Review of Brahms: The Boy II (2020) by Davrosdaleks1 — 22 Feb 2020

In Brahms, a boy finds the titular creepy doll from the last installment and soon falls under its sway. The original The Boy was a decent suspense horror. This, however, is a very dissatisfying follow-up.

It's been said by practically everyone who saw the first film, but it has to be said, that Brahms actively throws out the setup it was given. It's like if Friday the 13th Part 3 revealed that Jason Vorhees was an alien robot the entire time. They take the one element from the original that truly, really made it work and separated it from all the other haunted doll movies and completely disacknowledged that element. What makes this all really weird is that there wasn't a regime change. The original director and writer were heavily messing with their own work.

This is a pretty dull film. The plot is mostly predictable so you aren't surprised much except for a couple moments. Things just drag on. The parents in this make a couple really dumb decisions in this. To the movie's credit, it does look nice. I liked the interior to all the houses. The cinematography is good. Also, there are a couple scares that work well.

Still, as a whole there isn't much to recommend about this. I wouldn't say there is anything painfully bad about Brahms but there really isn't that much to entertain. Fans of the original will especially be disappointed.