Alright, now the crap begins! This sequel is the only one that really tries to, you know, be a sequel. What a concept! Oddly, it's also the only film that Netflix doesn't carry...at all. I can watch the first film, the other six films, the Remake and the sequel to said Remake (or the original series...maybe) on the service, but not this film. Why can't more bad sequels be like that? Thanks for being briefly-available Hobgoblins 2! Seriously, I'm still not over that crap-fest. Turning back to this crap-fest, this film does a good job at connecting itself to the original film. Although, I have to ask- did nobody ever drive the 16 miles to Gatlin and notice all of the corpses for three years?!? Will the film answer my question or just raise new ones? To find out more, read on...
The film begins with some people discovering the bodies in Gatlin. Of course, the leads from the first movie are not here, the original kids are not here and there's no sign of the burnt up cornfield. Good?
Our heroes are a father/son duo who do not get along. Bitchy characters- awesome. That's not grating at all!
Mordecai- one of the kids from but not really from Gatlin- goes out in the field and falls into...um, Hell. He's reborn as the new Isaac. You were thinking it, people!
Mordecai is all about being Damien here. It's not subtle. It gets even less subtle in the next sequel, but I'll get to that later...
The romance angle between our hero and a lady from town (the mother from Pinnochio's Revenge) is so unimportant that she disappears for twenty-five minutes! They have sex and she gets captured.
Ready for some real shit though?
In a bizarre twist, we find out that the town has been burning rotten corn, which is why the kids went crazy. No, really. This plot point leads to our hero and his Indian friend nearly getting killed. However...
Literally, the next scene of the film has the kids kill the conspiring adults- all ten of them, apparently-, which makes that entire sub-plot...completely-pointless. Big finish!
Unlike the original film, this sequel has no big finish. It's climax involves Mordecai nearly winning, only to be dragged into a Thresher and dying. That's...a bit disappointing. The End.
Go back to the field! I have less good things about this film than the original, that's for sure! The idea of actually making a sequel to the film is not bad. The execution...not so much. The characters are not interesting. The intrigue of killer children is mostly gone too, since Mordecai is not just an evil kid. They do stab and kill a bunch of adults, so it's not completely gone. To see that idea get marred, you'll have to wait a few more films. The effects are good here, although they do re-use one scene in particular from the previous film. The big problem is that the movie just has no focus. Other than Mordecai killing random townspeople, the rest of the film just meanders. There's also the ridiculous sub-plot to explain away the supernatural aspects...which are still here. It's kind of like the whole plot of 'cloning the evil lady from the tape' from Rasen that everyone just ignores. Seriously, what was the point of that? If you can track the film down- the 2-Film set with Part III is widely-available in Stores-, there are some good moments. Overall, it's just a cheap, silly follow-up. Recognize this shot? If you saw the original film, you should...
Next up, the final part of the original trilogy. It's full-blown sequelitis folks, including ridiculous plot revisionism and a silly climax. Stay tuned...
Our hero's son initially wants to leave. He does find a reason to stay though...
Ready for some real shit though?
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