Synopsis::: The story sees siblings Finney and Gwen, along with their friend Ernesto, head to a winter youth camp to uncover a mystery regarding the first victims of the Grabber, whose ghostly presence now haunts the camp.
OK WHAO ....this is the first thing i can say !! I am not gunna lie i am starting to believe that Blumhouse is becoming my favorite production company! This one is virtually nothing like the 1st one. I will say it puts a twist and spin on everything that you wouldn't expect. We learn alot about the grabbers past and it includes his real name and origin. It focuses mostly on the sister Gwen, her boy interest Ernesto, and her brother Finney. In 1982, four years after Finney killed the Grabber, his sister Gwen begins having dreams where she sees murders that happened at Alpine Lake Camp in 1957. During one, she receives a call from her mother Hope, who at the time of the 1957 murders was having similar dreams. Finney who had been acting out alot and basically becomes another Robbie, from the previous movie, takes concern to what his sister says and reluctantly when she comes to him and asks him if he would come along with her to the camp and say they want to be councelors so they could investigate the warnings and visions her mother had been making her see. They ask dad and reluctantly, after dad telling them that he remembers that their mom use to work there along time ago, he finally agreed to it.
She, Finney, and Ernesto end up going to the campsite but get caught up there in a blizzard. No one can go out or come in and this is suppose to be for the next couple of days. When they get there is are only 4 people at the camp the two head guys/owners, groundskeeper Armando and his niece Mustang. They helped them in and got them to their beds and fed them. During this night, she receives her initial calls on the black phone in her dreams, which are from the spirits of the three boys who were previously stalked and murdered at the camp's lake by none other than the Grabber himself. After being burned by one of the boys she wakes up and goes running into the boys bunks and ends up crawling in bed with Ernesto who tries to help her go to sleep and confesses his basically his love for her. They then wake up the next morning...get in trouble and told not to sleep in the same bunks it can get then in trouble. The start to further investigate the camp and the grounds.
On the second night, Finney receives a call on the camp's dead payphone, this time from the Grabber. Obviously calling from hell lol since he isn't alive Finney knows that, the Grabber swears revenge, blaming Finney for forcing him to kill his own brother and for ending his life. Moments later, Gwen is violently attacked in her dream by the Grabber. This is not like a normal dream this was also happening in real life . He was Freddy Krueger'ing her. Finney, Ernesto, and Mustang manage to save her. The shaken group gathers in the camp's chapel, where Armando and the others realize they must find the bodies of the Grabber's victims from Alpine Lake Camp to loosen his power over the dream realm. After thinking about it they then figure out the missing children are frozen somewhere in Lake Maru. They also learn that Armando, Hope, and the Grabber had all known each other at the camp long ago. That same night, Gwen dreams of the Grabber. He then reveals Hope did not commit suicide and he actually killed her, he had staged it to look like a suicide.
Meanwhile, Armando begins searching for the boys' bodies. The next day, Finney's and Gwen's father Terrence arrives, having borrowed a snowplow to get there. Gwen confronts both Terrence and Finney on their abuse of alcohol and drugs to avoid thinking about their traumatic pasts. They decide to stay to defeat the Grabber and put the murdered boys to rest. They head over to the lake searching for the boys. Gwen prays to Jesus to keep her alive and succeed in her mission to find the boys. As they search, Gwen ends up falling asleep again and is attacked by the Grabber. The Grabber also attempts to murder Finney, Terrence, and the others present. Gwen locates the boys' bodies beneath the ice by jumping in the water and using the same abilities to move things in her sleep and hep bring the boys inside barrels to the surface. Once the boys are found it removes the Grabber's power. Finney, Gwen, and the spirits of the murdered boys attack the Grabber, and he is dragged beneath the frozen lake. The next day, as Gwen, Finney and Ernesto prepare to leave, Gwen answers a call on the payphone, in which Hope tells Gwen that she is proud of her. finney then hugs Gwen and they leave...the End
Now here are my actual thoughts of it.
Like i said up top i love most of everything that Blumhouse does. Jason Blum i would love to meet you. This movie didnt have to over sexualize anything, they gave you suspense, thrills, chills, jumpscares, depth, great character development and a new story that connects to the previous story so well. It gives us what we wanted to know for the most part about the history and origins of the Grabber. The only thing it never answered or maybe i missed it was....why did the Grabber do what he did??? Why?? I just want to know that lol. The acting was well done and I thuroughly enjoyed this one way more than i did the 1st one and i thought that was pretty good too. I give it an 8/10. It is solid and i think 100 percent Worth it !!!
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