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Vampires come to town. Who's a vampire? Who's not? Ask our main character, who is suspicious, and our main character's brother, who gets seduced by one.
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
1991 Directed by David Price
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31 Mar 1991
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Direct sequel to To Die For, but doesn't bother explaining how Vlad/Max/Dracula survived the ending of that movie, or why he looks like Michael Praed now instead of Brendan Hughes.
Seems even more "inspired by" Interview With the Vampire than the first movie. Not bad, probably more suited to a female audience, what with all the sexy stuff. I wanted more gore!
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“What’s happening to us, Danny?”
So I haven’t seen the first movie and minus a few references, you really don’t need to watch the first.That being said, I doubt that the first movie would make this any less of a chore. It’s never fun to watch since everybody except the guy playing Tom seems miserable which is fitting considering how boring it is. Son of Darkness: To Die For II is devoid of fun or good writing, and is more like a TV movie melodrama spliced with ok death scenes and a lot of bad acting.
This just screams of bad direct to video crap that is best left forgotten.
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The same type of low-rent melodrama as To Die For, except this time there's a total absence of monster and gore effects. The Tom character still brings some flair, and there's one particularly sadistic scene that I liked where he and Cecilia do a home invasion, but that's about all it has going for it. It's also confusing. One character is recast and renamed. Another character full on died in the first one but is back with zero explanation. I literally saw To Die For two days ago and I would've been completely lost without IMDb.
Worst of all, the title and poster come with a promise of an evil child, but it's just a baby who cries in every…
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Another little decent vampy flick, I like 90s vampire movies because they have their own vibe compared to the rest. Most of them were allegories for drug addiction but you also had the ones that were putting a new spin on old vampire mythology like Vampire in Brooklyn, Innocent Bloo among others.
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The minor VHS video rental success of the enjoyable 1988 film TO DIE FOR(no relations to the similarly titled Nicole Kidman film) opened the door for this bigger budgeted Straight-To-VHS video sequel which proves that a bigger budget sometimes isn't always a good thing(nor improves upon the first film[and its concept]),as the first film's co-stars Scott Jacoby(RIVALS,BAD RONALD),Steve Bond(MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH,PICASSO TRIGGER),and Amanda Wyss(A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET[1984],BETTER OFF DEAD) return and the three characters of Dracula/Dr. Max Schreck(Michael Praed[replacing the first film's Brendan Hughes{HOWLING 6,RED SURF}]),his evil brother Bond,and vampire victim-turned-evil vampiress Wyss are alive and well without any explanation(despite being slain in the first film) as Schreck discovers that his long lost son is now being raised…
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Aw man the vampire baby doesn't eat ANYONE! Don’t promise me a vampire baby and give me a regular ass crying baby, SMH.
Points that they brought back four dead characters from the first with no explanation, drippy jilted ex bf from the first one (tho he’s still annoying) and the old ass book that has a drawing of the vamp, but the new actor that’s Vlad/Max/Dracula is bland af, new main girl is even blander and this movie is waaaaay less horny than the first, which is criminal when most of a movie like this depends on being horny insane nonsense w wacky kills, terrible dialogue and some ruh oh true love crap that this one isn’t even bothering to try.
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I feel like I should have rewatched the first To Die For to refamiliarize myself with the returning characters and their relationships . . .but that would have required me to, y'know, rewatch the first To Die For, and I would much rather be mildly confused watching this than suffer through the first part again.
A small improvement over its predecessor, but I still didn't care about the romance angle one bit.
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What a letdown! First and foremost, they took away the monster vamps/practical effects AKA the only thing that made the first one good. Second, the titular baby did nothing cool. I was so pleased Amanda Wyss came back even though it made no sense and they didn't bother to explain it. This movie should have been all about her and Tom. I'm obsessed with Tom. He has major Spike/Eric energy. If this had become a franchise, he'd be a good guy by movie four.
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Even slower and more uninteresting than the first movie, it feels like there's far less going on here and it makes it a real struggle to get through. I do think the evil vampire is a bit more fun here than in the last one, but he's not around enough to save the movie. The whole baby subplot is basically inconsequential until the last few minutes, and the returning male lead from the first film is just an annoyance until he seemingly ruins what could have been a happy ending from what I can tell.
The effects in the finale are so ridiculous they were the only other source of fun aside from the villain. Big whiff here.
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I viewed this film via VHS.
To Die For II is a weird sequel for a number of reasons, the most glaring being that it inexplicably brings certain characters back from the dead, yet doesn't bother bringing back the interesting characters who actually survived the first film. There are some fun moments, but I much prefer the horror romp vibe of To Die For over the romance paperback feel of this sequel.
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I was totally uninterested in this unnecessary sequel. It has it’s rare moments if you can get passed the annoyance of a crying baby in nearly every scene. None of the characters are good this time around. The first one had cheese but this one sucks.