After having enjoyed
The Resonator: Miskatonic U (2021)
and really feeling it was a step-up from some of Full Moon's other recent films, this sequel felt a bit underwhelming. Just like the previous (and upcoming) film, it again is split up/consists of 2 episodes, "The Rise of Kathogra" and "Herbert West Returns".
This film is basically a crossover between
From Beyond (1986)
and
Re-Animator (1985)
. The tone is good, the acting was decent, the numerous gory practical effects looked solid and Herbert West was well portrayed. But sadly it altogether felt a bit shallow, some switching between scenes was rather sudden, character development is non-existent and the stretching out a film into 2 'episodes' still bugs me. I understand the decision why, since they're now able to put out 1 film 3 times (2 episodes and 1 feature-length release), but it honestly doesn't feel like there's much of a feature-length movie in here (combing both and removing credits of one leaves about 48 minutes).
Although not quite on the level of
The Resonator: Miskatonic U (2021)
for me, I enjoyed this and it's nice seeing Full Moon getting some 'bigger' names attached again, like
Michael Paré
.
4.5/10.
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