Ancient Evil 2: Guardian of the Underworld (2005) (V)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

David Kann

Writer:

David Buscemi (writer)

Release Date:

5 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Action | Comedy

Tagline:

An ancient evil has returned...

Plot:

Five jaded young friends foolishly dabble in the dark arts and unleash Anubis, the Egyptian God of the dead...

Plot Keywords:

Mummy | Breasts | Nudity | Black Comedy | Female Nudity

Cast

Victoria Campbell	...	Jen
Adam Lipskey	...	Wheezer
Don Sandeen	...	Hobo / Anubis
Elza Minor	...	Roland Henderson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anne Evasick	...	Video Store Manager (voice)
Noel Francomano	...	Oncilla
Eric S. Hawkes	...	Video Store Customer
Christopher Kann	...	Paul
Chelsea McCarthy	...	Morgana
Paul Munafo	...	Hunter 2
Anthony Omer	...	Hunter 1, Earl
Megan C. Ward	...	Hitchhiker
Alex Whall	...	Mark

Also Known As:

Anubis: Guardian of the Underworld (International: English title)
Anubis: Rising (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Cine Excel Entertainment

Trivia:

In the infamous tanker sequence, Anubis is using a real machete and when he takes a swing at Jen's back pack you can see a piece of material fly off.

Quotes:

Wheezer: Do you have that movie with the, flying demon baby that attacks the winnabago and eats that hot chic in the shower who's all naked?
Paul: Nope, its out.
Wheezer: It's out? Aw, man... that movie is always out!
Paul: Wheeze, it's on almost every night on cable.
Wheezer: Yeah but I wanted to watch it now.

Movie Connections:

References Shoah (1985)

Soundtrack:

Deep Blue

Transcendalist Horror Movies

The somewhat new genre of "horror comedy" seemed awful before it even got rolling, but this film is a bright exception to the -Scary Movie- -Scream- and -I Know What You Did Last Summer- series of wastes of time. This low budget gem was full of pithy one-liners and tongue in cheek jokes that never got old or tiring. And, who doesn't love a horror movie that includes a character who compares himself to Henry David Thoreau?

I'd recommend this movie to people like myself who claim not to be keen on horror flicks- I think they, like me, will be very pleasantly surprised.

I'm interested to see what this filmmaker will do next.