Stars: Joshua Brennan, Charlotte Best, Ric Herbert, Coco Jack Gillies, Jess Bush, Barry Quin, Adam Saunders | Written and Directed by Nik Kacevski

Just as Skinford: Death Sentence was shot simply as Skinford in 2017, Skinford 2: The Curse began life in Australia under the less sensational title Skinford: Chapter Two in 2018. Enter Black Mandala, who picked them up, dusted them off and gave them a new title for release outside their home country.

For those who haven’t seen the first film, Skinford 2: The Curse opens with a recap via footage from it, as well as various newspaper clippings under the credits. That gives way to Jimmy “Skinny” Skinford trying to get a place where he and Zophia can lie low after the events of the first film.

That’s because not only is his father Guy still alive and desperate to steal Zophia’s immortality, so is Kovac who...