Netflix’s flashy RL Stine trilogy continues with a darker Friday the 13th-aping horror that brings more shocking gore and excellent performances
To say that expectations for slasher sequels are low would be to generously assume their existence in the first place, genre history teaching us time and time again that repetition trumps reinvention. After the first film sets up the rules, the second tends to reiterate them to an audience all too aware of what lies ahead, like going back on a rollercoaster directly after getting off, every twist, bump and left turn still fresh in the memory.
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Netflix trilogy kicks off with gory gusto