Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2

I am a sucker for trashy cinema so I have found myself watching more Kent Roudebush films that I should. I don't know why anyone keeps letting him write. Kent ruined the Evil Bong series and now Kent is ruining Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama.

I did not laugh once. The film is a mere 1 hour long but they still managed to jam about 10 minutes of the first film into it. The dialogue is horrible, and the pacing is intentionally slow to fill the gaps because the screenwriter didn't provide enough of a story, neither visually nor in dialogue.

Skip this and skip Kent Roudebush from now on.

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2 (2022) is a movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a sorority that doesn't believe in the rumors about the school and local bowling alley until they unleash the wish granting gremlin themselves. They'll learn the hard way the evil intentions of the gremlin they've unleashed.

This movie is directed by and stars Brinke Stevens (Terror Toons 4) in her directorial debut and also stars Kelli Maroney (Fast Time at Ridgemont High), Audrey Neal (No Way Out), Jessie Gill (The Pointe), Michelle Bauer (Demonwarp) and Luka Parente (The Christmas Listing).

The best part of this movie is the cameos and characters from the original 1988 cult classic. This felt like a movie only made for that purpose. The writing is poor to awful with no real storyline, purpose of the events or worthwhile acting/dialogue. The acting and dialogue is really porn movie caliber; unfortunately, this doesn't have as much nudity as you'd expect from the poster or caliber of movie this is. There's a scene they literally spray whipped cream on top of a t-shirt (whose idea was that). The last 10 minutes of this film gets really good with some great use of makeup, costumes, horror elements and some fantastic kill scenes. I literally said out loud, where was this all movie? Unfortunately, it's too little too late.

Overall, this is a poor addition to the horror genre that felt rushed and didn't have enough elements to make it worth a watch. I would score this a 2/10 and recommend skipping it.

Another cheapo Full moon feature made as a sequel to one of their earlier rights-controlled titles. This is less a sequel and more a remake of the original, except made on a tiny digital budget and with a running time of just over an hour. The first forty minutes ramp up the nudity through pointless shower and titillation sequences, while the last twenty-five minutes recap some cheap kills at the bowling alley. Brinke Stevens (who also directs) and Michelle Bauer come back for minor cameos, but the new cast members invariably disappoint and this lacks the campy charm of the first film, feeling instead like a cheap cash grab.

This didn't do it for me, and I'm totally bummed out about having to say that. I'm a big fan of the original, love the cast and Uncle Impy. I wanted to enjoy this. I'm cool with low budget/low effort movies if they do something fun. I didn't like any of the characters except the imp. Should have spent more on hair, makeup, wardrobe, and script re-writes.

The characters lacked passion, especially the women. They were all just reading lines off of cards.

I'm bummed out that more effort wasn't put into helping Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens look pretty. I met Michelle and making her look sexy, and in character, would have required very little effort.

Also, the nudity felt gratuitous. Granted it was gratuitous in the original, but there was story motivation and dialog during it. In this it was just kinda there and not all that sexy.

Like I said. This one just didn't do it for me. Even when movies are so bad they're funny, the filmmakers are trying their best to make the best movie they could.

Right, well I figured that a movie with a title such as "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2" would be a corny movie when I sat down to watch it here in 2023. And it should be noted that I hadn't 1988 "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama" movie, so I didn't know what I was in for here.

And seeing that it was a movie from Full Moon Features and that Charles Band was the executive producer, surely there was a chance of it being a fair watch?

However, writers Sergei Hasenecz and Kent Roudebush failed to deliver a script and storyline that offered much of any entertainment to me. Sure, it was as corny as I had anticipated, and that could potentially have been a good thing, but the overall feel of the movie just failed to capture my interest.

And it didn't really help that the imp itself was so awful to look at. It was so painstakingly obvious just an inarticulate hand puppet, and that didn't exactly make things better. Especially not when Full Moon Features have managed to churn out numerous "Puppet Master" movies with way better effects than what was seen in this 2022 horror comedy from director Brinke Stevens.

I was't familiar with the cast ensemble, though I have to say that Kelli Maroney and Brinke Stevens did look familiar. However, I cannot remember in what movies I have seen them before.

Visually then "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2" wasn't a great experience.

I am sure that there is an audience out there for a movie such as "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2". However, I just wasn't a part of that particular target audience.

My rating of "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2" lands on a three out of ten stars.