Review of Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2

I caught this at the Canadian Premiere at DEDfest where it quickly became the favourite of the night's screenings. Having seen the first Laid to Rest I was pretty solid on what I was in for but set my standards a little lower simply because it was a sequel and 8 out of 10 sequels are worse (albeit maybe only slightly) than the original. Boy was I surprised. Simply put Laid to Rest 2 took the first movie, eviscerated it and danced upon it's corpse. It took the concept behind the first film ( guy in mask stalks and kills whilst videotaping his crimes) and attached a somewhat flimsy although very intriguing background to our killer, and also really stuck to what Chromeskull is all about: knives. Every Chromeskull incurred kill was with a blade unlike the first film and none of the gore set-pieces were gags or really funny at all unlike some kills in the first. The gore was stellar, the acting rather good (much much better than the first), the plot was actually there, so all in all if you like this sort of film at all even if you never saw Laid to Rest do yourself a favour and watch it.