Vacaciones de terror 2

Julio (Pedro Fernández), wearer of Mexico's most magnificent mullet, does battle with the supernatural once again, this time at the studios of movie magnate Roberto Mondragón (Joaquín Cordero), where the ghost-themed birthday party for Roberto's youngest daughter Tania (Renata del Río) has been rudely crashed by an evil demon.

Directed by Pedro Galindo III, the same man who gave us trashy South American slasher Hell's Trap, Vacations of Terror 2 is typical late 80s/early 90s low-budget nonsense with the emphasis on fun rather than logic—one giant mess of random ideas loosely linked by the slightest of plots. Not one second of this film makes any sense, so my advice is to switch off the brain, chug on a few Cervezas, and be ready with those nachos 'cos this one's got cheese to spare!

With Tania's older sister Mayra (pop songstress Tatiana) being turned into a cake decoration, flaming pumpkin missiles, little Tania being pulled along the ground by unseen forces (or rather, on a skateboard attached to a wire), Mayra performing a crap pop song in its entirety (which, entitled 'Chicos, Chicos Chicos', bears an uncanny similarity to Sabrina's 'Boys Boys Boys'), a phone that squirts goop, and a creepy doll eating an icing witch before transforming into a pointy-eared rubber-nosed monster, this is, of course, utter garbage, but at least it is fairly entertaining garbage.

This film is for all the slasher genre lovers! Mexicans can do good slasher as good as Americans. It has a very creepy atmosphere, good acting, a creepy killer, a chilling score, and yes, GORE!. The plot is very predictable, and the ending is really bad but this movie should be checked out. Some cool ax-fun scenes.

First of all there is a lot of confusion with the title(s) of this movie. The video cassette release title is "Pesadilla Sangrienta" with the date 1990 given. "Pesadilla Sangrienta" is listed on IMDb with a different director and cast. The website TodoCine has this title as a movie directed by Lucio Fulci. CineFania has the correct information as follows: title, "Vacaciones de Terror 2" aka "Pesadilla Sangrienta" and "Cumpleaños Diabolicos", although their release date is 1989 which differs from everyone. Now if that's clear, on to the review. As far as fans of the genre go, a Mexican horror movie from the 1980's and 1990's is hard to come by. When one pops up, there isn't much of a question but to buy it. Of course if it is advertised as a horror film but turns out to be more of a mystery, you're out of luck. In this case, however, "Pesadilla Sangrienta" is 100% pure horror. And if you thought motion pictures made in the USA covered the market in pop star flicks, think again. Here you get two for the price of one. And yes Tatiana does put on a little concert, which comes off very well. Both singers play it straight and give very pleasing performances. As Tatiana's father, veteran action star Joaquin Cordero's presence is much appreciated by the older viewers. The creature in the movie, though, gives the best performance. If this movie is little known, at least under its alternate title, the monster should rank with the best. Truly scary and different from most run of the mill monsters. It's a shame the plot doesn't match the special effects. The special effects, actually, also serve as the backdrop to the story. And as most movies with "Blood" in their title, there is plenty to go around here. The bottom line, however, is that the story is just drawn out too much. Perhaps as a hour long TV episode it would have worked. At some point this may just wind up as a curiosity piece for fans of Pedro and Tatiana, but the "Bloody Nightmare" monster is certainly worth a look at.