House II: The Second Story (1987)

The new owner of a sinister house gets involved with reanimated corpses and demons searching for an ancient Aztec skull with magic powers.

Director:

Ethan Wiley

Writers:

Fred Dekker (inspired by an original story by), Ethan Wiley

Stars:

Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arye Gross	...	Jesse
Jonathan Stark	...	Charlie
Royal Dano	...	Gramps
Bill Maher	...	John
John Ratzenberger	...	Bill
Lar Park-Lincoln	...	Kate (as Lar Park Lincoln)
Amy Yasbeck	...	Lana
Gregory Walcott	...	Sheriff
Dwier Brown	...	Clarence
Lenora May	...	Judith
Devin DeVasquez	...	Virgin (as Devin Devasquez)
Jayne Modean	...	Rochelle
Ronn Carroll	...	Deputy
Dean Cleverdon	...	Slim
Doug MacHugh	...	High Priest

Storyline

Jesse moves to his biological parents' house with his girlfriend Kate and soon he hosts his friend Charlie with his girlfriend. Jesse reads old documents and decides to go to the local cemetery with Charlie to unbury his grand grand grandfather to seek out an ancient powerful Aztec skull. They reanimate Gramps that soon befriends Jesse and Charlie. But demons cross gateways in the house to retrieve the magic skull and Jesse and Charlie need to go to other dimensions to retrieve the skull and keep Gramps alive.

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Plot Keywords:

skull | house | western spoof | eternal life | second part | 

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Taglines:

It's getting weirder!

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 August 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

House II: The Unexpected

Filming Locations:

Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion - 10 Chester Pl, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$7,800,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

New World Pictures, Sean S. Cunningham Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lar Park-Lincoln who plays Kate in the movie, and Kane Hodder who played the man in the Gorilla costume as well as the stunt coordinator, also appear together in "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood," where Lar Park-Lincoln plays Tina Shepherd and Kane Hodder plays Jason Voorhees. It was a sequel to another Sean S. Cunningham production, "Friday the 13th" (1980).

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Goofs

Charlie says his Uzi is semi automatic, yet it shoots like a fully automatic. In addition, the Uzi is obviously the semi-auto Carbine model, with a longer barrel that is legal for civilian ownership in the U.S. It is a felony for a civilian to own a full-auto gun without having a federal license for each such gun.

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Quotes

Gramps: Don't call me sir! I ain't no politician!

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Alternate Versions

The Swedish VHS release is cut in the scene where Slim gets his head blown off.

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Connections

Referenced in Jeepers Creepers (2001)

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Soundtracks

Happy Birthday
(uncredited)
Written by Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill

User Reviews

Silly Fantasy Adventure

Jesse (Arye Gross) moves to his biological parents' house with his girlfriend Kate (Lar Park Lincoln) and soon he hosts his friend Charlie (Jonathan Stark) with his girlfriend. Jesse reads old documents and decides to go to the local cemetery with Charlie to unbury his grand grand grandfather to seek out an ancient powerful Aztec skull. They reanimate Gramps (Royal Dano) that soon befriends Jesse and Charlie. But demons cross gateways in the house to retrieve the magic skull and Jesse and Charlie need to go to other dimensions to retrieve the skull and keep Gramps alive.

"House II: The Second Story" is a silly fantasy adventure based on the first House with new characters. The plot is a comedy with silly (and some of them also funny) moments but never a sequel of the first film. There are many points without a solution but the film is entertaining and cult. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "House II - A Casa do Espanto" ("House II - The Frightening House")