Film
891: The Hills Have Eyes
Trivia: The
dead dog used as a stand-in for the family's slaughtered Alsatian 'Beauty',
widely believed to be a dummy dog, was in fact a real (already dead) dog that
director Wes Craven and producer Peter Locke had bought from the county sheriff's
department.
The
desert locations for the film were extremely rough on the crew. Not only was
the rocky terrain difficult to walk, let alone run through, but the temperature
would reach up to 120 degrees during the day. After sunset though it would drop
to a cold 30 degrees in a matter of minutes.
According
to star Robert Houston the audition process
for the film depended a lot on whether or not an actor could cry on cue.
Janus Blythe said Wes Craven kept insisting that she be covered in more dirt
through out shooting because she looked too pretty to have been living in a
desert all of her life.
According
to Suze Lanier-Bramlett the tension was at first quite high
when the crew prepared to shoot the scene where Pluto rapes Brenda. As a gag to
break the ice for everyone Lanier and Michael Berryman started making out during the first take.
The whole crew laughed hysterically.
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