Review of The Hills Have Eyes

Is this one of director Wes Craven's best or worse? It has genuine cult following credentials and helps make Michael Berryman one of the most recognized faces in the horror genre. A retired detective from Cleveland, Big Bob Carter(Russ Grieve)and his extended family are on vacation and on their way to California, they decide to go off road looking for an inherited silver mine. Of course, their car and trailer breaks down in desert wilderness and are soon the target of a cannibalistic family hell-bent on murder. Berryman plays Pluto, one of the more aggressively violent savages. Other cast standouts: Virginia Vincent, Janus Blythe and a very young Dee Wallace-Stone. Producer Peter Locke is seen in a couple of scenes as one of the raging hill dwellers. Late, late night viewing recommended.