mighty Times: The Children's March'' (2004) in 2005. Life and career Houston first came to prominence with his performance of the character Bobby in Wes Craven's 1977 horror film '' The Hills Have Eyes''. He would reprise his role in the sequel ''The Hills Have Eyes Part II'' (1984). In 1977, Houston modeled for pop artist Andy Warhol at his Factory in New York. Warhol's silkscreen painting ''Torso'' (1977) is based on a Polaroid photo he took of Houston as part of his "landscapes" series depicting nude males. In the book ''The Andy Warhol Diari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Susan Lanier
Susan Lanier-Bramlett better known as Susan Lanier, is an American actress. Career Lanier had a guest appearance on ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' where she played a flirtatious student named Bambi, who initially makes a move on Gabe. During the 1970s, she guest starred on shows such as ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Electra Woman and Dyna Girl'', ''Alice'', '' Police Woman'' and ''Eight is Enough''. In 1976, she starred alongside John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt in the second pilot for ''Three's Company'' on ABC. Lanier, who served as the original choice by the producers to portray the newly created character Chrissy Snow, replaced Susanne Zenor in the cast when the characters, that were directly based from the original British sitcom ''Man About The House'' were done away with, but Lanier herself was then replaced by Suzanne Somers. In 1977, Lanier starred in the original cult classic, '' The Hills Have Eyes''. She also starred as Sandi Chandler on the television series ''Szysznyk'' from 1977 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jonathan Craven
Jonathan Craven (born March 20, 1965) is an American writer and director. He is the son of filmmaker Wes Craven and Bonnie Broecker. He co-wrote the horror sequel ''The Hills Have Eyes 2'' and worked on the short-lived NBC horror series ''Nightmare Cafe''. He managed the Chapin Sisters for a year in 2005. He also co-produced the 2009 remake of '' The Last House on the Left'', which is a remake of the 1972 version written, directed and edited by his father, Wes Craven. Filmography *'' The Last House on the Left'' (1972) (actor; boy with balloon; uncredited) *'' Shocker'' (1989) (actor; Jogger) (visual effects coordinator) (post-production apprentice editor) *'' A Gnome Named Gnorm'' (1990) (art department assistant) *'' Framed'' (1990) (TV movie) (property assistant) *''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' (1994) (assistant to props: additional shooting) *'' Mind Ripper'' (1995) (producer) (writer) *''The Minus Man'' (1999) (property master) *''They Shoot Divas, Don't They?'' (2002) (TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martin Weisz
Martin Weisz (born March 27, 1966), is a German music video and film director. He has directed over 350 videos and worked with artists such as Nickelback, Brandy, Puff Daddy, and LL Cool J. He has also directed numerous commercials. Weisz won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dance Video and was nominated for Best Rock Video in 2000. He made his debut as a film director with the controversial 2006 film '' Rohtenburg'' (called ''Grimm Love'' in the United States), which is banned in some areas of Germany. His second film, ''The Hills Have Eyes 2'', debuted in theaters in 2007. His third film, ''Squatters Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building (usually residential) that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there wer ...'', debuted in theaters on May 13, 2014. Weisz is married and has four children. References External links * Official hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Hills Have Eyes 2
''The Hills Have Eyes 2'' is a 2007 American horror film and the sequel to the 2006 film, which itself was a remake of the 1977 horror film. The film follows several New Mexico Army National Guard comrades as they fight for survival against the mutant people living in a military base in the New Mexico desert. It stars Michael McMillian, Jacob Vargas, Flex Alexander and Jessica Stroup. ''The Hills Have Eyes 2'' was directed by German film director Martin Weisz, and written by father and son team Wes and Jonathan Craven. A graphic novel titled '' The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning'' was published by Fox Atomic Comics to accompany the release of the film; it was released on July 3, 2007. Plot A captive woman, forced to breed mutant children, is unable to provide healthy offspring after giving birth to a stillborn and is killed by Papa Hades, leader of the inbred mutant clan living at a nuclear testing village in the New Mexico desert, designated as Sector 16. Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
