House II: The Second Story Review

House II: The Second Story came out in 1987 and was directed by the ever-shameless Ethan Wiley. We have used science (and possibly the box cover) to determine that this movie fits perfectly into the "Parallel Dimension Horror" genre.

During the time we had our polls open, 186 delightful viewers just like you weighed in on House II: The Second Story. 116 of 'em thought it was great! 70 thought it was shit. Takes all kinds.

This is a Dave and Jim's B-Movie Review. This review was written some time between 1996 and 2001. Once you've sucked the marrow from this one, you can head back to the full list to pick another review for savoring. Do it again and again.

Dave's Review

I'd love to find out what kind of person writes these scripts. They must have an addiction to rat meat. There were more weirdnesses in this movie than you can shake a stick at. However, eventually, your mind adjusts to the weirdness and you see the inner beauty of the chaos. In that respect, this movie was a lot of fun.

Dave broke it down like so: Technology: 0 Action: 5 Nudity: 0 Coolness: 5 Badguys: 2 Gore: 4 Shock: 2 Dialog: 6 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 5 Plot: 3 Length: Fine Overall: 4

Jim's Review

Now I understand when House 2 was suggested as being better than its predicessor in Scream 2, the person that suggested it was pelted with balls of paper. The best thing about this movie was a crystal skull with blue gem eyes. The best character in the movie was played by the mailman from Cheers. He played an electrician who got to say the line "It's looks like you have an alternate dimension or something here". But the only question that comes to my mind about two-thirds of the way through the movie is "How many times can they let the skull get stolen?"

Jim broke it down like so: Technology: 1 Action: 6 Nudity: 0 Coolness: 7 Badguys: 2 Gore: 3 Shock: 2 Dialog: 6 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 5 Plot: 4 Length: Long Overall: 5