The Hills Have Eyes, Part 2
by Wes Craven
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Actor: Colleen Riley, John Bloom (III), Kevin Spirtas, Michael Berryman, Tamara StaffordDirector: Wes Craven
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Hills Have Eyes, Part 2
Movie Review: The definitive bland sequel
Summary: 1 Stars
I'd be willing to bet that Wes would rather not have this one included in his filmography, but after sitting through this I'm in no mood to let him forget it. The Hills Have Eyes part 2 may very well be the text-book definition of "ineffective sequel". This rather belated follow up to The Hills Have Eyes surfaced around 1985, and it doesn't make much of an effort to hide its many attempts to blend in with the horror trends of the time. With an all teen cast, score by Harry Manfredini, and female frontal nudity, they could have just slapped a hockey mask on Michael Berryman and billed this as another Friday the 13th.
Here we have a group of teens who are headed out to the infamous spot of desert to do some dirt bike riding. Upon arrival, they become the prey of Pluto, (Who seems to have made a miraculous recovery after his demise in the original), as well as "The Reaper", a never forementioned and completely unexpained addition to the cannibal family.
The big issue with this movie is that it's made up largely of clips or "flashbacks" of the previous film. Hills 2 runs at 86 minutes, and I kid you not, roughly 20 of those minutes are clips of the original. Moreover, the character of Ruby is featured in the film, only she is no longer part of the mutant family and has joined the ranks of normal human society. Yes, we are seriously supposed to believe that an inbred, flesh-eating cannibal just packs up one day, heads to the city, and becomes a well adapted functional member of society...I dunno, seems a bit sketchy to me. Even more outrageous, after an entire group of teenagers is disposed of, one of the two survivors is a blind girl! Not only that, she somehow manages to overcome a vast array of obstacles that would prove to be challenging for somebody who could see.
Perhaps the biggest error Hills 2 committs is that at any rate, it's just plain boring. It's not scary, it's not fun, it's not gory, thought provoking or imaginative...If it's a horror movie and it doesn't demonstrate any of those attributes, there's really not much left. All in all it was not the worst I've seen, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it, nor will I ever give it another viewing myself. Stick with the original and the remake.
Summary of The Hills Have Eyes, Part 2
Everyone's favorite desert-dwelling mutant cannibals return in this gruesome sequel to the classic drive-in shocker! Years after the original massacre which pitted a suburban family against a band of cave dwellers, traumatized survivors lead a team of dirt bikers back into the wild for a bus expedition. After their vehicle breaks down, the travelers must fend for their lives when the hungry savages (led by spooky Michael Berryman) emerge from the hills in search of dinner! Directed by horror maestro Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street), this brutal chiller features shocking highlights from the original film (including the now legendary canine flashback) and an eerie score by "Friday the 13th's" Henry Manfredini. Vicious, delirious, and outrageous!Art House & International DVD Video
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