Embarrassing, totally unrelated "sequel" shamelessly degrades the original. Nobody would ever claim that "Poison Ivy" was a masterpiece, yet it had an intriguing, morbid atmosphere and offbeat, eccentric characters; it wasn't nearly as trashy as most people believe. This "sequel" is simply a soft-core porn flick, posing as a "thriller" (with a ludicrously out-of-the-blue violent climax). Still, it would be easier to accept the film as soft-core porn if it wasn't promoted as a "sequel", and if it wasn't so extremely TEDIOUS .
Review of Poison Ivy II
Poison Ivy II
(1996 Video)
This embarrassment completely misses the point of the original.
18 December 1999