In the background is a man Jesse learns is Slim Razor, a former partner of his great-great grandfather turned bitter enemy after a disagreement over who would get to keep the skull. While going through old things in the basement, Jesse finds a picture of his great-great grandfather (and namesake) in front of a Mayan temple holding a crystal skull with jewels in the eyes. Jesse has returned to this old family mansion after his parents were murdered when he was a baby. They are soon joined by Jesse’s goofy friend Charlie (Jonathan Stark), who brought along his diva girlfriend Lana (Amy Yasbeck), in the hopes of being discovered by Kate, who works for a record company. The figure tells them that he wants a skull of some sort but the man denies having it only to attempt to get a shot at the figure which leads him to be shot himself, the woman attempts to flee but is gunned down before she has a chance.Ģ5 years later Jesse (Arye Gross) and his girlfriend Kate move into the old mansion which has been in Jesse’s family for generations. The couple eventually make their way into the study when suddenly the door slams behind them and a dark figure appears in the distance. I have to once again give credit to the soundtrack here as it does a fantastic job of building tension and it does this to great effect throughout the movie. The man attempts to reassure her that it’s nothing but takes a gun for good measure (that’s reassuring) and they make their way upstairs to investigate. The couple make their way back inside the huge gothic mansion when later that night the sound of cowboy spurs are heard coming from upstairs which prompts the woman to ask “could it be him”. The movie opens with a seriously awesome 80s synthesized soundtrack as we see a man and a woman handing over their baby to be taken away in a car much to the distress of the mother. House II has barely any relation to the first movie and instead creates an entirely original premise with certain recognizable elements from the original thrown in but one thing for certain, you wouldn’t need to see House before seeing House II. Maybe ‘Big Ben’ would return (again) and exact his revenge like he’d promised before Roger blew him to pieces or maybe we’d get to see Roger finally finish his novel about his time in Vietnam alas none of this was to be. Some people may have hoped that this movie would continue the story of Roger Cobb and the aftermath of what took place in the first movie. Well before you could say “Roger Cobb”, ‘House II: The Second Story’ was released in 1987 which is only a year after its predecessor. After having moderate success at the box office as well as receiving above average reviews, it seemed to be a no brainer for ‘New World Pictures’ to give the go ahead for a sequel to ‘House’ which starred William Katt.
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