The Hills Have Eyes Part II [1985]

Country of Origin: USA / UK
Year of Production: 1985
Running Times: 86 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Adrienne Fancey in association with New Realm Entertainment and VTC present a film by Wes Craven
Produced by: Barry Cahn and Peter Locke
Associate Producer: Jonathan Debin
Unit Production Manager: John Callas

SCRIPT
Written by: Wes Craven

DIRECTION
Directed by: Wes Craven
1st Assistant Director: John Callas
2nd Assistant Director: Tony Cecere

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Lewis
1st Camera Assistant: Bill Dickson
2nd Camera Assistant: Clint Dougherty
3rd Camera Assistant: Louis Patrou, Brian Tatsumo
Electrician: Raymond Bilger, Jesse Mather
Best Boy: Steve Crawford
Key Grip: Robert Grey
2nd Grip: Kim Kono
3rd Grip: Bill Eckert
Stills: Carol Westwood
Cameras: Clairmont

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Richard Bracken
Assistant Editor: Margaret Carlton

MUSIC
Music by: Harry Manfredini

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Arthur Names
Boom: Peggy Names
Re-Recording Mixers: Don MacDougall, Alan Holly, William Gazecki
Post Production Sound: Comillion Sound Inc
Sound Effects: Anthony Ippolito, Eddie Campbell, David Kulczycki

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Taryn De Chellis
Assistant Costumer: Mimi Craven
Make Up: Ken Horn
Hair: Ramona Joy

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Richard Brownfield
Assistant Special Effects: Frank Monroe, Mark Stimpson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Opticals: Creative Film Arts

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Dominick Bruno
Set Decorator: Forrest Chadwick
Assistant Props: Steven Leint
Design Consultant: Robb Wilson King
Construction Foreman: Rick Cutler
Carpenters: Michael Norris, Robert Varney
Lead Man: Robert Johnson

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Superisor: Sharon Hagen
Bookkeeper: Karen Locke
Location Auditor: Mary P. Zinda (Zunda?)
Payroll Services: Talent Payments Inc
Production Associate: Sheri Smith
Assistant to Producer: Barbara Dreyfus
Production Assistant: Tim Perovich
Transportation Captain: Ron Simpson
Driver: Mardy Macy
Dog Wrangler: Patricia Holland
Armourer: John Harrington
Extra Labour: Richard Zink
Communications: 'Albcore' Joe Addison
Insurance: Bob Jellen? / Albert G. Ruben and Co

LOCATIONS
Locations: San Bernardino, California, USA
Location Manager: Lisa Stuart
Location Scout: Suzanne Benoit

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Tony Cecere
Stunts: Pam Bebermeyer, Clifford Bruce Carson, Shane Dixon, Christopher Doyle, Joseph Gilbride, David Goodrich, Kane Hodder, Desiree Ayer Kerns, Robert D. King, Rex Pierson, Sharon Shaeffer, Jeff Smolek, Speed Stearns, Cindy (Toad) Wills

CASTING
Casting: Steve Kolzak Casting, Dennis Cornell

CAST
starring
Michael Berryman [Pluto]
Kevin Blair [Roy]
John Bloom [The Reaper]
Janus Blythe [Rachel / Ruby]
Peter Frechette [Harry]
Robert Houston [Bobby]
Penny Johnson [Sue]
John Laughlin [Hulk]
Willard Pugh [Foster]
Colleen Riley [Jane]

starring and introducing
Tamara Stafford as Cass

starring
David Nichols [the psychiatrist]

and
Edith Fellows [Mrs Wilson]

also starring
Lance Gordon [Mars]
Susan Lanier [Brenda]
Brenda Marinoff [Katy]
Martin Speer [Doug]
Virginia Vincent [Ethel]
James Whitworth [Jupiter]

Arden Roger Meyer [man with towel]

SUMMARY

A group of bikers, including some of the people who a few years before had survived a desert encounter with a savage feral family, take part in a race near where the killers were last seen. When their bus breaks down, they again find themselves being stalked by the family...

CAPSULE REVIEW

A terrible sequel that re-hashes footage from the first film and what passes for a script seems content just to tell the same story again complete with hilarious flashback from the point of view of a dog! Proof positive of the distressingly variable career of Wes Craven.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Video Distributor: Thorn-EMI

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Castle Hill Productions
Video Distributors: HBO Home Video; Republic Pictures Home Video; Vestron Video
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

Norway
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1984
March
Day Unknown: USA filming begins

May
Day Unknown: USA filming ends

1985
August
Day Unknown: USA theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

So you think you're lucky to be alive...

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Las Colinas tienen ojos, 2ª parte - Spanish title
La Colline a des yeux n° 2 - French title
Im Todestal der Wölfe - West Germany title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Hills Have Eyes [1977]

SEE ALSO
Detour [2003]

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Premiére February 1987 p.16 [France]
review [by Jean-Philippe Guerand]

Video the Magazine January 1985 p.22
illustrated review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

blindness, deserts, dogs, flashbacks, sequels

Last Updated: 22 March, 2007