After enjoying the first two films, the second straight-to-video sequel was at times a slog to sit through. It was a colourlessly dry outing without the underlining humour and spirit that engulfed the previous chapters. Taking a different approach, very po-faced, the premise plays out like a haunted house meets "And then there were none" formula with the warlock smack in the middle, being instrumental to everything going on. Some creepy vibes mainly drawn up from the locations, and a creative supernatural death here and there, but the narrative including the back-story of the protagonist's family connection to the warlock's plans was a laborious affair. Nothing particularly outrageous, or even interesting despite actress Ashley Laurence's best efforts to hold it together. Julian Sands wouldn't return, and while I liked him in the previous two and my preference would've been to have him on again. Still Bruce Payne in the title role probably was more menacing, if less smarmy and playful in the role. Whenever on screen his performance was fine, so I can't point my finger at him. It's just the material and direction around him was not as involving- simply it was flat-out dull.