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Dir: Johannes Roberts (18, 85 mins)
A belated sequel to 2008’s home invasion horror that had some decent chills with its long wide takes and burlap sack wearing nasties. The original was loosely based on the Manson murders – this transplants and retreads the action from suburbia to a quiet lakeside resort. It’s another exercise in grim nihilism as disturbed individuals stalk a family. Christina Hendricks is the mum, Martin Henderson the dad and they have two teen kids, a rebellious daughter Bailee Madison and son Lewis Pullman. Unlike the first film with its slow pace and genuinely disturbing tension, this cuts quickly to the chase, the gore flowing early, with jump scares more frequently employed. There are nods to 80s slasher films, and power ballads are glibly used amidst the violence but ultimately this is a well-staged but unremarkable and, crucially, unscary movie.
Opens May 4