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Criminally Insane 2

  • 1987
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
2.0/10
581
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Criminally Insane 2 (1987)
Slasher HorrorHorrorThriller

A severe decrease in funding forces a mental hospital to release mass-murderer Ethel Janowski into a halfway house. Ethel is psychotic and delusional and has a hefty appetite. In fact, her k... Read allA severe decrease in funding forces a mental hospital to release mass-murderer Ethel Janowski into a halfway house. Ethel is psychotic and delusional and has a hefty appetite. In fact, her killing spree began 13 years before with the murder of her grandmother, who had forced her ... Read allA severe decrease in funding forces a mental hospital to release mass-murderer Ethel Janowski into a halfway house. Ethel is psychotic and delusional and has a hefty appetite. In fact, her killing spree began 13 years before with the murder of her grandmother, who had forced her to go on a diet. Now that she's tasted the home-cooked fare at the halfway house, she'll d... Read all

  • Director
    • Nick Millard
  • Writer
    • Nick Millard
  • Stars
    • Priscilla Alden
    • Robert Copple
    • Charles Egan
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.0/10
    581
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nick Millard
    • Writer
      • Nick Millard
    • Stars
      • Priscilla Alden
      • Robert Copple
      • Charles Egan
    • 20User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Priscilla Alden
    Priscilla Alden
    • Ethel Janowski
    Robert Copple
      Charles Egan
        Lisa Farros
        • Rosalie
        • (archive footage)
        Michael Flood
          George 'Buck' Flower
          George 'Buck' Flower
          • Detective
          • (archive footage)
          • (as C.L. Lefleur)
          Sonny La Rocca
            Jane Lambert
            • Mrs. Janowski
            • (archive footage)
            Ginna Martine
              Cliff McDonald
                Sandra Shotwell
                  Joe Elliot
                  • Dinner Server
                  • (uncredited)
                  Albert Eskinazi
                  • Edgar Stanley
                  • (uncredited)
                  Royal Farros
                  • Doctor
                  • (uncredited)
                  Frances Millard
                  • Hope Bartholomew
                  • (uncredited)
                  Nick Millard
                  • Doctor Stevens
                  • (uncredited)
                  Fred Sarra
                  • Lieutenant Frank Harris
                  • (uncredited)
                  • Director
                    • Nick Millard
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                  • Trivia
                    Also known as "Crazy Fat Ethel II" and featured in an episode of 'Best of the Worst'
                  • Goofs
                    When Mrs. Bartholomew talks on the phone, the phone wire is not connected to the phone socket.
                  • Quotes

                    Ethel Janowski: You give me those pretzels, Granny!

                    Hope Bartholomew: I will not.

                  • Connections
                    Featured in The Cinema Snob: Crazy Fat Ethel II (2007)

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                  Awful Sequel

                  Criminally Insane 2 (1987)

                  BOMB (out of 4)

                  Incredibly horror film that ranks as one of the worst ever made. Like many "sequels" of the 80s, this here takes about forty-minutes worth of footage from the first film and adds 20-minutes worth of new footage, which was all shot on a camcorder. Even the opening and closing credits were lifted from the first film!!!

                  Criminally Insane (1975)

                  ** 1/2 (out of 4)

                  The title pretty much sums up this incredibly bizarre, politically incorrect exploitation film that fans should really eat up. 300 pound plus Ethyl gets out of an insane asylum but she's outraged that people want her to go on a diet so she starts killing anyone who gets between her and food. Running just over 60-minutes this film is technically pretty bad but the outrageous subject matter makes for a very fun movie in the same vein of a John Waters film. There's plenty of violence and fake blood to make you giggle, although the "joke" of an obese person killing gets old after the thirty-minute mark.
                  • Michael_Elliott
                  • Mar 11, 2008
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                  • Country of origin
                    • United States
                  • Language
                    • English
                  • Also known as
                    • Crazy Fat Ethel 2
                  • Filming locations
                    • Pacifica, California, USA
                  • Production company
                    • I.R.M.I. Films
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                    1 hour 10 minutes
                  • Color
                    • Color

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