An absolute waste of money

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Ever since this title was announced way back, I had been waiting patiently for a chance to watch it, granted the first one was one big pile of drivel, I had always maintained a certain level of hope for an improvement with the follow up.Sadly to say, and not for the first time, 'Gingerdead Man 2' - The Passion Of The Crust, although at it's festering heart contained a serious good idea, I found my patience beginning to wear very thin as I was treated to a ten minute recap from the original.Having spent the vast majority of my teenage years viewing every movie that Charles Band had produced, jumping on board with Empire Pictures, and then holding on for dear life with Full Moon Pictures, I have pretty much witnessed the good, the bad and the downright ugly! No matter how bad the proceedings, I will always give over my time for a movie produced by the man himself, but dear oh dear, the last couple of outings have left a lot to be desired, 'Doll Graveyard', 'Dangerous Worry Dolls'.Now the notion of a movie within a movie has always been an intriguing idea, one such movie that comes to mind was Fred Olen Ray's 'Bad Girls From Mars' starring Edy Williams.Granted that film was any great shakes, the only thing that kept it afloat was the odd flash of nudity to keep the movie trucking along! with 'Gingerdead Man 2' it was good to see such legends from the low budget film world strut their stuff in front of the camera, make-up maestro John Carl Buechler showed his acting chops as the beleaguered director Orson Biggs! It was also pretty cool to see scream queen icon Michelle Bauer steal some screen time as one time scream starlet Polly Bunderhoof, even twenty something years on, Miss Bauer still looks pretty stunning! At the film's core, was the idea that this low budget film company, Cheatum Studios, you have to love that name have been struggling for some time to make any sort of entertaining movie, and of course through William Butler's screen story, this idea in itself is a thinly veiled mickey take on the financial ups and downs of Charles Band himself.I guess therein lay the problem for myself, I wanted to enjoy the movie, but it just kept on dragging on and on, getting involved with a myriad of ideas that mainly led the movie nowhere, such is the case with the Full Moon ideas being produced.A quirky movie at best, and although I know Part Three will fast approach at some point, depending on the budget of course, I really do wish Charles Band would think outside the box and give the Full Moon fans something decent to watch.My rating is 1 because the Cookie Has Crumbled!

Rarely does a sequel come along that's better than its predecessor (but come on, we're talking about a movie where the villain is Gary Busey ridiculously scaled down to a cookie puppet!). Although it's, sadly, Busey-less, Gingerdead Man 2 delivers the goods. This time around, the Gingerdead Man is set loose in a bad b-movie studio.After a very "Pushing Daisies"-like prologue, viewers are treated to one non-stop spoof of practically everything Full Moon Features has ever done, with a bumbling lead who's obviously modeled after Charles Band (who, if I'm not mistaken, came up with the story). There's some hilariously off-kilter evil puppets, inside jokes, cameos, spoofs and movie references galore, lots of tasteless depravity and gore... I think about the only thing that's missing that one usually finds in a Full Moon movie is the gratuitous T&A (and the movie still works without it). For fans of the offbeat studio, it doesn't get much better than this.

Wow!--A MUST SEE! Make way for the new cult film of the millennium. This little fan-film is a hilarious outrage for anyone who has ever seen a Charles Band production.I saw the Full Moon screening and was blown away.Up there on the screen was a painfully accurate parody of Charles Band himself! A low budget film about a low budget film producer who makes bad puppet movies!!! The dialog and effects are over the top and unforgettable.The casting was dead on and perfect.And the Cameos were amazing! The producers of the film got a bunch of horror film directors to play, horror film directors, --Dave DeCotau, played himself, John Beuchler, played himself, Adam Green, played a bum... Okay so Adam Green ain't a bum, but he's funny as hell! -- Michelle Bauer played an aging eighties scream queen, and Kenneth J. Hall played a really bad self obsessed actor...The movie will have you whooping with laughter as you are introduced to a new batch of bad puppet creations called the "Tiny Terrors" including Sh*t For Brains, Haunted Dildo, Treasure Chest, Knob Goblin..And the old Ginger Dead guy is hysterical as the killer cookie on a rampage.See this film!

I attended the screening for this bad boy and was pleasantly entertained. The movie took me back to a time in the 80's when there were great cult films like Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers and Nightmare Sisters. If any of the fans out there loved those type of cult classics you are going to love this gem. The make-up effects and the campy humor are to die for. The one liners are totally outrageous and the character building is truly refreshing. There are some twists and turns that surprise you in the end unlike the typical "saw it coming" movies. The "B" movie is back at it's finest. Get ready to roll through this puppy with shocking visuals, laughter and truthful implications that only a true low budget fan can appreciate. Don't miss it!