Brahms: The Boy II
Brahms : The Boy IIis the latest repugnance subsequence to strike theaters and while it ’s an interesting addition to the series , the issue of the film largely reverse everything that the first pic works to establish .
malefic doll movies can be a amazingly fun corner of the horror genre . Recent films likeChild ’s Playand theAnnabellefranchise have not just reminded audiences of how entertain a midget murderer can be , but they ’ve also been very successful . Brahms : The Boy IIattempts to capitalize on that success and strain to turn Brahms into a house name when it comes to demon chick . Accordingly , The Boy IItakes some full-grown swings that result in a major change fort the focus of the film series .
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A major factor in what urinate the originalThe Boyso think of is that it plays with the hearing ’s expectations as to whether the Brahms skirt is really living and evil or not . pic likeAnnabelledo the same thing , but the audience inherentlyknowthe doll is possessed or haunted . The Boyactually break dance that convention only to reveal that there ’s in reality an orphan — the “ real ” Brahms — who ’s been living and hiding in the walls . It ’s a swell turn , but whenBrahms : The Boy IIcomes around it severalize a very different history .
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Curiously , Brahms : The male child IIgoes in the complete polar direction of its herald and state that the Brahms dollisunequivocally evil . The remnant ofThe Boyhints that the living Brahms might still be alert , but that ’s no longer the case . When the history of the Brahms doll is look into , it ’s discovered that it’spossessed with demonic activityand it stimulate child to bolt down their parent in its search for a human host . The Boy IIturns Brahms into a demon who want to be human , which is a much more supernatural angle than the first movie , but it ’s a less original take on the character .
What ’s so distressing about turn Brahms into a demon bird is that it reduces him to a character reference that ’s pretty much selfsame toChuckyor Annabelle , but just much less interesting . Furthermore , it does n’t just change the angle of the serial , but it retroactively change the motivation of the human Brahms in the first film to make him a slave of a demon curse and not some disturbed recluse . It ’s a decision that ’s not only uninteresting for the sequel , but it actively hurts the original picture show . This is even more confusing since William Brent Bell is the director for both film , so he breaks his own story .
The counselling thatBrahms : The Boy IItakes is ultimately unsatisfying , but it does defy some potential for the future of the serial , since it appropriate the Brahms life topossesshumans and continue to evolve in newfangled ways . Or maybe the whole backstory will get changed again .
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