Ah yes the 80s i was born in the last part of the 1970s so for me its a special time right ..just the very fact that the OG ghostbusters appeared in sync with my existential walk through life to this day both puzzles and amazes. thus it started a longer voyage from the 80s block all around the mulberry bush of horror films via the section of the local video store.. and on this day in 1987 i was waiting for this movie to come out right but some older person shoved me out *move it kid* and took house 2.. however i was tbh hypnotized by another movie that was released to vhs the same week. evil dead 2. my mom grumbled i had let house 2 slip through my still growing fingers.. sat through ed2 with me and mostly amused until the waterfall of multi colored "blood" left her running to see if she folded towels. i loved evil dead 2.. in fact i built a 15 foot tall monument to ed2 in my yard 13 years later which stood until the local city counsel had demolished by court order. but anyways the next week i made a choice. to watch house 2. i remember it had nothing to do with house 1. the movie that had scared me quite a bit a year prior and the then 7 year old hiding under a sheet recalled the richard mull army zombie "big ben" very well and wasnt let down he wasnt featured again in this light hearted "horror movie" .. well the next part is hard to talk about. over years i brooded about it. i started to withdraw from socializing and even spent time in counseling. after decades long struggle i relented. folks this movie is just deeper than the original house and well.. only i understand what seemingly everyone else has missed. house 2 isnt a horror comedy. house 2 is without a doubt one word: scary. in fact it is the scariest movie that has ever been ever made. house 2 is a pit of evil and sin more deranged than ted bundy and charles manson combined. fair warning iif you watch house 2 be prepared to sleep with the lights on. forever.