The Hills Have Eyes, Part 2 Reviews

The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 is a poorly constructed horror film that is absolutely pointless. This film lacks anything that made the first film so good. This is one of those films that never should have been made. The film has an uninteresting plot, one that doesn't satisfy. Wes Craven really delivered something original with his original film, but with this one, he misses the mark. The problem with this film is the plot and the poor acting. It's no wonder that Wes Craven disowned this film years later; it's one of his worst along with My Soul to Take. This film fails to build on the success of the first, and it becomes tiresome. The films ends up being without any form of direction or entertaining value and it just ends up being one of those sequels that fails to deliver the entertaining aspects that fans of the first are looking for. I wasn't thrilled with this film, and overall it's a bad film with a poor plot. This is a film that is a poorly constructed film that is all over the pl\ace and you just don't end up being entertained whatsoever by this film. This film was bad and the original film should have been left alone, in my opinion it did not need a sequel. The only thing that this film proves is that some classics don't need a second sequel to cash in on the reputation of the first. Watch the original Craven Cult hit, and avoid this film. This is one of the first bad films by director Wes Craven, and it shows that he didn't put much effort into making a consistent, thrilling and ultimately engaging film. This film fails to deliver in all respects.

The Hills Have Eyes Part II starts with Bobby (Robert Houston returning from the original) having a session with a psychiatrist (David Nichols) as he is still haunted by the events of 8 years earlier. Since those events Bobby has created a brand new type of fuel named 'Super Formula' that he & some friends are going to test out in the desert in a dirt-bike race. However he gets cold feet & decides to stay behind, so it's down to riders Roy (Kevin Spirtas as Kevin Blair) his blind girlfriend Cass (Tamara Stafford), Harry (Peter Frechette) who turns out to be the practical joker, Hulk (John Laughlin), the mechanic Foster (Willard E. Pugh) & his girlfriend Sue (Penny Johnson) who also double us as the obligatory token black characters & finally Bobby's friend Rachel (Janus Blythe, another returnee from the original) who was Ruby from the first film but has now turned civilised to drive out deep into the desert for the race. Unfortunately after a mix-up with the time it appears that they won't make the start in time, in time that is unless they take a shortcut across the open desert where they damage their bus & become stranded at a abandoned house. It's not long before they come under attack from more cannibal cavemen including Pluto (Michael Berryman) who actually survived the original after all... Written & directed by Wes Craven this sequel to his original The Hills Have Eyes (1977) is probably not as good & has a bad reputation but despite this I actually found it an alright way to pass 85 minutes. The script has a decent set-up, I surprisingly quite liked the characters even if they were stereotypes & I thought it moved along at a fair pace. The one thing I didn't like about The Hills have Eyes Part II is the slow middle section which started to drag after a promising set-up & not a lot of thought was put into it's reasoning. It descends into standard slasher film mode towards the end but I thought it handled itself reasonably well although it could have done with a slightly better bad guy rather than an ugly fat drunk looking bloke who can't even run properly. I personally don't think the flashbacks from the original harm The Hills Have Eyes Part II much, they are few in number & are all over before the halfway mark despite what you may have read elsewhere. Director Craven manages to create some decent scenes & good atmosphere which he is aided immensely by the Californian desert locations as they add a unique picturesque bleakness & beauty to the film & make for a perfect isolated location that many horror films rely on. The cinematography by David Lewis capture these locations pretty well & as a whole The Hills Have Eyes Part II is well made with some OK bike stunts & considering it supposedly only had a budget of $1,000,000 I didn't think it turned out so bad. The gore is somewhat tame but more plentiful than the original, someone is impaled, there is a slit throat, some severed limbs & dead bodies & a hatchet stuck in someone's head. The acting is OK for what it's worth, which isn't much. While I can't say The Hills Have Eyes Part II is a particularly good film I can't say it's a bad one either, I found it quite watchable & to an extent entertaining. If your stuck for something to watch for 85 minutes than I think you could do a lot worse than this, worth a watch at least.

Yep... even worse than the first. I just couldn't help but laugh at how lame it was. Maybe (if I were old enough at the time) I should have watched it back then to see what kind of thrill factor it left, but in these days it's just boring and dumb.

A doggy flashback, a deluge of blind jokes (one of the main characters is blind), cannibals on motorcycles and a black man complaining that there aren't any discos in the desert. They are the unintentional best bits! It?s like a Friday the 13th film but instead of Jason we get a very unscary bald man and an even more unscary hairy man. I?ve seen better, I?ve seen worse!

I hope Wes Craven got paid well for this craptatstic dequel from the 1980's. The one plus: Michael Berryman's return as Pluto.

Wes proves that the first Hills actually being decent was purely a fluke. Sorry for doubting your suckiness Mr. Craven, I shan't make that mistake again.

This 1 Wes Craven just did for a quick buck and you can tell. It's awful.

I was disappointed by this, I had such hi hopes for it. It's not terrible though, it's better than some other horror films and definetly some sequels but only for Wes Craven fans and fans of the original, other than that you won't get much out of it.

Eight years after facing cannibals in the desert, Bobby ( Robert Houston) is still haunted by the events of that fateful night, so much so he refuses to travel to the desert with his motocross company to participate in a show. Rachel (Janus Blythe), Bobby's assistant (and someone who has connections to the desert as well), goes in his stead, with his crew. When their bus runs out of gas, they find themselves stranded in the same area where the cannibals still live - Pluto (Michael Berryman) and The Reaper (John Bloom).

Wes Craven considers this film one of his worst, one he made because he needed money, and has completely disowned it. It wasn't bad, but it seemed like a "Friday the 13th" ripoff with similar music and a bunch of clueless teenagers dying one-by-one without much dialogue or character development. The smartest person in the group (besides Rachel) was the dog Beast (who was also in the first film) - he even experiences his own flashback! Dog with a flashback definitely earns an extra star for this film.

This film adds nothing to the horror genre, but it's still an enjoyable flick to watch when you just want to veg and not think about anything.

A group of bikers traveling through a remote desert encounter some flesh eating crazies, and must fight for their lives!

While that description may sound cool or appealing, it's quite the opposite actually. The first question I ask myself, is why go if you are aware of what lies ahead? One of the characters is Lucy from the first film. She tags along, and eventually everyone realizes who she is. She knew all about it, so why risk everyone's life by going back? I really don't know. Sadly, that's only one of many flaws to be had in this film.

The plot is as straightforward as you can get, with a group of friends getting stranded in a remote desert, only to realize their lives are at stake due to deformed cannibals. Nothing special. And nothing worth re- watching. The hill dwellers are the same from the original version as well, so it was just same-old. Maybe adding a couple more villains would have helped? I think so. You have Pluto (Berryman), and his hairy friend the reaper. I mean, eight bikers or so can't take two idiots living in the hills? Just ridiculous. They were all pretty tough at that.

To be honest, I really enjoyed Wes Craven's first Hills Have Eyes film, and thought Michael Berryman did pretty fantastic as well. That at least packed some suspense, and had likeable characters. To think Craven took part in this picture is beyond me; very pitiful. But I suppose every director has there down moment right?

When I think of cheesy horror flicks, The Hills Have Eyes Part II is definitely one of the worst. It brings visibly nothing to the table, with literally boring characters, a predictable story, some of the worst dialogue I have ever seen, and absolutely no suspense to be had. I can't even look at this movie as a sit back, relax and enjoy it for what it is type flick. It's that bad.

Don't watch this if you're a Hills Have Eyes Fan. It just might ruin your day.

I couldn't finish watching this one and turned it off after about an hour. At least half of it was flashbacks from the characters in the first film. Yes, even Beast the dog has a flashback.

But I learned some very important things:

*Even if you live your entire life in the desert totally isolated from society, you still know how to operate a motorcycle and that you should wear a helmet when you ride.

*Black men need discos, even in the desert.

*You can fix a leak in a gas tank with bubble gum.

*Dogs have excellent memories and often ruminate about past occurrences.

*When driving across the desert to get to a race, do NOT leave the day before. Planning to arrive 30 minutes before the start of the race is fine.

The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 is, obviously a sequel. Two survivors from the first movie are about to go back into the desert for a motocross race. At the last second one backs out. We then watch as a bus load of young adults gets slaughtered by mutant cannibals.

Very 80's. The acting was low quality. The script was cheesy. It is easy to understand why they wrote a whole new script for the remake of this movie. I prefer the 2007 release by far.

Honestly this film is awesome and completely terrible at the same time. It will remain the only film I can think of that a dog (named Beast, from the original) has a flashback sequence. Bobby Carter (Bobby Houston) from the original makes a quick appearence at the beginning of the film. In addition, Ruby (Janus Blythe) returns as Rachel who is now civilized and in a relationship with Bobby. And finally, Pluto (Michael Berryman) returns as everyones favorite mutant! Also what makes this film odd is that cannibals can ride dirtbikes! This movie was seen as a complete disaster and failure that Wes Craven would later disown it.

lovd the movie. This is not like any horror flick you will ever see. If you have a weak stomach you should not eat before watching

ok this...this is bad horribly bad.... i mean the dog has a fucking flash back!!!!!!...but its so bad you have to watch it!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
THE DOG HAS A FLASHBACK!

oh dear, Mr. Craven you a funny man. He is so hit-or-miss, and I heard this was pretty bad, but BOY is it bad. To be fair, only about the first 20 minutes has the flashbacks strewn in and back then not too many people had VCR's so, I guess its understandable story padding. But there is just no point, no plot, I still dont know what pepople like about the first one, and this one is just a bad Friday the 13th clone in the desert. Berryman's Pluto is the worst in both movies, being done in by a damn dog. and why does this movie poster portray them as demons?

A movie mostly made up of flashback scenes from the original. Even the friggin' dog has flashbacks! Lame!

this has to be the first horror film i ever saw. that scene with the dude getting pulled under the bus haunted me for a long time. the rest of the film is largely laughable.

The plot is below average, the acting is bad, the script is terrible. But there were quite a few enjoyable parts. The absolute worst part were all the flashbacks.

This movie should have been called the hills have flashbacks. That is what this movie is composed of. HEll, even the dog gets a flashback.