Amityville: It's About Time (1992)

aka Amityville 1992: It's About Time

The cover of Part VI implies that we're back in the original house - it's a LIE. Remember the cursed lamp? It's another of those kind of stories, except it's a clock not a lamp. But it's not as bad as Part IV was. In fact, even though the tone is more like a poor man's Poltergeist than an Amityville, I'm going to say it's the best sequel yet, although it takes ages to get to that state.
It lacks finesse ('cos Tony Randel), but the microwave scene in the kitchen, the one in front of the mirror, and, most ludicrous of all, the hilarious van moment are all memorable, and each for a different reason.
There are some glaring continuity errors. And considering how often it appeared onscreen the boom mic should've got its own credit.

2 hands of doom out of 5

HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II [1988]

Hellraiser creator Clive Barker assumes the role of producer & creator only for the 1998 sequel allowing director writer team Tony Randel & Peter Atkins to take over.

Hellbound dives deeper into the mythology and world of the Cenobites and their hilariously playful ways. Like the original film, it relies heavily on silly coincidences and mysteries that would be serve better solved rather than open to interpretation.  However, if you're a gorehound and love some twisted imaginative visuals & ideas then this film doesn't disappoint.  

3 morse code gods out of 5

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR [1995]

Hellraiser II director, Tony Randel brings the popular manga Fist Of The North Star to the screen and it stinks.

With some hokey but fun gory effects and some low-budget yet interesting sets, Fist was obviously made with some genuine love for the source material but that love got lost somewhere during the production. The painfully annoying characters spurt out loads of flat dialogue, the editing is completely nonsensical and the story is so predictable you'd think it was a Saturday morning cartoon.

Christ. *shakes head*

1 "mullets...so many mullets" out of 5