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Its weird to think that it was a full two years ago that Robert Hall unleashed his now cult status slasher flick, Laid To Rest, to the world. The film gave the new generation of horror fans what Pieces and The Prowler gave to the older generation: an unrelenting slasher film, full of all the gore and blood one could ask for. It also introduced us to Chromeskull. With his now-iconic mask and knives, he carved his way into the hearts of horror fans everywhere. Now, in 2011, we find ourselves back for seconds with CHROMESKULL: Laid To Rest 2. At the end of the first film, our villain (thought dead) was lying on the floor of a convenience store, face ripped off, head smashed in, as out heroine made her escape. picking up where that film left off, this sequel begins by showing us a secretive agency picking up the body of our killer in an attempt to save his life. We then meet our cast of old and new characters. Thomas Dekker, the highlight of the film for me, returns in a much larger role than in the first film. Brian Austin Green appears in what is likely the biggest role in the entire film, even more-so than chromeskull. He plays an employee at what is only referred to as "the agency" that seemingly revolves around the capture, chase, and killing of people, all recorded on tape. tired of being under-appreciated, Green's character decides he is fed up with the way he has been treated, and begins to take on the task of killing people while wearing the infamous Chromeskull mask. From there we get subplots involving the police investigation, and the story of a new girl whom the agency has picked for Chromeskull to stalk and kill. As far as slasher movies go, I doubt you will find a follow-up as good as this anytime soon. the sequel improved over the original in almost every way imaginable. The acting is far tighter in this with the addition of Green, Danielle Harris, and Owain Yeoman. The script also appears far tighter, with characters making far smarter, more logical decisions than in the previous film. Most of improved of all, of course, is the gore. without giving too much away, i will say this. You have never seen anything as brutal and unrelenting as the kills in this movie, fake snuff films not included. Disemblowments, decapitations, sliced off body parts, and more. its all there in glorious detail. Director Robert Hall seems to have decided that, after viewing the first film, that it simply was not disgusting and disturbing enough, opting for nearly double the body count of the original. There are a few drawbacks, however. While the main cast may be better than the last films, the supporting cast and a few very minor characters have some acting classes to take, particularly the female and sort of "second in command" police officers. Their performances simply take a lot from the viewing experience when they are on screen. Also, as Brian Collins of Horror Movie A Day pointed out, the kills are not quite as interesting. Aside from that, the basic presentation of the movie is not stellar but is not terrible, looking like a standard DTV film shot on video. All in all, if you enjoy horror movies, specifically slashers, and lots of blood, this is surely one to check out. Solid gore, direction, and performances make this one of the top 3 DTV horror films of the year. 8.5/10

I will start by saying I loved Laid To Rest it was a great late night B-movie slasher with a great pace and even better inventive deaths akin to that of Hatchet. However as with Hatchet 2 it would seem the promise seen in the first movie has fallen by the wayside. The opening scenes with what appears to be government agents or some clandestine organisation coming to the rescue was a good idea but the execution was terribly amateurish the shaky cam just didn't work and what the hell was it with the acting of the minion in the glasses it was as if he was reading his line of a dummy card. Being a low budget slasher movie I gave it the benefit of the doubt but it didn't get any better. There appeared to be no plot no motivation for this organisation, I get that Chromeskull is one sick puppy but what the hell were these people doing helping him It was never explained. The police made one ridiculous move after another and one of the lead characters literally just disappears what the hell happened to him? The ending was abrupt and seemed as though it had been decided on the day it was shot. I will praise the SFX they were top notch and its nice to see practical effect instead of CGI but that alone doesn't make a satisfying movie. I'm sad to say I was very disappointed, would I watch a Part 3 possibly but they need to work on a story next time around.

I am giving a 10 anyways. Why because still the dummies that review on this site still don't get it. THE VOTING, WHEN DOING THE REVIEW GIVES THE RATINGS. DUH! There is so many reviews that are not voted, and so the rating stays either higher or lower than it really should be. Why? Because, of what I started to say about people being stupid and not voting, when they review the movie. Who cares if you say it was certain stars out of 5 or 10. That has nothing to do towards the ratings on this site. God, I swear there are people that should not be let out, and locked up for good. This just proves it. Just for being dumb. So I see this movie is rated at 5.1 at around 30 reviews. Obvious, it is because of the no votes. I have read a lot of the reviews, and they are putting movie down without the vote, which means that 5.1 rating on it will not move down. That is how stupid it is. So the next few people that don't vote, and it gets a ton that do vote for it as good the rating goes up. Same vice versa to go down instead of up. It is not hard to vote people. It is right there when you review the movie. I mean, how can you miss it? It is right at the beginning of adding your review. Sorry, I come bluntly saying your dumb, but if you don't want to look stupid, then don't be. This site is pissing me off for not making the vote a mandatory thing, when reviewing the movie. It totally screws up the rating of the movies to either too low or way too high for a crap movie or a good movie that it made to look like crap. I will keep adding this to my reviews until the owners or moderators of this site or developers decide to make this right. It is not that hard to do things right. So think before you do something. I know its really hard for you to do it, but do it anyways. I can't believe it anymore, if a movie is really bad or good any more from these reviews. Cause, the ratings are messed up bad. Fix it, OK. I know you might be cutting out the people that reviewed already that did not vote, but if you did this the whole rating system would be better.

The specialized magazines loved this flick. I must say that I wasn't a fan of the first one. I liked the gore but it lacked on a story. This one was directed by the same director as part 1 (Robert Hall) and I must say, it was shot in the same way, a lot of gore but again it was written by the director himself and yes, a lack of story... The flick starts were the other one ended at the grocery store. The heroin from part 1 (the wife of Robert Hall, Bobbi Sue Luther) has survived the atrocity at the store and she finally can go away from it all, wrong, after a shower someone is visiting her motel. From there on you can pick up the flick easily because before the shower scene she do has a flashback about what happened at the store. The names from part 1 are back here in this part and some new names like Danielle Harris. She's only in it for a few minutes so don't expect to see her act like in Blood Night: The Legend Of Bloody Mary. Her name is in fact just a teaser. The acting is believable so on that part no complaints. But as I said, the story is weak. Here we do have a fake Chromeskull and of course the real one. The fake one do plays the main part in the first part of Laid To Rest 2. The second part it's gore galore with the real Chromeskull. But it just doesn't fit the way the story is told. Why those two girls are chosen by Chromeskull isn't explained of example. And the coppers doesn't add anything special too. But of course this feature is known for it's gore and that is done in a excellent way. The red stuff do flows a lot and the killings are done in a exaggerated style. The knifes are again impressive. Overall, this movie is really one for the gorehounds and the lovers of torture *. The Laid To Rest flicks aren't my cup of tea storywise but i do love the gore in it and the way the killings are done. Gore 4/5 Nudity 2/5 Story 2/5 Effects 4/5 Comedy 0/5

I watched this movie just because Danielle Harris is in it. I wasn't very impressed with the first one, because acting was terrible and the whole movie didn't have the right "groove". So I didn't expect very much from this one. But I was pleasantly surprised. The acting was on a much higher level, the script is well written and it opens many questions, which hopefully will be answered in the next one. The killings are technically better made and the whole movie has that intense feeling. So this is one o the best slasher movies made in the last few years and I'm now waiting to see what will they do in the next one. At the end I want to apologize the makers for not seeing the movie in theater. I had to download it because I'm from a country where horror genre isn't very popular for our distributors.