This 13-minute documentary does a pretty engrossing and informative job of covering the making of "The Hills Have Eyes 2." Wes Craven reveals that he and his son Jonathan wrote the script in only one month. Moreover, we also learn that the feces in the Porta Potty scene was actually stewed prunes, the cast members playing National Guard trainees had to learn rope climbing (they also talk about how tough and exhausting it was to do the bulk of their own stunts), that the caves were sets specifically built for the movie, there was a lot of jokes and laughs between takes to take the edge off of the intensity of the shooting (this picture was shot in two months), and the wallet lodged in the head gag was thought up at the last minute. In addition, there's lots of neat behind the scenes footage that shows how various stunts were done. Worth a watch for fans of the film.
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Making Hills 2
Michael_Elliott6 April 2015
Exploring the Hills: The Making of 'The Hills Have Eyes 2' (2007)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Twelve-minute promotional piece has Wes Craven talking about how the studio wanted to turn this into a franchise so he and his son Jonathan offered to write the screenplay. From here we meet various cast and crew members who discuss what it was like working on the picture. This sequel pretty much gets your basic DVD bonus feature as there's really nothing overly special here, although there's no question that fans of the film will want to at least watch it once for the various behind-the-scenes footage. There's quite a bit of it actually as we get to see how various scenes are filmed and how the CGI comes into play. There's a lot of talk about the various stunts that are done throughout the film and Craven talks about how he wanted this one to be more frightening than the first. Again, there's nothing ground-breaking here but if you're a fan of the film then it's worth watching.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Twelve-minute promotional piece has Wes Craven talking about how the studio wanted to turn this into a franchise so he and his son Jonathan offered to write the screenplay. From here we meet various cast and crew members who discuss what it was like working on the picture. This sequel pretty much gets your basic DVD bonus feature as there's really nothing overly special here, although there's no question that fans of the film will want to at least watch it once for the various behind-the-scenes footage. There's quite a bit of it actually as we get to see how various scenes are filmed and how the CGI comes into play. There's a lot of talk about the various stunts that are done throughout the film and Craven talks about how he wanted this one to be more frightening than the first. Again, there's nothing ground-breaking here but if you're a fan of the film then it's worth watching.
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