Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.
This movie contains 77 potentially triggering events.
About 20/30 minutes in, their German Shepard runs off into the mountains and you can hear her whines off screen. It pans to the remains of the dog and a cannibal is then seen eating one of her legs.
I watched this movie 15 years ago and I still randomly have flashes to the rape scene bc it disturbed me so badly. If you are triggered by SA (like I am) please don’t attempt to watch this movie.
at the 55 to 60 minute mark the 2 sisters get raped and assaulted by mutants - the scene is very graphic so if that is a trigger, it’s best advised to skip it.
The mutants are heavily deformed by decades of exposure to radiation and inbreeding. They have massive, cancerous growths and most of them have limb deformities.
The daughter of the family is sexualized and raped by the antagonists.
I don't know if she is a minor or not but in any case she is not older than twenty
Several members of the main family are violently killed on screen. The mutants probably have enough screen time to count as major characters and many of them are also killed.
Not explicitly, but the antagonists and Ruby have severe disabilities/illnesses due to inbreeding and specifically radiation. Nuclear war and radiation poisoning are big themes in this movie, which we all know cause cancer.
The mutants have congenital deformities from radiation and inbreeding. One also looks like he may have hydrocephalus given the size of his head and his disabled status.
The opening title credits features a montage of WW2 era planes dropping bombs with some catching fire/crashing. These visuals are intercut with loud jumpscare audio. Not sure why people have voted no, I found it triggering.
A parakeet also (unfortunately) dies on screen.