In some parts, she looks a little too dull. But it was Melanie (Emily Alyn Lind) whose character needed to be carved out better. Apart from them, Cole’s dad (Ken Marino), who is confused about his son’s deteriorating mental health and just wants to have a night to himself, looks vulnerable and adorable at the same time. The flashback scenes of each of Bee’s friends were packaged very smartly. But the characters of Max (Robbie Amell), who remains shirtless throughout the movie, and Allison (Bella Thorne), who oozes sensuality, were unbelievably hilarious. The survival tactics were very much predictable. Except for a few places, there were not enough scare jumps or rib-tickling moments. However, there were many things amiss here. While keeping in mind the scare factor, one also has to take care of the comedy to fit well into the script. Horror comedies can be a very tricky terrain. And this time, he has to outsmart them and his new enemies to survive that gruesome satanic ritual. But things aren’t hunky-dory at school either and just when Cole loosens up and starts to feel ‘normal’, he soon realises that he’s in for another night of ‘fight for survival’ as the friends that his ex-satanic babysitter Bee brought home are all back from the dead. Wait, but weren’t they all dead? How did they come back from the dead?Īfter this horrific incident, Cole musters the courage and starts to get on with his normal life and attend school. Soon, the duo and their friends are once again haunted by the members of the same old satanic cult. When Cole’s parents decide to enrol him in a psychiatric school, Cole ditches school with Melanie to spend time at a nearby lake party. Cole is still the nervous, awkward teen but finds peace whenever he’s around his friend and crush Melanie. At the cusp of puberty, Cole is still gaslit by his parents, guidance counsellor at school and bullied by his peers, who still believe that the violent, gory acts he encountered two years back never happened and he made it up for seeking attention.
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