The Carters (The Hills Have Eyes)

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name = The Carters
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ethnicity = American
region = flagicon|USA United States
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origin = Cleveland, Ohio
members = Big Bob Carter
Ethel Carter
Bobby Carter
Brenda Carter
Lynne Wood/Bukowski née Carter
Doug Wood/Bukowski
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estate = Carter Home
meaning = An English occupational name for the transporter of goods by cart or wagon. From the Anglo-Norman French "caretier", a derivative of Old French "caret" which originally meant "carrier". Another possible derivation comes from "cairtear", a Gaelic term for tourist or sojourner.
footnotes =The Carter family are fictional characters appearing as major characters in the "The Hills Have Eyes" series of films, appearing prominently in the first film and its remake. The family consists of "Big" Bob, his wife Ethel, and their children, Brenda, Bobby and Lynne. There is also Lynne's husband Doug and his and Lynne's daughter, Baby Catherine.

In the original 1977 version of "The Hills Have Eyes", the Carters are travelling through the desert to find and claim a silver mine that Bob had inherited; disregarding the warnings of a gas station attendant named Fred, the family deviate from the main road in the desert and have an automobile accident, becoming stranded. In the sequel, "The Hills Have Eyes Part II", the only family member featured with any prominence is Doug, with Bobby having a minor role and the rest the family members only appearing in flashbacks.

In "The Hills Have Eyes" remake, the Carter family are travelling to San Diego, California for the Silver Anniversary of Bob and Ethel from Cleveland, Ohio. The Carters, while travelling, reach the Gas Haven and are told by the attendant, Jeb Jr., to use a "shortcut" through the desert to their destination. Travelling through the desert, the Carters find themselves stranded when the tires of their truck are slashed and they are harassed by a clan of cannibalistic, mutated savages.

Family

Lynne Wood / Lynne Bukowski

Lynne Bukowski (Lynne Wood in the original version of the film) is Bob and Ethel's oldest child and Doug's wife and Baby Catherine's mother; she is mentioned as having a job, but what it is is unrevealed.

When the family stop at the Gas Haven, Lynne notices Beauty run off and begin barking at several unseen objects in the Gas Haven's owner, Jeb Jr.'s, home. Not seeing anything suspicious, Lynne catches Beauty and departs back to the trailer; thinking Lynne saw the valuables he obtained from the mutants, Jeb Jr. tells the family to take a "shortcut" through the desert. After the tires of the trailer are slashed by spikes and when Bobby leaves the trailer to go searching for the escaped dog Beauty, Lynne, Ethel and Brenda attempt to radio for help, only to receive what they described as a "perverted call". A while later, when both Bobby and Doug, who had left to look for help, return, Bobby informs both Doug and Lynne of Beauty's violent death and of the people of in the hills, which he didn't mention earlier for fear of scaring his mother, Ethel.

When Bob is found, half-dead, tied to a tree and set on fire, Lynne, Ethel, Doug and Bobby try to help him, only to fail as Bob dies. After Bob's death, Lynne returns to the trailer after hearing Brenda screaming, only to find the mutant Lizard with Baby Catherine in his clutches; at first, Lynne tries to fight Lizard with a frying pan, hitting him in the face, only to be disarmed by him and subsequently molested by him. As Lizard caresses and suckles Lynne's breasts, Ethel tries to save her by attacking Lizard with a rock, but is shot and knocked aside by Lizard. (Although it is not shown on screen, it is implied that Lynn has also been shot at this point as you can see a bullet wound in her chest). As Lizard turns to shoot Brenda, Lynne stabs Lizard in the leg with a screwdriver, giving it a twist for maximum effect. After impaling Lizard's leg with the screwdriver, Lynne is shot in the head by him and left for dead. Later, after returning to the trailer, Doug finds Lynne barely alive and cradles and comforts her as she dies.

Brenda Carter

Brenda Carter is a character from the film "The Hills Have Eyes"; she is the daughter of Big Bob Carter and his wife Ethel Carter; she has 2 siblings, Lynn (her older sister) and Bobby Carter (her younger brother). In the movie the mutants known as Pluto and Lizard end up raping Brenda and she does end up killing one of the mutants with her brother Bobby. The other mutants are killed by others, though after the trailer explodes she does kill Papa Jupiter by stabbing him in the head with an axe. But half of the family doesn't survive. Only Doug, Baby Catherine, Bobby, and Brenda herself survive; leaving Big Bob Carter, Ethel Carter and Lynn dead. She was asked to return in the sequel "The Hills Have Eyes 2", to show the army soldiers where the mutants where hiding. She is played by Australian actress Emilie de Ravin.

In "", Brenda, after splitting up with Doug and Baby Catherine, were found by the police, narrowly escaping two mutants who were tracking them,she survive

Baby Catherine

Baby Catherine is a character from the film "The Hills Have Eyes". She is the daughter of Doug and Lynn, and the maternal granddaughter of Big Bob Carter and Ethel Carter. She is largely the main focus of the movie when she is kidnapped by two of the mutants. She is played by Maisie Camilleri Preziosi.

In "", Baby Catherine is taken by Doug after he splits up with Brenda and Bobby. After Doug is killed by several members of Hades's Clan, Baby Catherine is left in the desert by the mutants, where she is seen being surrounded by wolves.

Beast

Beast (or The Beast) is a pet Alsatian featured in "The Hills Have Eyes" series of horror films created by Wes Craven. He was played by a dog called Striker in the original 1977 film, and in the 1985 sequel by an unverified dog.

In the original film, Beast is the Carter family's pet dog. His companion is Beauty, a female Alsatian. During the first spate of cannibal attacks, Beauty is killed by Pluto which in turns leads to further death when the cannibals return later that night to murder the others. At the end of the film, only Beast and a few of the family survive their ordeal. In the sequel, Beast and a few other characters from the original movie return. This time the cannibals attack a group of bikers in the desert. Pluto has somehow survived, this time siding with his uncle "The Reaper" who is immensely strong like Papa Jupiter was. Beast again plays a key role in stopping the murderous cannibal family (particularly Pluto) and even has a flashback scene, the first of its kind.

In the 2006 remake of "The Hills Have Eyes", Beast plays a role largely the same as in the original film, managing to kill several of the films antagonists, mutants.

References

* "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977)
* "The Hills Have Eyes Part II" (1985)
* "The Hills Have Eyes" (2006)
* "The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning" (2007)