Catching this on Blu-ray really highlights the beauty of every frame. David Geddes who shot this film deserves a medal – the shadows are practically their own character, creeping into every corner of this made-for-TV nightmare.
For a TV movie sequel, this one genuinely surprised me. It not only doubles down on the terror and paranoia that haunted our female protagonists in the original, but it also weaves in the legacy characters with finesse. That alone is impressive, especially with a completely different male villain – one who first appears with his arms stretched out like a suburban Nosferatu, then later goes full blackface with a faceless dummy routine – and you’ve got something David Lynch would nod approvingly at over a stiff cup of coffee.
And can we talk about Carol Kane in that opening scene, striding in with her grey power suit, all intensity and nerve? She’s operating on par with other horror sequel darlings like Jamie Lee Curtis in HALLOWEEN and Neve Campbell in SCREAM, but with a unique, frantic energy that only Kane can deliver.
Catching this on Blu-ray really highlights the beauty of every frame. David Geddes who shot this film deserves a medal – the shadows are practically their own character, creeping into every corner of this made-for-TV nightmare.
For a TV movie sequel, this one genuinely surprised me. It not only doubles down on the terror and paranoia that haunted our female protagonists in the original, but it also weaves in the legacy characters with finesse. That alone is impressive, especially with a completely different male villain – one who first appears with his arms stretched out like a suburban Nosferatu, then later goes full blackface with a faceless dummy routine – and you’ve got something David Lynch would nod approvingly at over a stiff cup of coffee.
And can we talk about Carol Kane in that opening scene, striding in with her grey power suit, all intensity and nerve? She’s operating on par with other horror sequel darlings like Jamie Lee Curtis in HALLOWEEN and Neve Campbell in SCREAM, but with a unique, frantic energy that only Kane can deliver.