Very well executed

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The opening captures the end of the first film were our crew gained fame by being buried alive and it being televised. They now get paid to come to haunted houses as they seek out places, with much of the filming done in Minnesota. Brandy (Brandy Schaefer) balks at the whole thing after being traumatized, but eventually agrees. This time the place is "Hellbent" that they seek. Mostly hand held camera. I enjoyed this film more than the first feature. I liked the filming in Minnesota. Guide: F-word. nudity

Having survived their previous encounter, the group goes out once again to document haunted houses in order to deal with the trauma only for signs of their previous tortures to show up and get drawn into another terrifying battle with the deranged psychopathsOn the whole, this was quite the decent and enjoyable follow-up. One of the better aspects of this one is the way in which this one goes for a slightly more normalized take on the haunted houses they tour. The first half of this one features them touring the different attractions, from the problem-solving experience that features an intriguing experience, the later showing in the house with all the distorted walls and decorations which has a full-on psychedelic experience and the interactive attraction with the bleeding victims has quite a lot of fun to it with the different activities featured throughout. Their experience on the hayride has some more fun to be had with the different interactions featured here, while the highlight is the scenes of them at the pub-crawl which features the walk-through of the festival to the different zombies around them and the big food-eating contest that has a fun sense about it. That is the main part of this one, where it has plenty of fun with them in the different attractions looking at the creepy settings and decorations as well as the objectives required for those different rides. The antics in the final house, where it turns out to be about the group getting trapped with the deranged settings once again manages to have an eerie air to it as it forces a repetition of the setup from last time while adding some terrifying encounters that are exceptionally graphic. While these make it work, this one has some pretty big flaws present. The most egregious effort here is the fact that this one just doesn't seem in the slightest bit interested in getting them to the main house this time as their exploits are built more on exploring the different houses which takes up a ton of time throughout here. It doesn't have much to do with them in the house at all and doesn't even introduce the tormentors until well over an hour has played out which doesn't really generate the kind of scares consistent with the pacing for much of the overall running time. That lack of interaction makes them seem far less interesting this time around as it doesn't really provide this one with the main threat this time around and tends to make it feel duller than anything as it plays more like watching home videos of people on these rides rather than anything else which is far less interesting. That also makes what happens at the end all the more confusing since none of it really matters at all and their actions toward the group make no sense as it just comes off like torture with no buildup or purpose and really defeats the purpose of their actions. That, in a sense, really lowers this one significantly.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

When i heard the idea for the first "film" I was blown away by it, unfortunately the movie i wrote in my head in the five minutes after seeing the trailer was better than both "films combined. The potential they had could of delivered us the best found footage film since cloverfield. To try and cash in on the same pathetic idea again is an insult to me and should be to you too. PEACE

I really dug "The houses October Built." I can get down with the ff conceit, and it was especially well done there. The whole idea was original, people going to haunted houses and looking for more extreme haunts and biting off more than they can chew.. But this movie pretty much undoes all the magic of the first.. Sorry but I don't think it's really any spoiler to say that every single cast member from the first is in the sequel, and while the given reason makes sense, and also it was kinda neat (for about 5 seconds) to watch the whole gang reunited, there was really no new ground tread here to warrant undoing the ending of the original to make this sequel..Sure there were a few creepy parts but those mostly stem from the appearances of familiar faces from the first film. It just didn't have the same feeling or energy as the first.. Yet they were doing almost the same thing again.. Lastly I just felt that the big "twist" wasn't worth doing to the overall story line but I won't ruin it for those who do want to watch. I guess it was worth watching, I didn't absolutely hate it.. But I won't be re-watching, where adversely I have re-watched the first THOB a few times.. Sorry guys.. This cow's been milked dry, onto new ideas.