The only survivors of the 1994 incidents, in an attempt to find a way to stop the evil, meet one of the survivors of the 1978 incident who remembers the horror.
Great modern, pop horror/comedy flick that entertains! Part Two resembles a lot more the 70s than Part 1 does the 90s. I guess cinema (technologically) evolves, and it can’t really reenact the past. The vintage look seems to be just… gone. But then the atmosphere cannot fully be accurate either. Most likely, it was because very few of the cast and crew were alive or old enough to remember how people were talking or acting. There are film archives and means to find out, but it seems that this accuracy will always be missing. I guess yet another reason will always be the consideration of the audience. If it was ‘too 70s’, who would watch it?! Netflix seems to have established a particular audience already. It may be socially diverse, but it looks narrowed down otherwise. Just in case you feel like casting stones, I have already surfaced and will keep surfacing exceptions that are a shock to the system – especially its documentaries.
Focusing more on the film, as I mentioned above, Part Two is entertainingly brutal! McCabe Sly makes a decent possessed/psycho ‘axe-man’, and Sadie Sink and Emily Rudd are great on-screen sisters who face their demons way before the ‘axe-man’ starts taking heads off, and everyone starts running amok. Overall, the sub-plot smoothly permeates the plot and patiently escalates, leading to the climax. The references to Stephen King (and ‘Shining’, for whoever got it), Friday the 13th series, and a couple more that I cannot reveal indicate the hard work that the crew has put into it to give us a good feel, ‘throwback-style’ horror. Indicative, composers Marco Beltrami and Brandon Roberts have done an excellent job with the soundtrack, paying a great tribute to the one and only Jerry Goldsmith.
There are a few flaws that I could pick on, as well as numerous strengths (such as the sisters/climax scene). But I’m not going to do it. Leigh Janiak seems to have a lot of passion for what she does, and she does it well. Watch it, enjoy it, and… onto Part Three!
P.S. It was great seeing Gillian Jacobs and Ryan Simpkins again in the same movie. Especially after their stellar performances in the brilliant and underrated Gardens of the Night (2008)
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