The Invoking 2

So I wasn't impressed with The Invoking (2013) but didn't think it was as bad as the awful IMDB rating suggested. It was just a standard generic low budget horror film.

I was amazed to discover that it's become quite the franchise, in fact it's still going. Heading into part 2 I expected the worst and pretty much got it.

Oddly The Invoking immediatly shifts gear and instead of being a standard film is an anthology movie with several short stories. Why a franchise would change so dramatically I can't figure out but it certainly hasn't done it any favours.

The story lengths vary, ranging heavily. In fact the last one is probably around the 60 second mark!

None are very entertaining, they aren't connected and leave you confused as to quite what the point was. The cover just like the previous movie is dishonest, you will not find the yellow eyed entity here nor the house shown!

I like anthology movies, some have really surprised me in quality but The Invoking 2 is yet another failure. I hope the franchise turns itself around as thus far not only are the movies bad but they have no identity at all.

The Good:

Better than you'd imagine soundtrack

The Bad:

Weirdly built

Simply not very entertaining

Not becoming of a franchise

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

The fact that we get films like this but have no Trick r Treat 2 breaks my heart

Okay so I guess this is an anthology movie which the original one was not so why it carries the Part '2' moniker is I guess above my pay grade. This one at least has a few cheesy effects thrown in for the apparitions.

-1 Star for the scene in Story 1 where there should have been some nudity, there wasn't any

-1 Star for Story #2 being so lame

+1 Star for Story #3 having lots of gore and -1 Star for making no sense at all

-1 Stars for Having me think there was gonna be more and there wasn't!

Wow, it actually was worse than the original.

I guess some people require Katheryn Hepburn and Clark Gable level acting and a script that will cause the viewer to re-think the meaning of life. Those people won't like this anthology. But if you like simple scary stories, then you will like this. I did.

Scary images that your subconscious can use to create a nightmare, voices, creepy sayings that stay in your mind for awhile, simple things like that should be in any horror movie. I've watched hundreds of horror movies in my day, and this is definitely top 70, or so. Not the best, but definitely not one of the worst. Definitely worth a watch on All Hallow's Eve. Maybe I just have a soft spot for paranormal themes. If you think Paranormal Activity is scary, then this will make you defecate yourself. Movies that have the ability to invoke paranoia, and play on your primal fears - that's what a horror movie is, right? Give this movie a shot. If ghostly disembowelment's, and naked schizophrenic images of extremely attractive women are your thing, you'll enjoy it.

I liked this movie. Sure, it lacked some gore, but as a person who has watched B-movies for a very long time, it really wasn't that bad. It kind of reminded me of The ABC'S of Death in a way. I think that is what it was going for by having several short films pieced together. Again, it wasn't as bloody as the ABC'S was, but it was interesting. It left you to use your imagination which is good. Most movies spell everything out for you and you need not even guess who the killer is. Granted, this movie isn't in my top 10. But it will be in my top 50. I find it a lot better than any of the teenagerish movies like I know what you did last summer, scream, urban legend, etc. I have watched B films that were made horrible on purpose, (traumaville studios comes to mind here as well as full moon productions), this seem that it was a B film simply because of the low budget. I think with a bigger budget, they could have afforded better special effects, better actors, etc. The acting was good, I only recognized 1 person from a previous film. The others were unknown to me. I think the director should go for an all out bloody slasher pic. I think he will find his hidden gem in an all out gorefest.