A sequel was inevitable to Tobe Hooper's film about possession in suburbia, which scared up terrific box office takings. If you've seen that, you'll understand that it's just another of those nights for the Freeling family. So please be understanding when father is possessed by a caterpillar in his tequila, mother sees armies of 19th-century religious fanatics and daughter talks to her dead granny on a toy phone. To the Freelings, it's just one of those Things - even if it is after their daughter. After all, they can simply enlist the aid of a passing Indian medicine man and battle it out with Satan's lot between the underground caverns of the dead and the jaws of Hell. I mean, you'd do the same yourself. All the original cast are back in harness (which is always a good indicator of a sequel's potential) although Craig T Nelson, as Dad, unfortunately gets most screen time as a soppy drunk and ghoulie-spewing monster. The denouement is a bit of a let down, but the special effects and shocks up to that point are top-notch. Sadly it was the last film in the illustrious career of Indian actor Will Sampson, who made his debut as the towering silent giant in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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