Scarecrow-88 Unfortunate misfire for the promising Soska sisters, stuck with a sequel to a forgettable slasher that wasn't worthy of one. Kane of WWE returns after flatlining in an ambulance from the previous film's injuries. Danielle Harris stars in yet another horror sequel that proves how unfortunate her talents are wasted. She works in the morgue as an assistant. It is her birthday, and she winds up being stuck in the hospital trying just to stay alive to see the next day. But the previous film's victims are to be brought to the hospital. Katherine Isabelle, having revived her career with the Soskas' "American Mary" squanders that here with a wretched character and equally awful performance. She's the morbid type who bumps and grinds for her boyfriend on top of Kane's corpse. She's fascinated with serial killers and can't help but visit the body of Jacob Goodnight. He just awakens (how? who knows...) and starts killing Harris' friends (she works at the morgue/hospital he was carried to). Visions of mama wreaking havoc on his psyche pop up every now and then to remind us why Kane is so screwed up. Jacob Goodnight bursts through doors and stabs a lot of people. Harris' potential boyfriend, a geeky employee her brother doesn't think is good enough for his big sis, winds up being the actual hero of this waste of time. Nice photography/lighting can't salvage the basic formula crap that has nothing inventive or imaginative to offer. This film is basically the previous film in a morgue this time. Goodnight gets to cause a lot of damage to rooms in the morgue, that's for sure. Isabelle's hysterics (the smeared mascara, jittery fingers, and hesitation speaking in the attempts to convey her scaredy-cat fear is laughable) are hard to watch, but Harris braves the situation the best she can. Kudos to the film for not going the typical final girl route...but it isn't like slashers haven't in the past. The victim list is because of a gathering of Harris' friends at the morgue for her birthday. It just so happens that Goodnight is in the morgue to crash this party. He doesn't even rip out eyes in this one.

Argemaluco Wow... a second part which is better than the first one. Well, in fact, that's not such a big achievement when we consider the fact that See No Evil had been a tedious and predictable slasher film completely lacking of imagination, suspense and excitement. And, to be fair, See No Evil 2 isn't a very good film either, but I found it moderately entertaining. For better or for worse, See No Evil 2 follows the old slasher recipe to the letter, and it didn't bore me mainly thanks to the dynamic direction from Jen and Sylvia Soska (who had left me quite impressed with their previous film, the excellent American Mary) and the tricky casting of three "scream queens" whose mere presence elevates the "geek coefficient" of the film, generating some interest in who the "final girl" will be. Will it be Chelan Simmons, who plays the frivolous and seductive blonde? Or Katharine Isabelle as the morbid fan of violent murders? Or Danielle Harris as the focused and responsible medicine student? Mmh... it might not be that difficult to guess the conclusion. But, well... inside its rancid routine, See No Evil 2 finds some opportunities to laugh at the clichés of slasher cinema (at least I think it was intentional) while it displays some blood. In conclusion, See No Evil 2 is a mediocre but moderately entertaining horror film, and I can give a slight recommendation to it. However, it's definitely a step back for the Soska sisters after American Mary, sacrificing the sophisticated style they employed in that film for something much more generic and forgettable.

Nitzan Havoc Many theories and doctrines of discourse have been proposed in regards to "the 2nd film" in every duology, trilogy and anthology. Some say it ups the stakes and the raft, while others say its doomed to be a disaster, a falling from grace compared to the first successful film. Was 2006's See No Evil a success? I personally enjoyed it, as a fan of the classic Slashers. Whether or not the classic Slashers could have been deemed successful without being classic - is another debate.See No Evil 2, in my opinion, took all the good things in the first film and made them better, while simultaneously taking the bad things and making them worse. The killer is absolutely profound, and not since the legendary Jason Voorhees have I seen such an excellent use of size, sheer force and brutally undeniable screen presence. Glenn Jacobs, better known to most of us as Kane, doesn't even need to talk in order to be horrifically threatening. Talking actually damages his character, if you ask me, and I believe there was no need for his obviously forced lines in this films (after saying 3 words in the first film). The acting divides into the good, and the annoying. Main actress Danielle Harris and actor Kaj-Erik Eriksen play their awkward romantic interest just the way it has always been meant to be played, while performing their character's role just the right way. Chelan Simmons and Katharine Isabelle, on the other hand, are annoying to a fault. I realize they were supposed to be the stereotypical cowardly not-too-bright ex- teen bimbos, but damn, talk about overkill... Even without Jacobs' excellent character I would have rooted for the killer to finally rid me of their painfully annoying presence. If that was indeed their goal - well bravo.As for the bad things, as I've mentioned, this film capitalized on all that has always been bad about Slashers... Killer walks, victims run, killer always gets them... Killer happens to know exactly where victims are hiding... Killer is inhumanly strong and damage resistant, yet victims keep repeating the same mistakes in that regard over and over again... And my personal favourite made famous by aforementioned Friday the 13th - Killer can't die. Cut off his limbs, stick a metal hose in his eye, shoot him in the head - it only gets him angrier and deadlier. The only suspense in this film was maintained thanks to the innovative number of survivors in the first film, which serves to slightly confuse the audience in regards of expectations. Just slightly though.All in all, I'm not sure how ti judge this film. As an above average Slasher or a below average ordinary film? So I settled for the middle. If you liked the first film because of Kane - definitely watch this, you'll get your share of violent brutality. If you're looking for quality horror - sorry, wrong place.

moviesmaniax From the twisted mind of director The Soska Sisters comes a disappointing sequel that lost all the cheesy bloody fun of the first film. See No Evil 2 is such a typically mediocre horror film where victims get killed off one by one with not much of a surprise and coming from such potentially imaginative director (seeing from their previous works in American Mary and T segment from ABCs Of Death 2), it's quite a huge disappointment here. The GORES here are also really let down comparing to how much more gleefully bloody and nastier the first film was, but it's still moderately bloody nonetheless. The SCARE here is mostly jumpy one as our Jacob Goodnight here lacks the personality that can deliver the suspense and just looks pathetic instead. However, thanks to a cheesily tempting performance from Katharine Isabelle (American Mary) that's at least FUN to watch throughout the film. Other than that, See No Evil 2 has nothing new or surprising to be added to the genre and not enough gores or violence to even surpass the cheesy fun of the first film. >>C<<