Picking up straight after the events of the original, this is an altogether more ambitious affair.
The plot:
With the Waxwork burning to the ground, Our Heroes Mark and Sarah flee in a passing taxi, not noticing the dismembered, animated hand that has decided to follow them.
Back at Sarah's, the hand kills her drunken father, causing the couple to search Sir Wilfred's (Patrick Macnee) place for clues.
With Sarah standing to be accused of her father's murder, our plucky adventurers must take Sir Wilfred's time compass, and travel back in time to try to prove her innocence.
Featuring such genre fare luminaries as Marina 'Deanna Troi' Sirtis, Bruce Campbell and David Carradine and more film references than you could shake a Wayan brother at - Aliens, Frankenstein, Dawn of the Dead and The Pit and the Pendulum all get a look in, and that's just for starters - this is far reaching in scope but, unfortunately, feels a little too chaotic, a little too unfocused.
Whilst it is impossible to get bored due to the constant switching of scenes and locations, it is also true that it is impossible to become truly engaged.
With limited use of gore, though still with Hickox's Raimi-inspired directorial flair, this is a must watch for cult movie fans, despite not quite living up to the genuine originality of the first.
Decent.
4 out of 5
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