The suburban Carter family is traveling on vacation towing a travel trailer from Ohio to Los Angeles. Parents Bob and Ethel are driving, accompanied by their teenage children Bobby, Brenda, eldest daughter Lynne, Lynne's husband Doug, Lynne and Doug's baby daughter Katy, and the family's dogs, Beauty and The Beast. In Nevada, they stop at Fred's Oasis for fuel, and Fred urges them to stay on the main road as they leave. Fred's truck suddenly explodes. Ignoring Fred's warning and dismissing him as a crazy person, the Carters skid off a desert road and crash. Bob walks back to Fred's Oasis to get help. The dogs become very panicky and start barking at the hills. Beauty then runs off into the hills. Bobby chases after her and finds her mutilated body. Frightened, he runs, falls, and knocks himself unconscious.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Horror, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Peter Locke |
Directed By: | Wes Craven |
Written By: | Wes Craven |
Cast: | Lance Gordon, Janus Blythe, Dee Wallace, Brenda Marinoff, Cordy Clark, James Whitworth, Virginia Vincent, Striker, Robert Houston, Martin Speer, Peter Locke, John Steadman, Flora, Russ Grieve, Michael Berryman, Suze Lanier-Bramlett |
In Theaters: | Jul 22, 1977 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 29 minutes |
Production: | Blood Relations Co., Vanguard |
Budget: | $230,000 |
Box Office: | $25,000,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |