I can’t say that I was too much of a fan of the original Laid to Rest (2009) but it did have a
simplistic charm so when I heard they made a sequel I was actually quite
surprised considering how really finite the ending of the first film was. But you can’t keep a good killer down and
therefore the film-makers found a way to resurrect ChromeSkull for a new outing
of terror for ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2
(2011) and this time there are some friends that have been brought along for
the carnage.
Preston (played to perfection by Brian Austin Green) and
Spann (Danielle Harris) are agents working with ChromeSkull who help him manage
his killing sprees. They are fast on the
scene of ChromeSkull’s demise to help him overcome his defeat first by getting
him through physical therapy and then putting together his next kill spree. In addition to a new crop of victims, there
are police detectives after the elusive ChromeSkull as well as dissonance
between the ranks. This is a much bigger
film than its predecessor with a much bigger mean stream and buckets more gore
and it is so much better for it. Written
by Kevin Bocarde and Robert Hall (who encores as director) the film delivers the
goods as being one of the better slasher film sequels in quite some time
because it offers much more than the first film and the subplots and characters
add to the world created in the film giving it a bigger canvas.
The special FX are of Hollywood film caliber and the gore
effects may turn away the normal audience member while making all us hard core
horror fans salivate. This is a film
made for the real horror fans. There is
not a dull moment in this film from beginning to end and all the actors do a
great job. This is one of those rare
sequels that is superior to the original.
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