One-Sheet Wonders! – THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977)

I remember seeing this poster in a video store back in the mid 80s. Despite the fact there were much newer, more lucrative genre titles to promote at the time, I can see why the owner decided to keep it up. Let’s face facts: a big-ass picture of Michael Berryman, who played the brutal ‘Pluto’ in the film, is one of the better horror film marketing ideas Hollywood has had in the past 50 years. The result is striking and invites the moviegoer to check out the poster’s more subtle details.

And for those who don’t know, this film also set off a decades-long friendly rivalry between directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi. Details can be found on Wikipedia here.

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