Another watch for a larger project thats on the way; so to keep it short.

I think I prefer this one to the original. It brought up an old arguement I’ve had before with films like this where I get stuck between whether its better to like a film that has an original(ish) idea thats quite badly executed. Or a much more stable picture that lacks originality as a result.

This one kind of falls into the latter, its nailed the eroticism (something the first film was VERY hit or miss on) the direction, cine and pacing all get MASSIVE overhauls that yield better results, but some of this feels just like they’ve reworked scenes from the first film into a new format and tried to pass it off as new content.

That and I dont think my eyes will ever *truely* recover from the ’16 year old, voyeur, gerontifile, three way gangbang scene featuring a animate stuffed animal’ which somehow TOTALLY missed the mark and came across like an NSPCC advert directed by Gary Glitter…EASILY the worst thing i’ve seen while researching for this larger project (and I saw ‘Sex in the Comics’ a few days ago.

Beyond that though, this is definitely a heavy technical improvement over the first film..still a little wobbly in places, but of the two. I think this one just pips it for me.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/fantasm-comes-again/