So I wasn't impressed with The Invoking (2013) but didn't think it was as bad as the awful IMDB rating suggested. It was just a standard generic low budget horror film.
I was amazed to discover that it's become quite the franchise, in fact it's still going. Heading into part 2 I expected the worst and pretty much got it.
Oddly The Invoking immediatly shifts gear and instead of being a standard film is an anthology movie with several short stories. Why a franchise would change so dramatically I can't figure out but it certainly hasn't done it any favours.
The story lengths vary, ranging heavily. In fact the last one is probably around the 60 second mark!
None are very entertaining, they aren't connected and leave you confused as to quite what the point was. The cover just like the previous movie is dishonest, you will not find the yellow eyed entity here nor the house shown!
I like anthology movies, some have really surprised me in quality but The Invoking 2 is yet another failure. I hope the franchise turns itself around as thus far not only are the movies bad but they have no identity at all.
The Good:
Better than you'd imagine soundtrack
The Bad:
Weirdly built
Simply not very entertaining
Not becoming of a franchise
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
The fact that we get films like this but have no Trick r Treat 2 breaks my heart
I was amazed to discover that it's become quite the franchise, in fact it's still going. Heading into part 2 I expected the worst and pretty much got it.
Oddly The Invoking immediatly shifts gear and instead of being a standard film is an anthology movie with several short stories. Why a franchise would change so dramatically I can't figure out but it certainly hasn't done it any favours.
The story lengths vary, ranging heavily. In fact the last one is probably around the 60 second mark!
None are very entertaining, they aren't connected and leave you confused as to quite what the point was. The cover just like the previous movie is dishonest, you will not find the yellow eyed entity here nor the house shown!
I like anthology movies, some have really surprised me in quality but The Invoking 2 is yet another failure. I hope the franchise turns itself around as thus far not only are the movies bad but they have no identity at all.
The Good:
Better than you'd imagine soundtrack
The Bad:
Weirdly built
Simply not very entertaining
Not becoming of a franchise
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
The fact that we get films like this but have no Trick r Treat 2 breaks my heart