This is the kind of movie you put on in the background of a Halloween party when you know no one is watching it, because anyone going to that party with the intention of watching a horror movie, or even horror comedy, would surely rather watch something else. I have to assume the studios felt the same way considering the film was recorded and then shelved for two years before eventually being released as a “Netflix Original”. There must be some target demographic that finds entertainment in this kind of humor, but I’ve never met any of those people. I understand the satire but I don’t understand who the film was made for. This film falls more in line with “Haunted House” or “Madea’s Halloween” or the later “Scary Movie” films. Since the film is satire, it doesn’t necessarily “need” to do anything but provide comical entertainment, but is it too much to ask for that humor to be somewhat original? When I sit down to a horror comedy, I start watching with the expectation set by “Zombieland”, “What We Do in the Shadows”, or “Tucker and Dale vs. Cole witnesses the human sacrifice and the remainder of the film sees him trying to escape from and survive the murderous teens. This is all part of some satanic ritual to fulfill the greedy wishes of the group, (popularity, strength, vanity, blah, blah, blah). The remaining teens gather around him and proceed to fill their cups with – and drink – the blood pouring out of his head. During a superficially innocent-looking game of “spin the bottle”, Bee reveals the group’s true intentions by stabbing the nerdy teen in the head with two knives. Her friends consist of flat, derivative characters they’re stereotypes of stereotypes: A jock, a cheerleader, a token black guy, a nerd, and a Goth. After sending Cole to bed with a shot of liquor, Bee invites her equally one-dimensional friends over to Cole’s house. The focus centers around Cole and the entire film takes place over the course of one night in which Bee is babysitting Cole while his parents are away. Might as well have called yourself McLovin, because this is the type of film I would expect from a freshly pubescent teenager with little imagination and the inability to think beyond his little head. There are a lot of colors and flashy on-screen text and scenes of half-naked women, which will surely keep your mind thinking “Ooh, look! Pretty!” What else could be expected from a director with only one name – McG. If you’re just looking for a fun, simple horror comedy, (not “Zombieland”-level horror comedy, more like “Scary Movie 3”-level horror comedy), then this is right in your wheelhouse. The plot set-up is very contrived and requires no mental dexterity, so if you’re looking for a movie to do anything but require you to sit and drool, this film isn’t for you. Harvey, Samuel Gilbert, Zachary Alexander Rice, Chris Wylde, Mark Mammone, Jonathan Bray, Frederick Keeve, Jimmy WardenĪ 12-year-old boy, Cole, is amorously infatuated with his teenage babysitter, Bee, because he’s a 12-year-old boy and because she’s wildly inappropriate around him. They're back from the grave, and they have just one night to complete a ritual that will restore them, which means Cole has just one night to survive yet another cult attack.Starring: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee, Bella Thorne, Andrew Bachelor, Emily Alyn Lind, Leslie Bibb, Ken Marino, Doug Haley, Miles J. It turns out the cultists from the first film are back, but not because Cole hallucinated their deaths. In an effort to lift her friend's spirit, Melanie invites Cole to a weekend at the lake, where typical teenage party shenanigans are interrupted by something very strange. Cole is viewed as a kid who apparently hallucinated or made up the whole thing by everyone except his best friend and neighbor, Melanie. That's right: After Bee disappeared at the end of the film, apparently all other evidence of the cult and their deaths disappeared too. To make things worse, as he explains in the film's trailer, no one actually believes that the events of the first film happened. He's still nerdy and awkward, and now he's trying to navigate high school with the trauma of the first film hanging over him. Once again, the story follows Cole, picking up the thread of his life two years after the first film.
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