THE BLACKWELL GHOST 2 is, as you might guess, the sequel to THE BLACKWELL GHOST. And it couldn't be more of a sequel. It's literally the same song but just the 2nd verse.
As the movie itself states at the very beginning, if you HAVEN'T seen THE BLACKWELL GHOST then you should probably go watch it first since it sets up most of what you need to know to watch this movie in context. I've also written a review of that movie.
Unfortunately, like most sequels, it isn't nearly as good as the first movie in the franchise. The first movie put a great deal of effort into "shooting around" all of the limitations and issues of a nonexistent budget while still coming up with an engaging story that worked well for the situation and accommodated the budgetary limitations
THE BLACKWELL GHOST 2 is little more than a thinly veiled attempt to cash in on the surprisingly well-received first movie. The only thing that successfully carries over from the first movie is the "charming affability" of Turner Clay. And that can only go so far. Truthfully, this movie pretty much just features Turner and Turner and Turner. Even his wife of the first movie barely makes an appearance in this one.
While the original movie displayed a paucity of paranormal special-effects, THE BLACKWELL GHOST 2 goes over-the-top with them, probably with a budget permitted by the success of the first movie. Doors are opening and slamming shut, appliances are turning on, lights are flashing on and off, chairs and couches are falling over and sliding across the room and so on ad nauseum.
In short, THE BLACKWELL GHOST 2 is the same old thing as most other found footage horror pictures. Same structure, same effects, nothing new or interesting here. No deeper exploration of the folklore of the story.
Making the movie even a little bit WORSE was the inconsistency between Turner's authentic-feeling sense of terror displayed in the first movie with his calm acceptance of paranormal events going off all around him like landmines. In the first movie, finding a faucet running practically had Turner dropping a brick in his pants. In THIS movie, even couches going walk-about barely rates a lifted eyebrow. Really?
He even tops off this incongruousness by remarking about how much he considers the ghost of Ruth Blackwell to be his "friend". You know, the same Ruth Blackwell that murdered several children, diced them into mirepoix and dumped them in the well. Oh yeah, you know, she did some bad stuff and all that but still, after all, a good friend.
Even if you liked the first movie, as I did, I wouldn't recommend this picture. I mean, unless you especially like seeing furniture pulled around with fishing line. You don't learn anything new about the situation or Ruth Blackwell or the murdered children or anything else. The whole thing is clearly just a moneymaking vehicle for... Turner Clay. A disappointment, in my opinion.
As the movie itself states at the very beginning, if you HAVEN'T seen THE BLACKWELL GHOST then you should probably go watch it first since it sets up most of what you need to know to watch this movie in context. I've also written a review of that movie.
Unfortunately, like most sequels, it isn't nearly as good as the first movie in the franchise. The first movie put a great deal of effort into "shooting around" all of the limitations and issues of a nonexistent budget while still coming up with an engaging story that worked well for the situation and accommodated the budgetary limitations
THE BLACKWELL GHOST 2 is little more than a thinly veiled attempt to cash in on the surprisingly well-received first movie. The only thing that successfully carries over from the first movie is the "charming affability" of Turner Clay. And that can only go so far. Truthfully, this movie pretty much just features Turner and Turner and Turner. Even his wife of the first movie barely makes an appearance in this one.
While the original movie displayed a paucity of paranormal special-effects, THE BLACKWELL GHOST 2 goes over-the-top with them, probably with a budget permitted by the success of the first movie. Doors are opening and slamming shut, appliances are turning on, lights are flashing on and off, chairs and couches are falling over and sliding across the room and so on ad nauseum.
In short, THE BLACKWELL GHOST 2 is the same old thing as most other found footage horror pictures. Same structure, same effects, nothing new or interesting here. No deeper exploration of the folklore of the story.
Making the movie even a little bit WORSE was the inconsistency between Turner's authentic-feeling sense of terror displayed in the first movie with his calm acceptance of paranormal events going off all around him like landmines. In the first movie, finding a faucet running practically had Turner dropping a brick in his pants. In THIS movie, even couches going walk-about barely rates a lifted eyebrow. Really?
He even tops off this incongruousness by remarking about how much he considers the ghost of Ruth Blackwell to be his "friend". You know, the same Ruth Blackwell that murdered several children, diced them into mirepoix and dumped them in the well. Oh yeah, you know, she did some bad stuff and all that but still, after all, a good friend.
Even if you liked the first movie, as I did, I wouldn't recommend this picture. I mean, unless you especially like seeing furniture pulled around with fishing line. You don't learn anything new about the situation or Ruth Blackwell or the murdered children or anything else. The whole thing is clearly just a moneymaking vehicle for... Turner Clay. A disappointment, in my opinion.