Synopsis
When Auna Rue transfers to a prestigious new acting school, she encounters a malevolent spirit after participating in a viral challenge.
2019 Directed by Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing
When Auna Rue transfers to a prestigious new acting school, she encounters a malevolent spirit after participating in a viral challenge.
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Hypothesis: The Gallows 2 sucks.
Test: Watch The Gallows 2.
Conclusion: The Gallows 2 sucks.
One of the most incompetent movies I’ve ever seen on a most basic level of filmmaking. Editing, writing, the cinematography - it’s all atrocious. When even Blum tries to bury a movie after bad test screenings, you know it’s bad, but you are not prepared for just how bad.
I honestly couldn’t tell if this was one of the worst horror movies I’ve ever seen, or one of the best unintentional comedies I’ve ever seen. Either way, these kids desperately need to go to real acting classes.
I remember when the first movie came out and despite the negative response shitstorm it received, I kinda liked it for what it was—middle of the road found footage. I’ve seen way worse movies (and way worse found footage movies) plus I had an awesome theater experience with it. I also remember a sequel being green light before the first film dropped and/or right after it hit theaters... since I liked the first movie I kept my eye on its progress... which kept fizzling as each year passed.
I kinda wish it just fizzled.
Long story short, I kinda hated this? It was just so bland and uninteresting all around—I actually had a hard time staying awake, ugh. I’ve already spent…
Well I do love a sequel that nobody, literally nobody, expected! I honestly can’t really remember much from the first movie, but I’m pretty sure I liked this one better. You also kinda have to figure it must be better because if the first movie wasn’t exactly a blockbuster, but the directors found a way to get a second movie made then they must have something pretty interesting in mind, right? Sorta!
This sequel wisely eschews the found footage angle and I praise that alone, but there are also a few genuinely creepy and well executed scenes that I found to be unexpectedly memorable. Sure there are plot holes and parts of the story make absolutely no sense, but you…
I love the horror genre, but It's just so hard to defend it when shit like this pops up.
Good evening and welcome fellow Children of Chaos.
What did you do to my girl Pfieffer? What the hell was with that shitty assed crazy acting. Fuck off movie.
Still this movie far exceeds the original if for no other reason than it is an actual movie and not some unwatchable pile of shaky cam trying to cash in on a gimmick that should have died in 1999.
Also unlike the Gallows, Auna is a genuinely likeable character. She is just some young girl dreaming of stardom and trying to make it any way she can, be it YouTube or legit acting.
She does one little thing and gets some fame for it. And it goes too far. I get…
The Gallows Act II what could possibly go wrong??? Oh I will tell you this movie went wrong, anyway when I finished watching this movie I actually thought it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen this year....that is until the more I thought about I realized just how horrible this movie is. The movie takes out the found footage style which is to be expected, however that doesn’t help the movie. Instead we are giving this story about Charlie the whole thing just reeks in cliches, it doesn’t help that the acting and writing were horrendous. Like the acting here I feel was much worse than the first movie, which is just baffling to say. Some other major problems I…
After seeing so many fantastic movies in a row, I felt like it was time for a palate cleanser. I wanted some absolute trash. Last year, after watching The Gallows, I promised to watch its sequel. Well here we are and… I couldn’t finish it. Like, I actually couldn’t finish it, and I don’t intend to. This almost never happens to me. It’s one of the most boring, painful, poorly made excuses for a movie I’ve ever seen (the first two thirds that I saw, at least). No merit whatsoever. Just felt like a total waste of time, and this is coming from someone who defends a lot of bad horror movies. At least the poster is kinda nice?
There's a reason why nobody attached to this film went on to do anything else of note, or as a matter of fact, anything else at all.
Dumpster juice/10.