An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at 2020’s Brahms: The Boy 2 the sequel to 2016’s The Boy. We also reviewed/explained 2016’s The Boy awhile back, you can read our article on it by clicking here.
Years after the events of 2016’s The Boy, a family moves into the guest house on the Heelshire estate and their son finds the seemingly supernatural doll, Brahms.
Is it Scary?
Brahms: The Boy 2 has a bunch of jump scares, none are really effective. There’s one tense scene throughout the entire movie but other than that the movie fails to build enough tension or atmosphere to make you scared. You won’t leave the movie scared of anything, except poorly made sequels.
Review:
Brahms: The Boy 2 is not good and as a sequel, it’s pretty bad. The acting is iffy by the entire cast and there are too many glaringly obvious dumb character choices/decisions. Sure, most movies have dumb character choices but a lot of times they’re not obvious until after it’s over and you’re thinking too hard about the movie.
As for the characters, the movie sets up arcs for several characters but then it doesn’t complete it. They’re traumatized in the beginning and in the end everything’s alright because they dealt with a more traumatic experience? There was never a moment where they overcame their trauma, it was just forgotten about.
Surprisingly the overall story is okay, it’s your typical haunted doll story, but it suffers because it’s a sequel. If this was it’s own haunted doll movie, with no connection to The Boy, it might have been an okay movie but because it tries so hard to be a sequel, it fails. You can see where and how the story could have been good.
If you’re a fan of 2016’s The Boy, I wouldn’t recommend this movie at all because it’s so different and it doesn’t make sense. If you’ve never seen The Boy or you didn’t like it then I would only recommend Brahms: The Boy 2 as a last resort.
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