Kirsty Cotton (Ashley
Laurence) is sent to a psych ward after
the horrorible incident she had with the
creatures from hell called the Cenobites
that invaded her father and stepmother's
house as she is very unstable of what had
happened.
She gets a message from her father that
he is in hell and needs to be rescued.
She tells the main Doctor at the ward
Philip Channard (Kenneth Cranham) of what
has happened at the house and asks him if
she is crazy.
But Channard experiences a strange
incident with one of his patients as he
starts to believe Kirsty's story as
Kirsty's stepmother Julia (Claire
Higgins) awakens from the dead and starts
to take over a mental patients body as
the patient starts to bleed and awakens
her.
She gets Channard to help her become a
full human again and does so after
killing some of his patients.
One of the employees named Kyle MacRae
(William Hope) helps Kirsty escape and
the y both go to the house and to try to
rescue Kirsty's father from the Cenobites
before it's too late before Julia does
any more damage and to put an end to her.
One of Channards patients named Tiffany
opens up the puzzle box leading to the
Cenobites world of hell as Julia has evil
plans for all of them as they are all
trapped in the Cenobites evil world.
It quickly picks
up where the last film left off and a
brilliant sequel too.
It has a nice dark plot to it like the
first one did and it's great to show how
the Cenobites came to be since they have
a dark secret revealed about them all.
I don't want to give the film away but
check it out for yourself to see what I
mean.
Of course when you see the ending it
opens a door for a part 3 and that's just
what they did.
The acting is
still terrific. It's nice to see a few of
the cast members reprising their roles
again.
Claire Higgins is alot colder
with her role as the evil stepmother than
in the first film and has a terrific
effect to her
Ashley Laurence is dynamic with
her intensity in the psych ward wondering
if she is going crazy and then turns out
to be a hero which is an extremely
memorable performance by her.
Kenneth Cranham is wonderful as
an evil doctor at the psych ward and
performs nastier when he becomes a
Cenobite. He stands out incredibly well
in his part.
Imogen Boorman does just fine as a
quiet and disturbed patient as you just
want to help her with her problems.
We get a nice special appearance by Sean
Chapman returning as the sleazy
uncle but you know his character will be
killed off after the nasty deeds he did
in the first flick.
There is archive
footage from the first film with the
people on hooks and torn apart etc.
A man in an asylum is scarred and then
there is a skinless spirit taking over a
patients body.
Corpses are on hooks
A brain is revealed
Flesh is torn off a woman in a windstorm
Hand is cut off
Cenobites are slaughtered
A Cenobite head is ripped off
Lots more horror violence like I was
explaining.
Tony Randel
shows terrific direction almost like Clive
Barker did with the first fil;m as
he shows terrific scenry of the
Cenobitres worlkd of hell and directing
both Claire Higgins and Ashley
Laurence very well with their
characters and the strange goping ons in
the evil world of hell.
There is also a great scene of a classic
battle between Kenneth Cranham's role
as he has become a Cenobite and the other
cenobites which is highly amusing.
There's also a great scene of Imogen
Boorman's character hanging on to a
ledge in the Cenobite's world showing
lots of creepy effects.
The music is composed again
by Christopher Young and is just
as excellent composing strong classical
music for this piece.
Julia Cotton: Kirsty. You have
surprisingly good taste in men. They
didn't tell you, did they? They've
changed the rules of the fairy tale. Now
I'm longer just the wicked stepmother.
Now I'm the evil queen. So come on!
Kirsty Cotton: Nooooo!
Julia Cotton: Take your best shot,
Snow White!
Pinhead: Ah, no more
boxes, Kirsty?
Female Cenobite: No more teasing,
Kirsty, it's time to play.
Pinhead: Time to play...
Kirsty Cotton: Wait!
Pinhead: No more deals child, it
is your flesh we want to experience, not
your skill at bargaining.
Kirsty Cotton: No deals, just
information, just information!
Pinhead: Go on... but trick us
again child, and your suffering will be
legendary even in Hell!
Pinhead: [Kirsty hands Pinhead
picture of Capt. Spencer] What's
this?...
[looks at picture]
Pinhead: Someone else you think
escaped us, like Frank?
Kirsty Cotton: He didn't escape,
he's you!
Pinhead: [pauses] Nonsense,
I...
Kirsty Cotton: It is you! You
weren't always this way, you were human
once. You were all human! Remember your
fear, your confusion!
Female Cenobite: Enough!
Pinhead: [to Female]
Wait!... I remember...
Julia Cotton: [to
Frank] Nothing personal, babe!
Channard Cenobite:
The doctor is in.
[as Dr. Channard is
transformed into a Cenobite]
Julia Cotton: It wanted souls, and
I brought it you. You wanted to know. Now
you know. And I wanted everything. Now
everybody's happy. Goodbye, Doctor.
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