![]() The Bean clan, nowhere to go, is said to have surrendered to the overwhelming force that met them at their doorstep. ![]() The legend says that the cave itself was littered with barrels full of limbs, jewels, clothing, and items from victims, as well as hands and feet strewn along the walls. Eventually, a cave hidden by high tide and nearly 200 yards deep was discovered. When word finally got to the local magistrate that there was a family of vicious cannibals preying on the innocent, the King at the time, James VI, sent 400 men and some bloodhounds to perform a thorough search of the area. According to another account of the legend in a 1719 book by Alexander Smith, it was only after a couple was attacked, and the man fought for his escape, that attention was finally brought to the fact that a clan of wild people were responsible. The disappearances were said to have been blamed on suspicious innkeepers or wild animals. The disappearances were not always easy to keep track of, considering the record keeping of the time. It was only a hop and a skip away to write and direct the visceral, violent, and somewhat satirical film that would inspire fans and fellow filmmakers alike for years to come, The Hills Have Eyes.Īlthough historians disagree, it is said that there could have been over 1,000 victims of the Bean family in the time they were active. When Wes Craven was researching at the New York Public Library, he happened across the 16th century Scottish folklore and was hooked. Enter the legend of Sawney Bean.Īs far as good stories to adapt to horror go, the Scottish folk legend of Sawney Bean was ripe for the picking. One such inspiration for his cult classic The Hills Have Eyes(1977), is so gruesome and so bizarre that it’s almost shocking Craven could turn it into an even more horrifying movie experience. Craven is also known to cite folk stories or other historical myths as inspiration for many of his movies. The famed director is known to push the boundaries on horror and bend the genre to his liking, much to the delight of audiences. From The Last House on the Left (1972) to Scream 4, Wes Craven has an impressive slate of horror movie credits.
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