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House II: The Second Story (1987)

House II: The Second Story poster
Directed by
Ethan Wiley
Genre
horror film, comedy horror, zombie film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 279 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man moves into his family's old mansion with his girlfriend. They dig up his ancestor's grave and accidentally bring him back as a zombie, which leads to time travel adventures and chaos.

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What happens

House II: The Second Story is a 1987 American comedy horror film written and directed by Ethan Wiley from an original story by Fred Dekker. It serves as the second installment in the House film series, and is a standalone sequel to the first movie. While the plots and characters are unrelated, House II involves a storyline centered around a new mansion with a supernatural connection. The tone is highlighted with a greater focus on comedy, with a tone even lighter than the original. House II: The Second Story was released on August 28, 1987, grossing $10 million worldwide against a $3 million budget and received negative reviews from critics. In the film, Jesse McLaughlin and Kate, a duo of yuppies, settle in an old family mansion, and learn of the existence of a crystal skull owned by Jesse's ancestor Gramps. They decide to exhume Gramps, in order to see if the skull was among his grave goods. Instead, they accidentally revive Gramps in the form of a zombie. The mansion contains time portals into other historical eras, and the characters time travel to the Jurassic, to the Aztec Empire, and to the American Old West. They bring back animals and people from the past, but eventually decide to permanently settle in the Old West. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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