{"id":39776,"date":"2023-10-26T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=39776"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T18:02:57","slug":"scare-package-ii-rad-chads-revenge-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/26\/scare-package-ii-rad-chads-revenge-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Scare Package II: Rad Chad\u2019s Revenge (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s not exactly a secret that I just didn\u2019t think much of Aaron Koontz\u2019s 2019 horror comedy anthology \u201cScare Package<\/a>.\u201d Despite its best intentions and love for the genre, as a horror anthology I just wanted something new and just more. The horror anthology is a difficult platform for a lot of filmmakers, and \u201cScare Package II\u201d doesn\u2019t re-invent the wheel at any turn. As a horror comedy that spoofs \u201cSaw\u201d (and a slew of other horror movies) wholesale, it\u2019s a solid film. As an anthology, the wrap around narrative does little to compliment the four mixed bag horror segments.<\/p>\n

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Following the events of the original \u201cScare Package<\/em>,\u201d characters from the original are at the funeral of \u201cRad\u201d Chad Buckley, who was previously murdered. Gassed, the mourners wake up chained in an isolated room and learn about Chad\u2019s insistence on the group playing his twisted games (and orgy of horror movie references), delivered via a short film that contains clues about their lethal predicament. Now through his monitor he forces them to play his games, and forces them to watch the four segments.<\/p>\n

The weakest of the bunch is sadly Alexandra Barreto\u2019s \u201cWelcome to the \u201890s,\u201d set on Opposite Day in a slasher movie. Tony (Joshua Miller), the killer in a baby mask, is on the hunt\u2026but this time he\u2019s hunting final girls only, and ignoring the \u201cSure to Die\u201d party house entirely. It\u2019s an upside down meta-parody and it lands pretty much with a thud. Despite the solid acting from the cast, the whole gimmick is downright forced. There\u2019s a funny reference to \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d at the very least. Anthony Cousins\u2019 \u201cThe Night He Came Back Again Part VI: The Night She Came Back\u201d returns to the old killing grounds to face an invincible killing machine. This time, though, there\u2019s a twist, as the Daisy, sister of the masked killer learns of a secret about her family and herself from the Loomis-like Doctor Castle.<\/p>\n

As her brother Will begins wreaking havoc again, Daisy decides to fight back using her one big advantage. I dug the twist in this short, as well as the fun mangled body effects. Jed Shepherd\u2019s \u201cSpecial Edition\u201d is a take on \u201cThe Ring\u201d in which a group of girls inspect a Laser Disc of a classic movie to look for an alleged ghost caught on screen. A callback to the \u201cThree Men and a Baby\u201d urban legend, \u201cSpecial Edition\u201d is a neat albeit short segment with a very cool monster, that also shows a ton of love for the whole urban legend mythology of film. \u201cWe\u2019re So Dead\u201d is a fun \u201cStand By Me\u201d spoof that tells the story of a group of young boys that stumble upon a dead body after a long trek across country.<\/p>\n

But things don\u2019t quite go their way as body parts begin to fly. Rachele Wiggins\u2019 segment is a neat throwback to \u201cRe-Animator\u201d and \u201cThe Fly,\u201d all things considered and I dug the final shot. I admit that I liked the wrap around story so much more than the various segments, and as one that loves a good Easter Egg hunt, \u201cScare Package II\u201d is teeming with horror movie references from \u201cDream Warriors,\u201d and \u201cHellraiser II\u201d to \u201cThe Fly\u201d and even \u201cThe Wicker Man\u201d remake. I also appreciated the neat cameo from Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl included. Despite the terribly uneven pacing, and its adherence to horror comedy, \u201cScare Package II\u201d is an okay diversion;<\/p>\n

Streaming Exclusively on Shudder.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not exactly a secret that I just didn\u2019t think much of Aaron Koontz\u2019s 2019 horror comedy anthology \u201cScare Package.\u201d Despite its best intentions and love for the genre, as a horror anthology I just wanted something new and just more. The horror anthology is a difficult platform for a lot of filmmakers, and \u201cScare […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[103,219,441,477,501,1401,2123,703,922,950,1087],"class_list":["post-39776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween-horror-month","category-movie-reviews","tag-anthology","tag-comedy","tag-halloween","tag-horror","tag-indie-film","tag-lgbt","tag-lgbtq","tag-mystery","tag-sequel","tag-slasher","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39778,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39776\/revisions\/39778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}