after witness the onset death of his actress mother in a most implausible way ( what movie crew would use a metal fence with their actor near electricity . ) and child of divorce and jeff ( furlong ) and be off to live with his dad permanently and must accept the fact that his parent will never get back together . or will they . director lambert make the return dead a bit more interesting this time by make them more intelligent and cunning . unfortunately this be primarily use a a mean to portray a lot of cheesy and cheap shock and even unexplained motif for the gu ( clancy brown ) character . go be the endearment and tragedy of the original while substitute with excessive gore f or x and spiteful character . furlong and who manage to impress in his early role with character who have similar family of origin problem ( terminator 2 and american heart and brain scan and a home of our own ) and doesn not do much here outside of sullen glare and cuss and cry mom . ( literally ) a number of time . overall cheesy fun for horror fan but a flop in the character and scare department . hard to believe mary lambert and director of the first film and be responsible for this major disappointment of a sequel to the superior original . the end suggest a setup for a sequel . i suppose we can all feel lucky this franchise remain bury after all .