"No reason vengeance can't be fun."The DVD extras take great pains to point out that this sequel is a comedy made by fans of the horror genre, although the film demonstrates little success in either department. Instead of the Brigadoon-like town of Pleasant Valley providing the backdrop of the first film, the basic set-up of this micro-budget follow-up is 'The Simple Life' meets the Pleasant Valley 'Travelling Jamboree', so most of the action takes place in a traveller followed by a handful of tents in a field. The characters and acting are mostly unbearable, and whilst there may be a planet on which this kind of 'trash' dialogue is found funny, it certainly is not on mine. Some of the brief gore stunts are pulled off reasonably well, but there is no element of suspense or engagement for the audience whatsoever. Not even Robert Englund returns ('scheduling conflicts', apparently), but the cast does include Ahmed 'Jar Jar Binks' Best! 2001 Maniacs was a moderately successful and reasonably inventive formula horror flick - the same director's follow-up here is dire and almost on a par with Cabin Fever 2. The credits end with the threat of a threequel, which should drop the hopeless attempts at humour to stand a chance of being watchable.
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