House 2 is my least favorite kind of sequel, in that it has absolutely no correlation with the previous film. Heck, it barely even takes place in a house. While the previous film tried really hard to be a good movie, this movie feels as if the producers were trying to cash in on what limited success the first House had. While it's labeled as a horror/comedy, this is more of a really lame fantasy/comedy. The plot revolves around this guy, named Jesse, and his inexplicably reanimated great-great-grandfather, who have to protect a crystal skull from "evil forces" . The latter of the two characters is a very annoying cowboy stereotype, but he comes across as more of a grizzled miner from the 1840's. The aforementioned "evil forces" are a bizarre mix of cavemen and Aztec warriors, both of which are hardly 'evil'. The special effects are really lacking here, too. There's some really crappy stop-motion animation effects, and equally bad puppetry. And on the subject of puppetry, there's several scenes really fake-looking pterodactyl baby, and several more with a creepy caterpillar/dog hybrid puppet. Both of these monstrosities are supposed to be played as 'cute', but the poor quality of the puppets makes them extremely creepy. The ending is extremely ambiguous and confusing, somehow more so than the rest of the film. Overall, a very incoherent and boring film. Not recommended in the least. Personally, I'm a bit indifferent about this film, though. I wanted to hate it, it's really bad, but not cringe-inducing bad. So for that, I'll give it a 2/5.
IMDB Page- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093220/
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