Last year's "The Hills Have Eyes" was a brutal, sadistic and ultra-gory exercise in on-screen misery (as far as mainstream movies go, only "Hostel" pushed the audience tolerance envelope further). But it was also a surprisingly well-made & suspenseful remake of Wes Craven's original cult classic. The dread it instilled in the audience was immediate and relentless. It probably comes as no surprise that the Law of Diminishing Returns applies to this inevitable sequel. With rare exception, no matter how well made, horror sequels simply aren't as effective because, for the most part, these roads are best traveled once. Of course that never happens, and with horror sequels, you either get an attempt to add new revelations to the original concept (as in "Hostel Part II"), or simply more of the same. "The Hills Have Eyes 2" falls into the latter category.