Amy Yasbeck, Arye Gross, Bill Maher

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

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PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Ethan Wiley

Release Date: August 28, 1987

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DVD Release Date: June 25, 2002

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  • July 22, 2007
    I used to dislike this movie, but I now appreciate it as a nice comical contrast to the original House movie. It offers a nice story of a house with rooms leading to different time zones: mixing prehistoric monsters with old wild west heroes and outlaws. Like the first House movi...( read more)e, there's also a nice family connection to the haunting. Quality stuff. John Ratzenberger makes a funny appearance as a treasure hunter for hire.
  • September 28, 2006
    At times jaw-droppingly bad and immensely funny, this one is such a misfire that you simply have to see it. Ed Wood comes to mind...
  • May 30, 2008
    Not too scary.
  • October 10, 2009
    THIS IS GREAT! An alcoholic zombie, a pterodactyl,
    and a cowboy. Continuing from the previous film a
    Cheers star has a part in this film - John
    Ratzenberger's best role by far!
  • October 9, 2009
    The first thirty minutes were very boring, after that the film picked up and I was laughing quite a bit. I didn't mind the kid vibe throughout the movie but I did miss the horror part of the series.
  • September 13, 2009
    A crazy wild west grandad on a mission to protect an ancient artifact, part funny but not truely a horror film at all
  • August 15, 2009
    "House 2 - The Second Story" isn't a horror movie like the first one, it's a horror/comedy. Jesse digs up his great-great-grandfather from his grave and finds out he's still alive. Gramps tells Jesse and Charlie about a lost skull that he has to have. That's when the adventure fi...( read more)nally begins. Jesse and Charlie find a jungle in the house and must find the skull before it's too late.
    "House 2" isn't a bad movie, but it's not nearly as good as the original in my opinion. The storyline suffers a lot when you compare it to the first movie in the series. What saves the movie from being a failure is that parts of it are pretty funny, especially the part where Jesse has to wrestle with a Teridacto. Some of the things you'll remember from the movie are Gramps and the caterpillar dog.

    All in all, I was a little bit disappointed with "House 2" because it wasn't anything like the original "House" movie, it doesn't have any scary or suspenseful parts in it. But it did keep me entertained throughout most of the movie. If you like horror movies with a touch of comedy, I would recommend watching "House 2." NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000.
  • November 27, 2008
    advertisementBill: There it is. Looks like you've got some kind of alternate universe in there or something.

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    Charlie: [referring to a potential human sacrifice] Is she really a virgin? Because I...( read more)'ve never seen one before.

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

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    John: Who's your friend? Bozo the Clown?
    Charlie: Bozo the Death Machine.
  • November 9, 2008
    wow this movie is just a great big comedy movie 2 watch...sure this is a really silly movie but its just so redicules 2 watch its brilliant....i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a pretty good movie 2 watch...its got a really good cast of actors/actres...( read more)sess throguhout this movie..the special effects throughout this movie are really kewl as well...its got a good director behind this movie,,,i think that the director of this Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Comedy movie had done a really good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its really stupid but its just so funny 2 watch as well
  • October 31, 2008
    I love this one more than the first one.

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