Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Rare Flix: Abomination- The Evilmaker 2

 I can't be penalized for skipping the first one when 99% of you don't even know what this is.  This is, in fact, the Sequel to The Evilmaker- Abomination: The Evilmaker 2.  Sadly, it does not feature the return of Abomination, last seen in the MCU in 2008's The Incredible Hulk.  If the Scientist from that Film can turn into Peter Parker's Teacher, then why can't the guy with, you know, HULK POWERS return?!?  I'd rather talk about that than this Movie, of course.  Fortunately, this is the kind of Film that can't fill 90 minutes (barely hitting 80), so they recap the first Film AND pad the runtime with Clips.  Just like Feeders 2, they also distinguish the clips by making them in B&W.  Thankfully, this Film also has about 5 minutes of this, as opposed to what feels like 5 hours.  Mind you, the Film was shot on what looks like an Edison Wax Cylinder, so none of this looks good!  The Plot involves an evil house, an evil presence and more evil.  There's a whole lot of nothing here, but I'll try and get a full Review's worth out of this.  To see what I had to do to finish off a 4-Film set, read on...

Before covering the Film proper, I just have to highlight one of the worst Production Company Logos I've ever seen.  

Am I wrong?

So our Heroine goes to this House.  I should also mention that she's psychic.  The Film will mention it about 200x, so I might as well do it once.

As noted, the Film uses footage from the previous Film as filler/Plot explanation.

The Black & White thing is just trying too hard, which says something for a Film that overall doesn't actually try that hard.  It's an enigma!
The evil has taken the form of her Sister, who is blamed for all of the killings.  I'm having Goth flashbacks and that is not good!

Now here's where it all gets dumb(er)...
That was all a vision!

Yes, even the stuff where she stops and sees a vision of what happened in the last Film- all part of the vision.  This is Inception...but dumb.
She convinces her friend to go help her find out the truth about what happened at the House.  
He's reluctant- literally shoving her out the door the first time she asks- but comes around after seeing more about it on the news.

This leads to them uncovering one of the graves and being knocked out, thus setting up the repetitive Theme of the Film...
While they're out (for at least two hours, which is bad for your health!), her Boyfriend is tricked into coming over, gets seduced and possessed.

When she awakens, she finds him and he throws himself at her, leading to a dissolve and her waking up in bed.

She has the Final Girl Contract Clause- no Nudity.  She's basically alone in that.
So begins the proper repetition of the Film.  Over a series of Scenes, our two Heroes are either knocked out, tied up or both.

To shorten things, here's a collage of those moments...
When they recover, they do a few different things at least...

They kill the attacker (which is sometimes bad).
They use magic.
They literally get saved by an Deus Ex Machina to end the horror.
...or do they?!?

While the day is saved, we see the man attacked (again!) by gas and our Heroine giving birth the the evil woman!

Which was all a dream!

Or was it a vision?
Well, there's no The Evilmaker 3, so who cares?!?
How many different ways can something be bad?  To start with, it's not scary.  It's a Horror Film, so that's a problem!  Stuff happens that *should* be scary, but it never is.  I am pretty used to this kind of thing, to be fair, so maybe it might scare others.  Secondly, the Film is not good to look at.  It's possible that my copy- part of the Vamps 4-Film Set- is just a terrible print.  However, given the overall look of the Film, I don't *really* believe that's the main issue.  Simply put, I don't think that there is a good-looking of this Film.  It was clearly shot on video camera and wouldn't look all that great if you spent the money remaster it in 4k.  Speaking of things that aren't vivid or clear, there's the Plot.  It has an evil being who has possessed/replaced a lady.  It keeps knocking people out and/or trying to seduce them.  I didn't feel like blurring them out, but sufficed to say the Film has a few bits of random, superfluous nudity in it.  It adds nothing.  The whole thing is so repetitive that it kind of gets boring.  There aren't enough crazy visuals or fun to distract you, so it just drags and drags.  Abomination: The Evilmaker 2 isn't funny or strange enough to be a 'so bad it is good' Film- it's just bad.  It sure is a good thing that these people asked for money BEFORE the Film and not AFTER it then...

Next time, I take a familial request.  If you are a famous Star, will your Vanity Project always work out?  Stay tuned...

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