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| Year: | 2009 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | Ti West |
| Genre: | Gory viral sequel |
| Starring: | Noah Segan, Rider Strong, Alexi Wasser |
| Rating: | 4/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961722/ |
| Tagline: | This time it's spreading |
| Favourite line: | "You just totally cock-blocked me!" |
Surprisingly entertaining sequel to Eli Roth's smash hit gorefest.
The plot:
When a shipment of disease contaminated water arrives at a school just before the school prom, you can bet your annual earnings on the fact that gory mayhem will ensue.
With a sense of black comedy coursing through it's infected veins, this is very, very entertaining, even laugh out loud funny at times.
The set up takes a little while, as we get to know the characters that are about to be savaged by a mutated strain of necrotizing fasciitis - the flesh-eating bug that came as a blessing to terror-inflicting tabloid writer's during the nineties - but it's no big deal as, unusually for high school based horror, the characters are actually likeable and humourous.
Come prom night, when the disease strikes, primarily through contaminated punch, all hell is wrought, and one can't help but be put in mind of the climax of Carrie, as well as the chaos of Argento and Bava's Demons.
High praise, indeed.
With lashings of gore, a witty script and engaging main characters, this is a top notch sequel that surprised the hell out of me.
Well worth tracking down.
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