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Many historians believe the story was likely anti-Scottish propaganda from the 18th century rather than a true historical event.

This legend also served as the primary inspiration for Wes Craven's horror classic The Hills Have Eyes . Sawney: Flesh of Man image

The film is rooted in the 15th-century folklore of Sawney Bean , the supposed head of an incestuous, cannibalistic clan living in a cave in Ayrshire. Many historians believe the story was likely anti-Scottish

The story behind the image for (also known as Lord of Darkness ) is a modern-day reimagining of the gruesome Scottish legend of Sawney Bean . In this horror film, the last descendant of the infamous Bean clan stalks modern Scotland to continue his family's 400-year-old legacy of cannibalism. The story behind the image for (also known

The film follows Sawney, a religious fanatic and psychopathic killer who drives a black cab to abduct "unholy souls". He brings his victims back to a hidden mountain lair where his inbred family tortures and eats them, feeding the leftover remains to a beast kept in their cellar.

According to myth, the clan lived in a cave for 25 years, murdering and eating over 1,000 people before being hunted down and executed by King James I.