Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 01/22/2002
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 180 min
Distributor/Studio: Full Moon Home Video
Cult filmmaker
J.R. Bookwalter (
The Dead Next Door) directed this sequel to the 1999 shocker helmed by
David DeCoteau under the pseudonym "
Jack Reed." Much as the original aped 1987's
Night of the Demons, this installment mimics
The Blair Witch Project with a number of handheld camcorder shots and a similar approach. The plot concerns
Professor Sparrow (
Ariauna Albright) and her students, who are called to investigate the discovery of some unmarked graves by a construction crew planning a new shopping mall. The mall site just happens to contain a haunted house, where
Prof. Sparrow and her students stay while they investigate the graves, the haunting, and a found videotape depicting the murder of a young couple in the nearby woods. As they dig deeper, interviewing the sinister town historian (
Andrew Prine of
The Miracle Worker and
Grizzly) along with doing their own research, the group discovers information about an evil witch named
Lilith who lived in the area. She was burned at the stake centuries before and has come back for revenge along with her bloodthirsty coven of red-eyed demons, leading to possessions, murders, and the obligatory twist ending.
Bookwalter's atmospheric direction is a step up from the original, and paved the way for yet another sequel (
Witchouse 3: Demon Fire) the following year.
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
