Not at all bad sequel to a not at all bad remake of a rather spectacular Japanese film (see Seven Samurai). This is The Seven Samurai Come Back, or at Least Those that Survived The First Time. It's got similar story elements, a couple of obvious winks to the 1960 film and a cheeky Larry Cohen script which, if nothing else, gives the audience the kind of set up they expect from a sequel (ie the same again but not…

It's very tempting for a lot of people to say that this film is rubbish. I'm sure, and I can say this with some insider knowledge because I used to think it was rubbish too, that they mean it's is just disappointing. You would assume a bigger budgeted, better-cast, more flamboyant sequel to one of the scariest films ever made would offer more of the same. In fact it is a very different creature. Instead of another raw, terrifying daemonic…