The Hills Have Eyes 2 is the 2007 feature film sequel to the remake of the 1977 horror film The Hills Have Eyes. The film follows several National Guard members as they fight for survival against the mutant people living in the New Mexico desert hills In Las Cruces. The Hills Have Eyes 2 was directed by German film director Martin Weisz and written by father and son team Wes and Jonathan Craven. A graphic novel titled The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning was published by Fox Atomic Comics to accompany the release of the film; it was released July 19, 2007. A sequel, The Hills Run Red, is planned for 2009.
The movie begins when a woman in a decrepit and filthy underground mine lair is in labor with the mutant-human hybrid baby of the leader of a colony of mutants; Papa Hades (Michael Bailey Smith). While the delivery, though extremely painful, is successful, the hybrid's organs cannot function and the baby dies in seconds later. Hades, seeing no use for the woman who cannot produce healthy offspring, smashes her head in with a rock, killing her.
Credits overview, explaining that two years ago, an American family (the Carters) crossing the desert took a wrong turn and drove deep into a military area known only as "Sector 16". By dawn the next day, half the family had been slaughtered. In the following weeks the U.S. Army conducted search and destroy missions throughout the area. Recently, for undisclosed reasons, electronic monitoring was ordered installed.