Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)

How does one pull off a sequel to a film where the lead is already dead? By resurrecting him with voodoo magic, of course. Man, this film is a trip... How anyone thought this was a good idea is beyond me. Yet it travels all the way from terrible to strangely compelling. I don't even know how else to describe the odd appeal. I probably liked this film more than anyone else on the planet.

2½ Bernie Dances out of 5

Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

Once the butt of every joke, Bernie's has come all the way around again and become revered as a cult classic. The central premise is hilariously absurd: Keeping up the charade that Bernie is still alive through a weekend at The Hamptons by puppeteering him to life so they aren't implicated in his murder. This shit is so dark and you have to have a morbid sense of humor to watch a corpse do pratfalls. It's somehow perfectly complemented by a great reggae flavored soundtrack which goes hand in hand with summertime fun in the sun.

You have to admire the audacity of studio execs willing to greenlight this shit.

3 necrophiles out of 5