Supelice Dreadfully Boring

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

oprlvr33 At least the original was creepy and decent acting, with great direction. I honestly couldn't tell if this thing was a horror sequel, or an Evil Dead comedy spin off. It isn't scary, nor creepy. In fact, it was downright lame. We almost turned it off, we were growing so bored.Normally film sequels pick up 2-3 years after the original. This one didn't. And they tried to give it that late 80's fix, but it didn't work. And the opening scene was pathetic. At least the Angela/Demon in the original was creepy. Here, I sat gape-mouthed, hoping the rest of would improve instead of wasting our time. Only Christina Taylor, Zoe Trilling, and Jennifer Rhoades could truly act. The rest of the cast was lame to boot, or way over-acted. And evidently this was low-budget, based on the cheap spookhouse effects and the plastic cobwebbing commonly sold in Halloween stores. And don't forget the super cheesy lipstick tube ending "effect".I truly expected far more than what this thing delivered. Director Trenchor-Smith should not be making Horror films.

Michael_Elliott Night of the Demons 2 (1994) ** (out of 4) Sequel to the 1988 cult favorite has a new group of teens going to the creepy house but this time they're taking along the sister (Merle Kennedy) of the killer from the first film. It doesn't take too long until Angela (Amelia Kinkade) shows up and the killing starts. NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2 will probably appeal to those who enjoyed the first film but as someone who found the original to be just okay, the thrill of going through pretty much the same story again really didn't strike me as fun. If you're looking for nothing more than gory kills then this sequel is going to keep you entertained but for me there was simply too many times where I felt that we had been down this road plenty of times before. It's really not too shocking that a sequel would just re-do the first picture and this here at least tries to pay homage to the first. The famous lipstick scene from the first movie gets re-worked pretty well here and there's some nice humor running through the film as well. The scene with a woman's breasts I won't spoil but it's quite memorable in its own right. There's also a lot of jokes aimed at a ruthless nun, which actually works most of the time. I was also surprised to see that I enjoyed most of the performances and while none of them were Oscar worthy, the actors at least fit their roles nicely. The death scenes are all pretty good and there's plenty of the red stuff to keep horror fans happy. With that said, the film was simply too poorly paced for my liking and at 96-minutes this thing ran on way too long with too many dry spots between the kills.

ctomvelu1 An ambitious sequel, NIGHT 2 shifts back and forth from a Halloween dance at a Catholic school to further antics at Hull House. Several students decide to ditch the school party and raise the roof at Hull House instead. Big mistake. Angela is back, and performs yet another slithery dance (remember that the actress was a ballet dancer). This time around, we have a nun and a priest to add to the merriment, and in fact the nun steals almost every scene she is in. The special effects are still pretty dreadful, but the filmmakers have upped the gore quotient as well as the laughs, which were pretty much nonexistent in the original. The big battle with Angela at the end is the movie's one clever bit of special effects, and well worth the wait. There was a huge lag between the original and this first sequel, and one can see the influence of several bigger-budget horror flicks on NIGHT 2, most notably FRIGHT NIGHT.

I_saw_it_happen The 'B' movie industry is flourishing lately, trying to cash in on the longing of many horror-movie fans for the sort of movies that were quite frequent in the 1980's, which relied on the over-hyped fears in America of Satanism, gang youth, teen sex, and rock n roll. Most of these films fail, being too self-referential and tongue in cheek, no semblance of sincerity. But Night of the Demons 2 actually sets the bar, in my mind, of what this genre is all about. In many ways, it's a cheesy flick, it's gratuitous and some of the 'one liners' are painfully stupid. But that's part of the fun of it, and it is, to be sure, a 'fun' film. Will you get scared? Unlikely. Will you realize how mediocre most horror movies today are? Absolutely.There is a point in the movie wherein all 'realism' (as much as you can expect from such a movie) is cast out the window entirely. But you probably won't care at that point, and will actually find yourself rooting for 'the good guys' in this film--- quite unusual for horror movies, really.Definitely worth seeing, if you enjoy 'bad' horror movies.