 
Laura
Porter (Danielle Savre) has been having
fears of the dark since she was a child
after she witnesses what is so called the
boogeyman killing her father that she
voluntarily throws herself into a mental
health centre to overcome her fears along
with the support of her brother Henry
(Matt Cohen) but she finds the people
there difficult to deal with as one of
them even attempts suicide.
Suddenly, a killer wearing a grim reaper
mask starts killing the patients off one
by one in a cellar whenever the lights go
out and slowly trying to get to Laura as
her fears may be coming true again and
her with the survivors try to find a way
to survive these incidents when the
center starts to become empty with the
rest being slayed away by this maniac.
This film like the
first one had a prologue on a child's
fear of the dark and the killer doing in
their parents but what is different is
that the film centers around a mysterious
killer in an asylum which seems to almost
borrow a bit from A Nightmare On
Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
However there's a masked killer in it
till the end which borrows some of the
chemistry from Scream.
This was definetely a slasher film with
lots of blood and horror violenice
bringing on the goods for what a slasher
film should have. It's not really a bad
movie either as you wonder what's going
to happen as well as the patients
sometimes acting out of control making
you wonder if they're one of the killers
too.
There's alot of good effects in the film
and some scares in it although it was
made on a bit of a low budget the film
doesn't make you jump like the story is
meant to during odd spots surrounding it.
There's alot of mysterious plots
surrounding it though in which you wonder
if there is a boogeyman or just a killer
trying to scare the patients to death.
The ending tries to explain itself but
yet is a little rusty doing so which
makes the film a bit confusing. A bad
ending to top it off.
The acting is not
too bad as lead actress Danielle Savre
really brings out her fears and emotional
attitude onto the set as well as showing
a great negative attitude and aggressions
too. She was very energetic in her part.
She seemed to be a great target to
everyone surrounding her as she reacts to
the other cast members quite well.
Matt Cohen shows a nice
sympathetic behavior onto the set but yet
seems to make you wonder with this
eccentric attitude. He also shows
terrific aggressions towards the near end
of the film and nice violent reactions
too.
Chrissy Griffith really knew how to
behave insecure and very unpredictable in
which she made her part very believeable
too. She shows some good upsetting
emotions as well with her timing when she
needed to be. I found her to be a nice
key to the story of the film.
Michael
Graziadei knew how to behave very
stubborn and one minded along with his
violent aggressions too. He certainly
makes you wonder if he's the killer in
the film. He has a nice brawling appeal
to him too which was a nice choice as
well.
Renée O'Connor really knew her
stuff as one of the counselors in the
film in which she brings a nice warm
attitude to her role as well as spaeking
very calmly too. She made her part very
real. Plus she knew how to act versatile
towards her last performance in the film
which looked very spooky on how she was
behaving.
Tobin Bell was incredibly mysterious
as one of the other people working at the
asylum with his silent speaking and the
way he does things which doesn't seem
right. He certainly made his part very
worthy to the storyline in the film even
if he wasn't in every scene of the film
but stood out the most in it.
Johnny Simmons brought alot of
attention with his disturbed actions
freaking out over little things in which
he totally reminds you of a real life
mental patient along with his steady
words too trying not to lose it. He was
extremely energetic.
Chrissy Griffith
looks in a mirror and takes off her top
with her breasts revealed.
A father's insides are torn
out
A woman cuts herself with scissors
A person is hung and slaughtered near an
elevator door
A person is scarred with his skin tissue
burned open
A guys heart is cut open
A guy is on a bed with tubes stabbing in
him and blood pouring out
A girl is cut open with maggots being
implanted in her
A doctors eyes are stabbed by two needles
A person is stabbed with a pair of plyers
having their head cut off
Jeff Betancourt
seemed to do okay with his work on this
film as he shows a nice prologue with
some bit part actors as a family
celebrating a Birthday and supporting
child actor Jarrod Bailey in a
hallway showing good scared expressions
when a lightbulb is out with bit part
actor Lucas Fleischer as his
father trying to talk to him and
encouraging him to overcome his fears.
There's a good shot on supporting child
actress Sammi Hanratty looking
through a peephole at Fleischer
and then a good shot on him being
slaughtered with a good hollering in pain
and then both Hanratty and Bailey
screaming and crying in fear which looked
very impressive.
There's a good dream sequence with Danielle
Savre standing near Matt Cohen
sleeping in his bed with a shot of blood
coming underneath and her screaming and
crying which looked nicely directed.
There's a good scene between the two of
them when she wakes up crying and him
trying to comfort her.
There's a nice frusterated reaction with Savre
at a group therapy and then storming out
with her staring at a barred window and Renée
O'Connor trying to talk to her with
a nice calm voice as there's good shots
at the two of them having a discussion
with just Savre having her head
turned at the window.
There's great blocking and camera shots
on supporting actor David Gallagher
walking through the dark hallways going
to the basement with a nice close up shot
on him pulling out a joint and smoking
it. Then there's a great moment on him
getting up and shots on each hallway
light burning out with him panicking and
running away to where there is a light
still on and then bam! The actor
disguised as a killer approaches. Betancourt
showed nice timing with his work on all
of this and made it seem suspenseful.
There's a good moment at the group
therapy with Johnny Simmons
going into hysterics when he discovers
the chair he's sitting in isn't his which
totally keeps you glued to the set to
wonder why he's acting crazy about it
all.
There's a good dialogue between Savre
and supporting actor Tobin Bell
with him trying to talk to her about her
fears with a mysterious attitude in which
Betancourt makes that scene
making you wonder what he is hinting to
her.
There's a good shot on Savre in
a bathroom with a towel wrapped around
her looking nervous with a good camera
shot on a small trail of blood going down
a drain and then a shower closed up with
a bloody leg revealed with her acting
scared to open the curtain and then
spotting Mae Whitman with Whitman
going ballistic at her after cutting
herself. This looked very tense in a good
fashion.
There's a good scene with Simmons
cleaning and scrubbing along with shots
on Chrissy Griffith looking in
vanity in a bathroom mirror and feeling
herself in which you get an impression
that something is going to happen.
There's a good shot on Simmons
eating some chips and then putting a
cockoach in his mouth with him choking
which looked quite good and deadly.
There's good shots on cockroaches
crawling out of the bag of chips. Then a
nice shot on the killers feet handing Simmons
some soap wash with him chugging away on
it.
There's nice reactions onj the cast
members like Griffith, Savre
and Whitman screaming and
freaking out after they spot this deadly
incident with fast camera shots on them
trying to figure stuff out.
There's a nice shot on Whitman
being strapped down with the killer
putting maggots in her while slicing her
skin as well as good shots on her in a
screaming frenzy which looked very
intense.
There's a nice moment with O'Connor standing
in the basement and then the killers
hands holding a broken wire and then
throwing it on a watery ground and her
screaming intensly. It looked very
perfect like she was being electrocuted
half to death.
We have a good scene with Michael
Graziadei getting aggressive with
Griffith and her almost getting emotional
with all of this. The setting looked
quite disturbing.
There's a good moment with Graziadei
being beaten up and thrown around by the
killer with lots of good takes on all of
this.
There's numerous good takes on Griffith
running away from the killer near a
library room with her crouching down and
trying to hide from him which makes you
wonder if she will get away. There's also
a good moment with O'Connor standing
there acting like a zombie and speaking
like she's crazy about the killer with Griffith
trying to keep her quiet without the
killer catching them along with a nice
close up shot on Griffith taping
her mouth shut.
There's also a good scene with Bell
trtying to stop Griffith and
holding a needle with her trying to
scream and get away which was a nice cold
direction during this moment.
There's alot of low hissing
sounds and the banging and screechy
effects too. For the silent moments we
hear some windy and moaning noises which
really draws the creepiness on what's
going to happen next. There's metal
clanging sounds for the struggling
moments or when the boogeyman comes in
ready for the kill. The music was put
together by Joseph LoDuca.
[last
lines]
Laura Porter: H-Henry, he's still
in here, okay? You, you have to listen to
me, okay? Henry's still in here! Henry's
still in here! You have to find him! He's
still here! Henry's still here! Listen to
me! Listen to me! Listen to me! Henry's
still here!
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