{"id":24266,"date":"2017-02-17T05:56:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T10:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=24266"},"modified":"2017-02-17T06:52:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T11:52:11","slug":"skeleton-key-3-part-2-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/17\/skeleton-key-3-part-2-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeleton Key 3 Part 2 (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A sequel to the 2011 video release Skeleton Key 3, this new film is in no way shape or form related to the Kate Hudson starring film from 2005.\u00a0 This film follows a man dealing with the (blue) zombie apocalypse while saddled with a demon sidekick\/bully and a ragtag team of helpers. John Johnson, the man credited as the brain behind this film and the star of the film looks to be specialized in the anything goes\/what the fuck type of horror films by the looks of his IMDB page.\u00a0 As this particular film is not listed and this reviewer will not be watching it again to pull the credits, the little bits of credits available on Midnight Releasing\u2019s website are all that will be used to identify the players here.<\/p>\n

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Not having seen the rest of the series did not feel like an hindrance in terms of understanding the story, but it probably would be helpful in deciding or not to watch this.\u00a0 The film starts off fairly simply and quickly, with each character tossed in there making it feel more and more like a group of local comic-con cosplayers got together on weekends to make the wackiest film they could come up with.\u00a0 Johnson is joined by a demon whose costume is possibly the best of the bunch (except for the makeup on his arm not fully covering his clear band tattoo, let\u2019s see if you can guess it and spot it), an evil scientist, an anime girl complete with blue hair and high pitch voice, a man in a morph suit, a video game character, a barista, a few sex-obsessed lingerie-clad girls, a potential porn star, a black militia group, a man in black face (yes, in black face), \\etc, etc, etc.<\/p>\n

Some of these characters are played by John Johnson, David Simmons III, Christopher J. Duncan, Teale Davies, Royce Hobson, et al.\u00a0 The film takes the \u201ceverything and the kitchen sink\u201d approach to just about every aspects of its story.\u00a0 It has so many characters all seemingly chosen at random and so many sub-plots and what could be described as side-quests to the main plot\/quest that it makes the whole anything but boring.\u00a0 At the same time though, it all makes very little sense in how it gets to be too much and confusing as all hell.<\/p>\n

The cast does the best that could be expected of them given the mess of storylines, songs, and characters.\u00a0 Director John Johnson having given himself the heroic lead shows his acting chops which are unfortunately rather limited.\u00a0 The surprising star of this film, the actor playing his part fully and with the most interesting take on it is the man in the white demon makeup.\u00a0 He gives a performance full of devilish glee, playing a character that falls so\\mewhere between TV\u2019s Lucifer, Angel\u2019s Lorne, and a few demon variations from Supernatural.\u00a0 His part is the most fun to watch.<\/p>\n

The film bears a bit of special effects, mostly on the demon buddy who is a bit generic in style but well-executed besides the aforementioned white arm makeup.\u00a0 His horns look good; the idea to paint him white adds interest and some originality to him.\u00a0 The zombies here are blue which may be a nod to a much more famous zombie film of yore, the way they are \u201cpainted\u201d shows the strokes and seem a bit uneven.\u00a0 Other effects are all over the place unfortunately.<\/p>\n

Skeleton Key 3 Part 2 is a film that boast \u201cBoobs, Blood, and Musical Numbers\u201d in its tagline and it provides all and just about everything else one would think of.\u00a0 The film has some good, entertaining bits, but also a lot of cringe-worthy stuff.\u00a0 For all it tries to achieve and even its numerous misses, Skeleton Key 3 Part 2 is never boring and should keep most viewer glued to it in incredulity.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of those \u201cwhat the fuck was that?\u201d films that you just can\u2019t look away.<\/p>\n