Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice 1992 ★★½
This sequel picks up at the logical place, in the aftermath of the original COTC. With the press swarming the small town of Gatlin right after the evens and a nice excuse for a few shots of police discovering decomposing bodies.
No sign of neither Linda Hamilton (obviously) not Peter Horton, but now our lead is Terence Knox (from Tour of Duty) as a down on his luck reporter stumbling across a story. He finds out what's going on while at the same time hooking up with their landlady. And at the same time, he reconciles with his grumpy estranged son who jsut so happens to mekt the heart of the local hot girl. What can I say? Nineties movies were convenient that way.
It does not take long for things to pick up. Isaac and Malakai may be gone but Mordekai is more than ready to pick up as the next in command. Especially when joining forces with Michael, who just happens to be the son of the love intrest. All making for a neat little package.
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While the special effects are okay, I cannot help but think that the kills (and the ensuing effects) nearly all have a touch of the cartoony to them, making them less scary and more funny. I mean, one of the characters literally has her house fall on top of her. The only way it could be more Roadrunner-y would be if someone had written ACME on the front door.
But the opening kill with the reporters is kind of cool, Terence Knox is always reliable and the rest of the cast is not too terrible either.
Two and a half stars for now. Maybe a rewatch will win me over for the third one.
Return to Sender 2022 ★★½
Over all entertaining mood piece about a recovering alcoholic who is tortured by... Amazon? Is Bezos more evil than we thought?
All jokes aside, it is a bit odd to see someone so scared by unsollicited products. Especially since they are related to neither her recovery or some paranoid conspiracy plot. To me, those are more odd than scary. All the more kudos to the lead for keeping me invested.
The ending was a bit out of nowhere and odd, though it did make for a bit of a scary moment with the audio.
Two and a half stars.