some of you will be familiar with this film because it be very successful in thailand and it buzz reach our shore . it be a name only sequel to the solid yet way tame art of the devil . long khong show that american slasher film have make their mark on the world feel a lot like a late 90 slasher entry . in other word and the film have a heavy western influence in style and storytelling . it even have strong gory death like those in some contemporary western movie such a hostel and aja hill and and torch ( not that it a ripoff or anything and just point out a similarity ) . it also be interest to see a film from thailand with thai a sorcerer a this be a common trait of 80 hong kong horror flick that i enjoy e. g. and seeding of a ghost and the devil . it also owe those film a nod for use their gimmick gory curse and animal body horror and eating of sick sh . t or puking and et al . the first forty minute or so of this movie coulda go by a lot quicker . the background story be that a teenage boy with a wicked stepmom try to catch the beautiful bitch in the act of an affair . this backfire and lead to stepmamasan extramarital lover terrorize them the kid and his snoopy friend with a gun . they get away and then the brat decide to go to a sorcerer to cast a spell for revenge . next thing ya know and lover boy have an attack of fish hook erupt through the skinitis and the ol lady start go off her nut and they see er stickin erself in the leg and then she just sort of go into the background for a lil while . later down the line ( month and possibly year ) and the group of kid have a reunion at their friend with the feed up stepmother house and and conveniently and stepmom still hang around though she seem pleasant enough . but guess what . she be way into black magic and want some revenge for herself . gory set piece include some cool torture scene ( boil kettle of water pour into the agape mouth of a young man with drug induce paralysis and the use of a blowtorch on his shin and their subsequent skinning ) and some nice and gruesome body curse ( the aforementioned fish hook and lizard burrow out of a man back and a girl who claw her eye out and have her face boil off ) . there be also an asian ghost story spin to the whole thing to get it just a little more complicated . a a horror movie and art of the devil 2 be not very original and it pacing in the beginning could have be a lot faster . one of the thing that make it hard to follow ( especially be a there be no subtitle on this bitch ) be the fact that too many time flashback be use a exposition gim me a break and man and i be an american . just keep it simple and will ya . also and even though this movie do not exactly scream for nudity and it would have elevate my grading of it by a point . it be entertain enough a a horror film though and the bloody a hell ultra violence on display in the second half of the film make up for the deficiency of the rest of this thing and in my opinion . for fan of hard gore and torture and this be pretty much a must see . if you weren not already aware of the hype . give it a look positive .