Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
1994
Rated R
96 minutes
Summary from Netflix: At first, Shirley's idea to throw a party for her schoolmates at a rumored-to-be-haunted house seems like a killer idea. But their antics anger their unseen hostess, who unleashes an army of teenage demons with orders to hunt them down. Zoe Trilling, Amelia Kinkade and Christine Taylor (The Brady Bunch Movie, Zoolander and Dodgeball) co-star in this direct-to-video sequel to the 1988 gore fest Night of the Demons.
My rating: ★★★ out of 5
"The day after the party, the county sherrif went in with his deputies. They found the bodies, or rather what was left of them. They were chopped, graded, sliced and diced, totally toasted! I'm talking ground-round."
Making a sequel to a camp classic is a challenge when you want to make it as memorable and shocking as the first film but push it up a few more notches so you can make it your own style. All that was needed was signing on Amelia Kinkade back as Angela and opening the influence of the demons outside of Hull House into a wider environment. The film makers did exactly that and gave the villians of the story a worthy challenge by introducing a strict nun who just happens to have a few surprises. Sister Gloria starts off as a stereotypical background character who is a thorn in the side of the students there and having her evolve into a superheroine level of a butt-kicking nun who uses her ruler like a sword of purity. I honestly did not see that coming and it was one of the films highlight moments. Not to mention that some of her lines just are funny enough to stick with you for awhile.
Sister Gloria: "A kiss is a sin when it is an upper persuasion for a lower invasion."
The special effects were definitely much better this time around and the gore level was pushed much farther then the previous film. I could see where some issues were had that led to it being banned in Australia for 10 years but it hardly compares to films like SAW and Hostel which push the limits of intense gore. I honestly believe that shifting part of the demon attacks to a parochial school hosting a Halloween party and having Angelia deal with a pair of Jehova's witnesses who decide to pop by Hull House and tell her about her sins and the end of the world just pushed some limits with more conservative ratings boards folks at the time.
Shirley and her group of juvenile delinquents decide after making trouble for Mouse (a shy girl who was placed in custody of the church when her sister Angela was killed and vanished years earlier) that they should hold their own private party at Hull House when her and a group of students are banned from their parochial school's lame Halloween party. Of course things get much worse when a student at the school decides to summon forth a demon using his limited skills in demonology which awakens Angela from her slumber and seek out her sister. The few survivors that escape from Hull House decide to retreat to the school and Angela and her possessed goons decide to pay a visit and reclaim their lost family member. It's up to Father Bob and Sister Gloria along with a small group of students to enter Hull House once again and rescue Mouse from the demonic clutches of her sister before she can sacrifice her and be reborn in her body.
As I stated in my review of Night Of The Demons, no Halloween movie marathon would be complete without a double feature showing of both the 1st and 2nd Night Of The Demons. Sure they both are rather cheesy demon possession stories with a haunted house as the source of the supernatural power but that's what makes them even better for showing during a Halloween party. Share with your guests with silly massacres of Angela and they may never forget or forgive you for exposing them to her demonic ways.
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However I did find the sexy dance that Angela did in NOTD2...
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