Ditching 'The' from title, Scott Derrickson's sequel is once again co-written with C. Robert Cargill, but rather than Mark Korven, is scored by director's son Atticus.
Mason Thames - Finney Blake
Madeleine McGraw - Gwen Blake
Ethan Hawke - Grabber
Demián Bichir - Armando Reyes
Jeremy Davies - Terrence Blake
Miguel Mora - Ernesto Arellano
Anna Lore - Hope Blake
Summary
Rocky Mountains, Colorado, 1957.
A young Hope Blake (Finn and Gwen's mother) has a conversation with somebody on a dead payphone.
North Denver, 1982.
Four years after Finney killed the Grabber, Gwen begins to have recurring dreams about murdered children.
To understand the truth, she travels to Alpine Lake Camp, where Hope previously worked as a teenager.
Sounds nothing like Camp Crystal Lake, right?
They're told by Christian compound's supervisor Armando that the blizzard has closed the roads and they'll be stranded for at least two days.
Finney speaks with the Grabber, whose manevolent spirit is out to avenge the role Finn played in the death of his brother Max.
Shortly after, he attacks Gwen in her dream, with injury translating to reality.
Later, they discover that finding the bodies of the Grabber's previous victims are vital to defeating him.
Nothing burns
Despite upping the gore (hence 18 certificate), this was everything I feared and more.
Performances remain strong and grainy dreams are beautifully shot, but blatantly ripping off A Nightmare on Elm Street (specifically Part 3: The Dream Warriors) towards the end, left me rather confused.
Did villain (real name Wild Bill Hickok) need any backstory?
No.
Apart from looking like an asshole by skating on frozen lake, the Grabber is earlier left 'traumatised' by Gwen.
"Fuck you dinosaur dick."
HA HA HA!
Bill is brutalised by Finn and Gwen, then finished off by the children dragging him beneath to a watery grave.
Let's hope he stays dead for good this time.
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