Jerry
Blake (Terry O'Quinn) is in a psych ward
after the incidents on murdering people
around the previous family he was engaged
to along with trying to murder them as
well in which his shrink at the ward
Dr. Joseph Danvers (Henry Brown)
talks to him about these situations in
which Jerry tries to explain the things
he does.
However, Jerry has a deadly plan up his
sleeve in which he escapes the asylum and
the news is out in which he puts on a
disguise as well as changing his name
along with moving to another part of town
where he gets a profession as a marriage
counsellor in which he meets a beautiful
woman there Carol Grayland (Meg
Foster) whom is a real estate agent along
with her young son Todd (Jonathan
Brandis). Carol is also having a sketchy
relationship with her soon to be
ex-husband Phil (Mitchell Laurence) but
good old Jerry has a plan for him since
he conjures up his way of dealing with
troubled marriages like Carol's by doing
him in.
He then proposes to Carol and she accepts
but a close friend Matty Crimmins
(Caroline Williams) thinks that she is
going just too fast since she doesn't
know this person too well plus finds out
that some of the stories that were told
are lies in which she confronts Jerry
himself to tell Carol the truth but Jerry
finds terrific therapy for her just like
what he did for Phil in order to keep
keep his family together without anyone
knowing his dark and deadly secret.
This sequel was
very worthy in which it starts off with
what has happened last which is a perfect
touch introducing this sequel as well as
this maniac Jerry waking up in an asylum
which is a great touch. But the beginning
showing what happened previously in the
first film seemed to should please the
same fans who watched the very beginning
in Halloween II even if
the plots were different but same kind of
viewers.
The story really goes in a great
direction with a shrink seriously talking
to Jerry about the previous relationships
he's had and how he goes beserk in which
there's moments of sarcasm in which this
seems to suit the story. After all we've
seen it work in other horror sequels with
a shrink having a discussion with a
counsellor. Yet you do think to yourself
that this dude will not last for long.
Then you see him doing strange things in
his room as well as constructiong house
figures as well as people figures too
which seems to come together as to why
he's doing this for a deadly plan to get
out.
I won't give away as to how he escaped in
which you have to see this one for
yourself but it's not the most original
idea. However, it's tough to make
something original but it's the typical
kill and escape with a disguise
situation.
There's a moment where Jerry slams a car
trunk on someone's hands and takes his
car but you never know what he did to
this fellow. That remains an unsolved
mystery.
But then Jerry disguises himself as a
marriage counsellor which seems to work
well as this character is totally
deceiving as someone harmless and trying
to help women deal with their losses of
marriage.
Then he falls for one of them named Carol
which seems typical for Jerry since he
wants to marry the perfect family else he
will slay them. He goes and talks to her
sketchy husband Phil and right away I was
thinking to myself "Oh no he's gonna
kill him" Worst of all Phil shows
attitude towards him which is a big
mistake to do to a psychopath.
After Jerry gets into a maniacal moment
to someone mellow and understanding to
Carol's son Todd in which this makes a
real turnaround for him saying "I'm
not such a bad guy". This does make
you wonder on how he can be a real switch
but again psycho's can seem like normal
everyday people which is really scary in
real life.
Then he proposes to Carol along with lies
about her husband leaving as well as her
accepting which really makes you think
that this woman is a total basketcase not
really knowing this guy. I mean there are
alot of those types making huge mistakes
in their life.
Then comes along Carol's family friend
Matty who finds out that Jerry is telling
nothing but lies and confronts him about
it and getting closed minded to him
manipulating him to confront to Carol
while he tries to act reasonable which is
another great mistake on her end as we
all know that she will be the next one to
die. This was well put in and reminds you
as one of those protective people against
a scumbag.
Then there's another good key character
as a blind old man hearing Jerry
whistling while taking a shortcut through
his yard after he makes a killing next
door. This was also perfectly put in as a
witness.
Afterwards we see Jerry and Carol
caressing one another and him confessing
to her but then we all know that it isn't
the truth since a killer would never give
away his secret. I was thinking to myself
this dude is such a good liar.
Then when the wedding ceremony is about
to happen. I was thinking to myself is
she really going to officially marry him
until she reveals his dark twisted secret
but that would be a spoiler. Yet this is
the best part ever in the film which
looks greatly done in a horror fashion.
Just see this for yourself and you will
all be pleased by this.
Bottom line is the story happens a bit
quicker compared to the first film but
it's a real exciter like the first one
which should please the fans a great
deal. It will desperately make you want
to jump into the next sequel right away.
The acting is
still powerfully performed in which
Terry O'Quinn (Jerry Blake) returns
to play the psychotic family killer. He
shows a different type of personality
this time when he tries to act like a
deceivingly innocent type since he
disguises himself as a marriage
counsellor in which he comes across as
someone believeable by portraying this.
Plus he really brings out alot of good
feelings and emotions to his part. When
he turns he sure becomes more menacing
than ever which is a terrific nice twist
adding more dark humor to his part which
he showed great timing while doing this.
Meg Foster (Carol Grayland) really
portrayed a terrific troubled family
woman as well as having a passive
attitude too about everything. She shows
some good emotional behavior when needed
to as well as bringing on a niceness to
her role as well. She also had the nice
beautiful looks too for the film which is
a bonus for a horror flick.
Jonathan Brandis (Todd Grayland)
makes his first co-starring role in a
motion picture in which alot of people
start out in these types of flicks before
making it big. He really focused on his
nice boy next door type of appeal with a
great innocent and easy going attitude.
He brings on a nice charm onto the
picture here. So sad he took his life
since he was a talented fellow.
Cult icon Caroline Williams (Matty Crimmins) seems to really shine on
with her role in the film as a friend of
the family. She brings on a nice
energetic and outgoing performance as
well as getting to the point with stuff
in which she came across perfectly doing
that too. She proved that she could
perform another character in a different
fashion than in Texas Chainsaw
Massacre 2.
A shrink's neck is
bloodied and he lies in a pool of blood
Phil Grayland is bloddily stabbed by
sharp glass from a broken wine bottle
Jerry Blake is stabbed in the chest as
well as having the back of a hammer
impaled in his chest too
There's low
hissing sounds as well as good deep
keyboard playing for the dark moments in
the film when a terrifying moment is
about to happen. We also hear some good
chiming and peaceful harp tuning music
during the mellow and romantic moments in
certain areas too. |