Fortuna Maldita 2

I recently watched the Indonesian film May the Devil Take You Too (2020) on Shudder. The storyline resumes two years after the previous installment, where survivors Alfie and Nara grapple with recurring nightmares of past events. When their nightmares materialize once again, they must safeguard their souls and those of their friends.

Written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto (Killers), the film stars Chelsea Islan (Street Society), Aurélie Moeremans (Pretty Boys), Shareefa Daanish (Macabre), and Widika Darsih Sidmore (Death Knot).

The creative influence from the Evil Dead franchise and Sam Raimi is unmistakable throughout the movie's construction. From the storyline to possessed elements, gore, and horror effects, it feels like an Indonesian homage to Evil Dead. The settings effectively contribute to an eerie atmosphere, and the makeup, ghost creation, and special effects showcase elite craftsmanship. While the kills may initially disappoint, the last 20-30 minutes deliver an elite ending, including a standout tongue scene that I'd rate a 10/10.

In conclusion, May the Devil Take You Too offers ample gore and elite kill scenes, making it a must-see for horror enthusiasts. However, the noticeable parallels to The Evil Dead prevent a higher score, settling at 6/10.

The makers seemed to have learned from their past mistakes as they took care of a bunch of the issues that I have had on the previous occasion but still this continuation more or less followed down the same path as its precursor anyways.

An identical set of circumstances, furthermore, some great prosthetics and make-up just like the last time, the same mediocrity in the writing; well, I can safely tell, the implementation here stayed quite the same. The only upside is, this time, they had taken the stakes up a few notches, thus, as the audience, you can comprehend the threats better and could get a much clearer picture of the overall situation as well as all the risks that are being entailed.

Unfortunately the new characters albeit in the late 20's are all childish and subsequently our lead Alfie also succumbs to acting like a whining child. If the acting of the characters isn't enough to drive it home just how childish it is there is even a stupid Harry Potter spell gag. However there is still some gore and decent scenes, plus the usual nods to Cabin in the Woods, Army of Darkness etc. Hope the third film recovers it's original feel.

Its been two years after the traumatic experience which Alfie n her kiddo step sis survived n now they r moving on with their lives until they are kidnapped by a group of harmless orphans who themselves are tormented by a demon, much more powerful n sinister than the one who killed Alfie's family. The kidnappers r under the impression that Alfie might help them against the demon.

The atmosphere n creepiness is double than the first part. While the settings in the first is an old, abandoned house situated away from the city, here the settings is of a dilapidated n isolated orphanage situated in the middle of nowhere filled with haunting memories. This one is more scary, more gory, more suspenseful, has more body counts n very very creepy.

The director's other films (Headshot, Killers, The Night comes for Us, etc) r insanely violent n action packed, while this one a lil brutal but terrifying. I have become a big fan of the director.

I am generous with a 9 cos I enjoyed it. Simple, aint no wannabe critic.

Much better than the first one, good job, hopefully it will getting better for the third installment (if any), flow of the story way better than the first movie (the first movie have a good concept but horrible execution, a lot of jump scare scene doesn't make a good Horor movie ).