The Hills Have Eyes III

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The Hills Have Eyes III
Directed by	Joe Gayton
Produced by	Jonathan Craven Wes Craven Peter Sheperd
Written by	Jonathan Craven Phil Mittleman
Starring	Lance Henriksen Giovanni Ribisi Natasha Wagner MICHAEL SANDERS Claire Stansfield John Diehl
Music by	Don Peake
Cinematography	Eric Saarinen
Editing by	Harry Hitner
Release date(s)	1995
Running time	108 minutes
Language	English
Preceded by	The Hills Have Eyes Part II
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The Hills Have Eyes III, also known as Mind Ripper, or The Outpost, is a horror film released on HBO in 1995. It stars Lance Henriksen and Giovanni Ribisi.

Although it is marketed in some areas as a sequel to the original The Hills Have Eyes and The Hills Have Eyes Part II, no actors, characters, or scenarios link it to those films. Its only connection is producer Wes Craven, who wrote and directed the other two films. (His son, Jonathan Craven, is credited as a writer.)

[edit] Plot summary

Set in a remote desert location, government scientists perform reanimation experiments in an underground nuclear facility. The goal is to create a superhuman. Their first subject, "Thor," is a specimen from a suicide found in the desert. In the attempts to bring Thor back an uncontrollable creature is unleashed. Thor also deals with issues of parentage, reproduction, remnants from his former life, and his mentality that had driven him to suicide.

The movie begins with the family unit of Stockton (Lance Henriksen), daughter Wendy (Natasha Gregson Wagner), and son Scott (Giovanni Ribisi), preparing for a visit to the desert. Stockton is a former participating scientist of the experiments. Upon arrival, Stockton finds the current scientists still continuing with their work. Thor is awakened and the facility goes into lockdown status. Trapped inside as prey for their creation, the scientists and Stockton's family must defeat Thor or escape from an impenetrable post. As they are picked off by Thor's hunger for a chemical derived from human brains, their means of survival diminishes.

Tagline: "A top secret experiment intended to produce a superhuman has gone terribly wrong. Now the creators, trapped in a remote desert outpost, are being pursued ruthlessly by their creation. With the door sealed from within, there is no way out."

[edit] Thor

Thor, like the mutants from The Hills Have Eyes, is a result of science gone wrong. However, unlike those other mutants, he was created through reanimation experiments done on a suicide victim, rather than radiation exposure. Thor is a cannibal, though his hunger appears to derive from necessity, with him needing to ingest a certain chemical found in the human brain.

The Hills Have Eyes Character

Name:	Thor
Portrayed by:	Dan Blom
Location	New Mexico

[edit] Soundtrack

• "Mammals", Lucifer Wong (Wong Music/BMI)
• "Blacknailed Fingers", Terrordactyl (Hatchet Blade/BMI)
• "Back Down", Charley Horse (Hatchet Blade/BMI)
• "Bandit Swings", Terrordactyl (Hatchet Blade/BMI)
• "Bodies Piled Up", Charley Horse (Hatchet Blade/BMI)
• All Music property of (Hellnote Recordings)

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