When I saw the first movie, I really enjoyed it and quickly became one of my fave Wes Craven movies, and when I heard that there was a sequel, I was interested until I heard all the bad things about it, but I didn't let that bother me and went into this one with an open mind. But sadly all the bad things were spot on and I was thinking how could director Wes Craven get it so right with the first movie and get it so wrong with this one, apparently this was only made cause he needed the money, but even so it looks as if that was no effort put into this whatsoever.Okay this isn't the worst movie Wes Craven has ever made, there are about four other titles that take that honour and there's such a massive drop in quality between it and its predecessor that you're almost convinced a studio hired some hack to come in and cash in the original's reputation. For a start what's up with that dog having flashbacks, that concept is just stupid and doesn't work at all.Even the plot is just recycled from practically every slasher movie from this time period and instead of having a family of cannibals this time round we only get two, one is which from the first one Michael Berryman who I'd say is the only decent aspect in this mess of a movie, but even that is not enough to save this. And we do get some returning characters like Janus Blythe who played Ruby in the first movie, almost totally unrecognisable this time round and gives a capable performance, and Bobby (Robert Huston), another survivor from the first one, in a totally pointless role in this one, I mean what was the point of bringing him back, I liked him in the first one he was one of the strong performances but in this one he's totally wasted. And a cast of disposable teens who apart from the leads Kevin Blair and Tamara Stafford are totally forgettable and unlikeable and just made me bored, even the deaths are boring.All in all even Wes Craven doesn't like this mess of a movie, and that says it all.

Wow this was one terrible sequel. I don't even know where to start on how bad this movie was. It was just so low budget and so dang boring. Somehow Pluto (Michael Berryman) is still alive after the first movie. How I have no idea. Then there's one other cannibal The Reaper. His name sounds cool right? Too bad the character is so terrible it's not even funny. This entire movie is mostly flash backs from the first movie. Even the Dog has a flash back! This movie is pretty disappointing and really poorly made too. I don't know what Wes Craven was thinking when he made this one. Please avoid this movie at all cost; it's not worth your time. If you want to see a good Hills Have Eyes movie. Go see Hills Have Eyes (2006) (1977) The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) those movies are much better! I give The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 a 2/10

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw The Hills Have Eyes Part II at Blockbuster, I didn't even know that Wes had created a sequel from his brilliant classic. My boyfriend and I didn't even hesitate to pick it up, we thought it was going to be another awesome fright fest of the blood thirsty cannibals with probably better effects since Wes had pretty much made good money at that point and also established himself as a great film maker at that point. So we watched it last night with the lights off and you know what happened after the movie was over? We just looked at each other with the most blank stare as if we just saw a car accident. The Hills Have Eyes Part II was just a poorly made film and Wes should be ashamed of himself for ever thinking that this would have been a good movie. The characters were just ridicules and not to mention that he brought back characters that either died in the first film or would have no purpose in this sequel. Not to mention the characters from the first film have flashbacks from the first Hills have Eyes movie, but also the dog has a flashback as well! This story was just a bomb.We have a group of teenage friends on a bus just going across the country, one of the girls happens to be Ruby, the little cannibal girl from the first film that saved the baby, somehow she's established herself into a model citizen that has a bubble gum personality, until she bumps into her old relatives at the same site with the group. That's right, they're all at the same site and now they are invited to dinner, where I'm sure they'll be the guests of honor.The Hills Have Eyes Part II was really pathetic and low, not to mention beyond unbelievable. They didn't explain some of the deaths, they never explained what happened to the rest of the family from the first film, we only see the brother, and he has a pointless role because you don't see him for the rest of the film. Also of course some how the blind girl manages to save the day... I just, I can't, I'm sorry, I just really hated this film. I can't believe Wes did this to his own classic tale, just please do yourself a favor, stay as far away from this film as you can, it's no wonder I didn't hear of it, probably people don't wanna think that it ever happened.1/10

Admittingly Wes Craven claimed he made this sequel to disturbing and scary hit The Hills Have Eyes for some quick cash. This being said, the movie was made very fast and effort was minimal at best or so it seems. A plus is that the same music score director from Friday the 13th is aboard for this sequel. Only drawback is this film compared to Friday the 13th in a lesser sense, as death scenes were comparative and most of them were un-exciting. Parts I found interesting were Ruby's return to the desert as a civilized human now, the number of remaining mine cannibals, and the amount of buildings. This film was far less brutal than the original however many flashbacks and references connected the two well enough to be franchised. I physically burst out laughing to the canine flashback scene, I wont spoil it and tell you what happened but I will remind you its infamous and applaudable. This was a somewhat entertaining 87 minutes of an 80s horror sequel and may be valuable to have viewed for the upcoming The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007). 80s horror sequels comparable to this film include: The Return of the Living Dead Part II, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Friday the 13th Part II, and The Howling II. I gave this film 6 stars because I am a true fan of Wes Craven and his horror masterpieces even if this one is a pull it out of his behind piece of work, I also enjoyed the remake tremendously and look forward to the forthcoming sequel.