MALEVOLENCE 2 – BEREAVEMENT: SEQUEL TIME

If you haven’t seen the first MALEVOLENCE movie then by all means stop reading. Certain elements of this film must be discussed that were revealed in that film. Consider this a spoiler alert. If you have seen that one then by all means carry on.

MALEVOLENCE 2: BEREAVEMENT introduces us again to Martin Bristol, a 6 year old who is kidnapped by serial killer Graham Sutter (Brett Rickaby) whose name we never knew in the first film. We also learn that Martin suffered from an illness known as congenital analgesia, a disease that prevents him from feeling any pain. If he hurts himself the odds are he won’t know because he doesn’t feel it. We also see that Graham is a truly troubled individual with steer skull hanging in the house with bones for bodies as well.

Fast forward 5 years later (and 5 years before the first film takes place). We meet Allison Miller (Alexandra Daddario) whose parents have died in a car crash. She now moving in with her uncle Jonathan Miller (Michael Biehn), his wife Karen (Kathryn Meisle) and their young daughter Wendy (Peyton List). Wendy is excited to have a sister to live with them and can’t talk enough about it. Allison is simply trying to get over her loss and adjust to her new life, far from the big city.

Being a track star at her old school Allison goes for a run her first morning there. While running she sees a young man looking out of a window in an old abandoned slaughterhouse. Yes, this is Graham’s place and the boy she sees is Martin. She keeps running and is almost run over by a truck. Seeing what happened a young man named William aka Billy (Nolan Gerard Funk) pulls up and asks her if she’s okay. Bruised and scraped she says fine but he insists on driving her home.

When she talks to her uncle about the slaughterhouse he advises her to steer clear of the place, citing the potential for injury in a location no one would know where to look for her. He also tells her to stay away from Billy without giving her details. Of course telling a teen not to do something means they’ll automatically do it.

Allison and Billy begin seeing each other. One night as they’re parked and about to begin having sex, Jonathan steps in and takes Allison home, telling Billy to stay away. On the way home he tells her some of the problems that Billy has, in particular his father, a bitter man who hates the world played by John Savage.

Still in the mode to disobey she takes another run the next day and goes by the slaughterhouse. This provides Graham with the chance to capture her and mark her as his next kill. It also sets in motion confrontations among all of the characters introduced so far. What transpires is not for the weak of heart.

When a movie is successful enough as the first film in this series was, it begs for a sequel. Fortunately director Stevan Mena has done a decent job with this one. On top of having more well-known actors in major roles, he’s provided a story that’s worthy as well. We learn more about both Graham and Martin. That just builds on the legend behind the killer.

One thing we also know before the end of the movie and that is that the killer here will not be caught since the movie takes place before the events of the first film. But it does provide us with another surprise that involves the first film that we viewers were not aware of. That’s a nice twist to the sequel, or prequel, on display here. Both films are slightly different from one another and both are entertaining if you enjoy horror films. This one is worth watching.

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