The Hills Have Eyes (1977) KILL COUNT

[@DeadMeat]

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[@Tahitian1899]

Please do other countries they have hidden gems

[@air03man]

Only saw “hills have eyes” remakes of 1 & 2 so congrats to late Wes craven with that said let’s get to the kills!

[@angelaplays]

No

[@Tahitian1899]

@@angelaplays who the hell asked you

[@SwaveyHardaway]

Bullets be flying all over the place

[@MapleSyruper]

Seeing Beast the dog help tear down the Hill People after seeing Beauty get killed is one the best parts of this movie

[@basementdwellercosplay]

I was with Doug when he called him good boy, Beast really was the best boy for that film

[@JakeTruemperBricks]

Beast straight up carried for the family, they’d be wrecked without him

[@balabanasireti]

​@@basementdwellercosplay Cringe

[@SnuggieMaple]

@@balabanasireti what’s cringe about that?

[@SnuggieMaple]

100% Beast had to avenge its fellow dog and that pup did!

[@Edgeworth99]

Oh fun fact: While that painting by Goya is commonly referred to as "Saturn Devours His Son", that was given much later after the fact. It's one of the 14 so-called "Black Paintings" that he made towards the end of his life, painting them directly onto the walls of his home. He never intended them to be publicly displayed, and never gave them names. Meaning it wasn't meant as a depiction of Saturn, just a bizarre horrific mural he made that some historian decided to reference Roman mythology with, which makes it even more disturbing in my eyes.

[@RealBradMiller]

Oh, thanks for that fact!!

[@takeandbakejake3271]

It was painted on the wall in his dining room.

[@RainWelsh]

“Yeah, I’m… I’m going to call it Saturn Devours His Son.” “What? Why? If Goya didn’t-“ “Listen, we’re looking pure fucking madness in the eye here. Do you want to call it ‘Goya Breakdown No.12 - Weird Cannibalism This Time, or something classy? Do you really want to unpack whatever this shit is? Do you?” “… Saturn Devours His Son has a great ring to it, actually.” Genuinely what do you do when you do a wellness check on your friend and he’s scrawled pure nightmare fuel all over his walls.

[@Miscellaneous_Minx]

@@RainWelsh”O-oh, yea no it looks great! I, uh does it have a name?” “…” “COOL ok cool. Um..”

[@lionblaze0384]

My favorite part was that it was in his kitchen. This is his dining room image. Incredible

[@WilliamAfton-bj3ur]

Dead Meats top 4 worst fears Number 4 a wide shot of several dead bodies Number 3 Bastard Skellies Number 2 Zoran without pants Number 1 another Thankskilling sequel

[@weirdguy1495]

Number 4 is a wide shot of several dead people.

[@jerrys1]

@@weirdguy1495I think that’s the worst possibility of all

[@frankforte8078]

Add having to describe a scene that has to be completely censored

[@frankforte8078]

As well as covering a movies that are stinkers compared to their beloved franchises(e.g. I Know What You Did Last Summer, Tremors)

[@axelnilsson5124]

@@frankforte8078James didn’t cover tremors

[@jacquelinewarner-smith1770]

MASSIVE respect for Susan Lanier. I've heard that SA scenes are incredibly difficult to film, psychologically. Respect and boundaries are paramount in those moments. The way she managed to take charge, build chemistry, and break the tension by suggesting to Michael Berryman that they should actually make out is such a power move.

[@markalexander3659]

The slowness is Ethels deaths is actually pretty realistic. It can take about 12 hours to bleed to death from a single stab or bullet wound to the gut.

[@stone_age_sam]

yeah and in most of the movies/shows people die instantly with a shot like that (unless it's not a main character lmao)

[@markalexander3659]

@@stone_age_sam Yes! Slashers are especially bad when someone will INSTANTLY die from a single stab to the gut or be fully dead from being chocked for 20 seconds. I had a seizure where I didn't breathe during it and it lasted nearly 6 minutes and I (obviously) didn't die. Not sure what it is with horror movies and people dying extremely easily.

[@JuanRodriguez-lf5ki]

No party like a new kill count party

[@Milk2074Lol]

Dead Meat late nights

[@aqquafina]

Word is bond

[@Weird-Egg]

Ayo

[@RazvanHardcore]

Hello In Praise of Shadows Here did u know the cannibals in this movie are actually Native Americans protecting their territory from the evil white healthy family? What they do in this movie is justified and I can confirm that because I was bullied on Call of Duty when I was 12

[@grantpowell4135]

Correctomundo

[@brandongamingtv7545]

4:18 i did looked up the transcript for this movie, and just in case you're wondering, he said: "All right, everybody shut up. That's it."

[@beckwinter1869]

i lowkey thought he said “Alright everybody that’s it everybody sets up the tent” cuz they’re camping ig?

[@BladerJuggs]

The problem is what he actually says is, "Alright, everybody shuts up. That's it." A single extra 's' makes the entire thing ridiculous.

[@AmericanSuperSoldier]

Thank you for this comment! I knew I heard him say that instead of whatever "chip" thing James said

[@violetphoenix13]

Subtitles for the movie say it too

[@MountainStreamLives]

Were you also not able to comprehend the line?

[@DanGamingFan2406]

One of Wes Craven's most underrated films. I especially love Michael Berryman's performance as Pluto, that face is iconic. And Beast was the real hero of this movie.

[@aaronsolomon6096]

Idk if it's underrated per say

[@aaronsolomon6096]

I knew about this before Halloween

[@Antisnot]

@@aaronsolomon6096it is because of the remake being better

[@kyrohowe3156]

Really did well in his role, ngl.

[@jaimeraymundo7324]

The Hills Have Eyes 1977 Is The Most Underrated Gem Movie

[@alexxx5248]

I’ve always loved this movie for not having a final character. We get to see the family work together and prevail

[@blueegg4198]

Wow, way more of the family survived than I expected. Once the cannibals lost the element of surprise they kinda got their asses kicked. Mostly thanks to Beast, that good good boy

[@marygracedipasupil4466]

16:31 "The Baby was always be okay" Me: *TREEVENGE FLASHBACKS* ☠️

[@damired]

I am having the House of 1000 Corpses flashbacks after that saying 💀💀

[@MapleSyruper]

Although we had to see a dog get killed, we also got to see one fight back against his killer and help the family. Gotta love that

[@Xehanort10]

5:52 The Carters do seem like the type of family where if their dog bit a person they'd blame whoever got bitten instead of taking responsibility for not controlling the dog.

[@lucinae8512]

I already disliked most of them for how much of a pastiche of white, conservative suburban culture Craven wanted them to represent, and this reaffirms why.

[@tonypringles2285]

@@lucinae8512 hating them for being white is racist

[@balabanasireti]

​@@lucinae8512 Calm down, kid

[@timmytwotits9293]

I think this is a in praise of shadow Alt lol

[@duvall5jd]

@@lucinae8512wow……touch grass

[@CptCutter81]

The "Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby" joke was so much funnier than I expected.

[@that_pan_chick8650]

For anyone wondering. At 3:26 he says “Alright everybody shuts up, that’s it!”

[@kelceylikesgaming]

That’s what i thought, i’m surprised i understood 🤠

[@nerdstop5025]

I also understood

[@dominicsievert9812]

Puppet James becoming more prominent was a great choice for the channel. I love that little murderous guy!

[@grantpowell4135]

He has dark thoughts that puppet. I dont trust him

[@piyaphumL.]

I blame "Don't hug me , I'm scared" for creating the Puppet James.

[@nerdmageddon1007]

You can't prove he's murderous

[@PramkLuna]

I want more Saw movies made not bc of the story but so that Billy and Puppet James can do a collab

[@tonymata8070]

He reminds me of Ashy Slashy. 😆

[@3xp3r1m3ntation]

20:36 “Wow! That’s a Raatma! Should my Raatma Raatma this? Yeah! Hail Raatma!”

[@elhopper3735]

They’re getting increasingly unhinged and I love it😂

[@MelonHere20]

​@@elhopper3735 lmao yeah

[@kasonpasters2987]

I can’t wait for you to cover the remake. Wes craven rocks

[@NitPickz]

One of the best remakes out there. Whether it's better than the original is up for taste. But I say it's just as good.

[@HawkknightXC88]

I'm excited to see James cover the Remake and the sequel as well.

[@Maynards_so_blue]

​@NitPickz it's an amazing remake, one of the few remakes that beats the original

[@TheDorkSideTV]

The gymnast shooting while flipping took me out for some reason 😂

[@carstonmertens178]

This comment is for the algorithm gods since I remember James saying that older Kill Counts don’t do as well. Dead Meat fucking rules. Be good people

[@garyburton1724]

Pluto doesn't actually die, he survives and comes back in the sequel. Probably just as a way to get old fans back in.

[@ajchapman5261]

I have to admit though, the sequel was just plain "meh". I mainly didn't like how Pluto and Ruby had a secret uncle that was never mentioned. The dude was literally not mentioned by their grandpa at all when he told Bob about Jupe.

[@claytonrios1]

I used to think the title was literal as a kid. It's why I was scared of hills.

[@ThatC1official]

But they were mountains

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

​@@ThatC1officialif you consider those mountains then I own Canada

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Hills actually have eyes, you should still be afraid

[@JackNick2000]

Finally we got a Kill Count on those weird Mario hills

[@beefan3325]

Underrated comment

[@Miscellaneous_Minx]

10:40 He has such an incredibly unique face he always makes me think of a distinguished old vampire I love him

[@a-ghost-named-Anna]

Hear me out…

[@anthonysciarappa911]

The videos covering the older classic horror movies are the absolute best

[@PJH-vd7ve]

As someone who was born and grew up in the northeast, this movie literally made me scared to drive out west. I wonder if it had the same effect on other people from the "big cities."

[@Tw0Dots]

Same haha Lived in the south most of my life so ive heard tons of scary hillbilly stories

[@geoffreyfyfe2248]

This and "TCM" basically made suburbanites/city dwellers everywhere afraid of the backwoods.

[@DisFooTV93]

I live a bit over half an hour away from where they filmed this. It’s up the hill in the high desert. You have to drive through there to go to Las Vegas(which I just did yesterday lol) but it doesn’t look like the movie since so much has happened since 77’ but don’t get me wrong. There’s plenty of places on that drive looking off the freeway that make me wonder where they film this movie. It’s still very much desert out there.

[@cosmicbuttersjr6415]

This movie and the 2nd were trash. Not scary or anything. The 2006 is WAY better than Cravens first 2. Only case in history I can say it

[@jijitters]

As a Great Lakes city kid, I am fearful of the south, rural/empty areas, and hot areas. Would never even go on a road trip through a place like this, even if we didn't stop anywhere. The Hills Have Eyes didn't activate that fear or anything, but it solidified it lol Only the remake though. Original is too old to be scary.

[@Yobamos]

An ad for a hereditary discovery service on a kill count about inbred cannibals, well played James.

[@AT0MlC-27]

I've been waiting for you guys to cover this film and it's finally here!!!!

[@konstance13]

21:16 I actually think doing a series of "sequels we skipped to movies we've covered" would be really cool for the Kill Count.

[@NitPickz]

I would gladly eat that up. Wolf Creek 2, Scream Blacula Scream, 28 Weeks Later, The Hills Have Eyes II, Land of the Dead, Hellraiser, Puppet Master (God have Mercy on James for that), Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Dracula, The Stepfather, From Dusk Till Dawn & The Toxic Avenger. Aka a shit ton of variety for the Kill Count. Sequels and remakes, yes. But plenty of different horror movies. I'm hoping we get that in 2025.

[@mimikyutubesaltaccount4875]

God I hope we get that next year

[@peyton809]

it would be so cool if you could do a review for Ginger Snaps on a full moon. I don't think that would be for a while but just throwing the idea out there

[@moonwalker8391]

5:24 whoever did that edit, bravo cause it's hilarious lol

[@timothymenard1750]

18:00 it seems they mixed up the symbols for Jupiter and Mars in the numbers.

[@axelnilsson5124]

Understandable since Jupiter was the big bad and they usually die after everyone else

[@joninjack]

14:52 That was indeed very funky

[@naomiandotherfictionalchar1574]

Anyone know which track this is?

[@RyJackYT]

Man I’m excited for Oct 4, Dead Meat’s going to be counting VHS 94’s kill count and VHS Beyond comes out the same day. How awesome is that.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Poor Micheal Berryman, not being able to sweat must be awful on hot days!

[@Iceteague1]

Can't wait you do the sequel where it's famous for more of the making then the film itself

[@Bromeliadsss]

2:30 the shut up took me out 😂

[@walkerpricereads]

This was one of the first movies to actually scare me in a long while! Love this movie (and Dead Meat)

[@chasefink2695]

I'm from Apple Valley, Ca and it's amazing that our not so small town had this little movie come through lol. Thank you, Wes, for making us a part of horror history.

[@P0ké-m0n34]

The backflip with the gun firing had me crying 😂😂

[@Neon_Blade4]

Isn't this that same movie whose poster was in Ash's cabin in the Evil Dead ?

[@ghostslayer1981]

Yeah, in the original where Ash and Scotty find the book, shotgun, and dagger, there's the ripped up poster of the movie to Ashs left

[@axelnilsson5124]

Ash rented the cabin it’s not his cabin

[@Neon_Blade4]

@@axelnilsson5124 you know what i meant...

[@TheVoid-ri8nv]

So it's still his Cabin? ​@axelnilsson5124

[@Soldfor62cents]

Turns out in this movie, they do a similar thing with Jaws. Raimi interpreted this as saying "Jaws is pop horror, this is real horror" and since he had done that in The Evil Dead, that's how their creative rivalry started. Even in Scream, the teens pick Halloween over The Evil Dead. The "Work shed"'s Freddy Krueger glove did return in the first episode of Ash vs Evil Dead, but Craven passed away later that year. They honored him with a more complete version of this movie's poster outside a theater in a Season 2 episode.

[@HalloweenYearRound]

When you have to host a Kill Count at 9, but go square dancing at 10...

[@Cosmic_DBD]

A new kill count on my birthday? Hell yeah!

[@samuel-the-italian]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@Cosmic_DBD]

@@samuel-the-italian thank you

[@icycandiee6343]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[@AceHuman]

HaPPY BIRFDAY WHOOWHOOP

[@Minos_Prime_King_Of_Men]

Cake and candles my fellow

[@hibiscuspetals02]

"Pluto takes the baby like a mohave dingo" THAT WAS FOUL 💀

[@Slimə]

Puppet James is THE best reoccurring character!

[@MrBoyYankee]

10:24 Never forget Michael Berryman is a one of kind *Detroit Legend!!!*

[@Killler5025]

Favorite youtube channel of all time Thanks, James

[@DodoRibeiro-ts6po]

Beast is such a icon. He is a GOOD BOY, best character of the movie.

[@brax7152]

In Praise Of Shadows is SEETHING right now.

[@scronch355]

0:47 patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

We won't go quietly, the legion can count on that

[@THEdjpluto]

13:30 Am I the only one who loves it when James quotes Bowie??

[@kaiayreharrell8506]

0:18 I just got up

[@KyuVS.TheWorld]

same

[@hhaydenh1230]

Same

[@Tw0Dots]

I got up 2 hours before that & took a sht Get on my level

[@AsuraNoKami]

You all sleep?

[@KyuVS.TheWorld]

@@AsuraNoKami are you?

[@SlyBadgerGaming]

My mom introduced these movies to me back when i was a kid, back when me and her had a scary movie rental weekend. out of all of them, Paranormal Activity, It, Maximum Overdrive, Pet Sematary, the Nun, ect that we watched these movies were always the best and most vivid that i remembered

[@Yojimbo16]

"The Hill People can be representative of anything you want them to be really. They can be Native Americans and the hills themselves can be allegoric of them being forced back onto reservations." - In Praise of Shadows

[@NeedlesSweetToothKaneTheClown]

I looked at newest comments just to see if someone would mention him. You were the first comment.

[@Yojimbo16]

@@NeedlesSweetToothKaneTheClown Thanks!

[@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME]

IPOS really thought 'Native Americans and Black people' when identifying threats to White American family life in the 70's 💀💀💀

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

Isnt that the lunatic who accused random people of being pedo's and nazis based on nothing but hearsay?

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

​@@holdinmcgroin8639 yeah, although they were very sus people, specially by who they associate with But he himself used an ever more sus people as source for some of them and in the end it was an hitpiece on people who aren't exactly deserving of that Like yeah they are sus people but they don't deserve 2 hours of content on them just for being right wingers, specially wendigoon It felt unnecessary It felt like he did it for attention Even when the people mentioned (Brandon and garand thumb in particular) would do way worse shit later But still, not something to make an 2 hours vídeo about them, one with a clickbaity title that promised me way more interesting content than a nothing burger of an hit piece in wendigoon

[@ToylandChairman666]

One of my top four favorite Wes Craven films, along with PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS and the two NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movies he made.

[@H2Mass1]

When it's all said and done, what are the biggest horror movies that James hasn't explicitly decided not to cover, will he have never ended up doing? I'm going with Dog Soldiers

[@Siiiiiiii94]

What?

[@axelnilsson5124]

He said he won’t cover cannibal holocaust or ghost ship or the amityville horror franchise

[@Siiiiiiii94]

@@axelnilsson5124 wait why?

[@chrisneedsmentalhelp8579]

@@Siiiiiiii94If I remember correctly it’s because it’s too long, plus I think only like one guy or even no one dies in a couple ones? Idk

[@Siiiiiiii94]

@@chrisneedsmentalhelp8579 Damn I really like the amityville horror movies

[@heroliver7494]

Oh damn, the original? Let's goo

[@nathancarrender3100]

Hell yes!!! Nothing wrong with some more Wes craven!

[@jayplays5556]

Finally 🙏 Been asking for this franchise for years 😮‍💨

[@madam-mint]

5:26 this gag kills me

[@redcc9765]

Been wanting this one for years

[@destinynolastnames7462]

I never knew the hills have eyes that I watched as a kid was a remake. That movie fucked me up for dayssss. It's a hard watch but one of my favorites, I'm glad I get to see where it came from

[@ConnorJaneu]

9:36 We have reached unprecedented levels of SoT references, there isn't even a boat this time!

[@Serenejsmooth]

SEA OF THIEEEEEEEVVVEEEEEESS

[@gabmiller4891]

ugh please do the 2006 one that’s my favorite

[@Colby_Purrins801]

I love the original. But my 31 year self grew up with the remake making a massive impact in me and friends lives. I personally feel like it enhances so much from what the original goes for and turns the intense, gripping feeling of despair by ten notches, especially the kills. Seriously freaked the hell out of me growing up and I was obsessed.

[@NickMcFarland01]

Bob's death was chilling....humiliating big mouth shut/stuffed by bigger Boss and horrifying as well.

[@naiba8948]

Holy shit, they burnt down a Joshua Tree??? those guys are approaching extinction, what the actual hell man. I couldn't expect more from a director like this guy, but still.

[@diegobarahona3803]

1:41 I love puppet James!

[@dart1905]

Ever since he appeared in the don't hug me I'm scared kill count I loved him

[@HeathledgerJoker-g9n]

4:25 Im pretty sure he said “everybody shut up thats it”

[@jvever4904]

Great to see you covering this older movie!

[@MrAura-Roger]

Make a kill count for the 2006 remake, love that movie 🙏

[@Yisau117]

I love the song "Ruby, Ruby, get back to the hills" from AntiSeen 😂😂😂

[@gcntv7057]

So early, that I joined the cannibals watching from the hills

[@RyanGoslingmefr2049]

One of Cravens most underrated films

[@Longtail626]

10:28: Oh poor guy 10:39: Aww glad to know that he’s a loved reoccurring actor even in his old age

[@theghostofsparta4528]

Please do the remake and the sequel don’t keep us waiting

[@johnblack3204]

The remake messed with me when I was a teenager and then I went back and watched the original and was even more messed up. Rest in peace Wes Craven!

[@RainWelsh]

The “gymnast with a gun” bit absolutely creased me, just the mention of it was funny enough but then the clip of him flipping about like he’s in the Spetsnaz or something, 10/10

[@GodzillaAndSonicFanatic2003]

James made a mistake about Pluto’s death Pluto actually survived the attack from Beast and he is in the sequel

[@KynElwynn]

Are not the death counts in the context of the film? Like, without knowing or seeing the sequel, should this not be a death?

[@depsurrel5084]

​​@KynElwynn Nah, they usually take sequels into account. Pretty sure James either just forgot or didn't care because the sequel is baaaad.

[@pennywisethedancingclown2246]

Well no because he didn't count Michael Myers in Halloween II because of the Halloween 4 retcon

[@NitPickz]

For now, he's not covering the sequel. And has probably not seen it. And he's miscounted before in Halloween 2018.

[@TLG_0906]

Can’t wait for the reboot movies count! The 2nd one with the soldiers was my favorite

[@sergeantspam51]

I love this series so glad it’s being covered finally ❤

[@MissKimberley]

Omg I'm never this early. I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!

[@crystalkarma2015]

I have literal tears in my eyes at I'm only at the 4:35 mark! 😂😂😂

[@angryhamster009]

Plot twist: Ad-read James is actually Zoran wearing a James suit. The flannel and the careful cropping to hide an absence of pants totally gives it away.

[@Maynards_so_blue]

You NEED to do the remake. Its one of the few remakes that is actually better than the original

[@luvisgone48]

Fridays are my mondays, The Kill Count makes my day better. Get off work, come home, and watching a new episode along w/ a couple old ones = perfect night

[@donteherriott5509]

Welcome to the kill count meaties.

[@thatuzumaki7802]

I'm surprised this hasn't been covered yet.

[@rytism6364]

is it just me or does young Wes look just like current James

[@goob8945]

I can see it kinda! Cravens hair is a little crazier but yeah that’s a cool resemblance!

[@Hypnobard6115]

7:40 the way he says "tire iron!" Is too good

[@Mordecai1399]

Went like 3 years without watching Dead Meat and damn this is nostalgic. Reminds me of when I’d watch it in high school in the fall

[@Werewolf914]

I love The Hills Have Eyes, messed up doesn't always mean better, but in this case I think how bleak and savage this one is compared to the remake definitely does make it better The Dog is also the MVP I remember watching this movie the first time back in Middle School and the Dog pushing the dude off the cliff (forget the names of the characters haven't watched it in a long time)

[@owl509]

Wes Craven is the greatest of all time.

[@MrJasonsayshi]

Im not even this early for work 😂 Keep up the great work!! 🙏

[@theredbaron8896]

Ha the fact they filmed this right outside my old home town is crazy really reminds me of the desert

[@SnuggieMaple]

2:13 so James is a Jr?

[@azazel6967]

Patroling the Mojave makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@brandongamingtv7545]

1:36 oh hey, it's puppet james!

[@Talonknife6]

James calling Wes Craven a “master of horror” made me realize I would love to have him take a look at the Masters of Horror series sometime.

[@pat2rome]

I really like that this channel hasn't fallen into the trap of feeling like each "to the numbers" bit has to be more elaborate than the last.