Monday, September 19, 2022

House II: The Second Story (1987)








Jesse McLaughlin moves into his family's mansion with his girlfriend Kate and joined by Jesse's friend Charlie and his girlfriend Lana.  In search of an ancient Aztec skull with magical powers, Jesse and Charlie dig up his great-great grandfather.  Gramps informs them that evil spirits wish to possess the skull, including Slim Reeser, Gramps' former partner.  He returns for the skull and kills Gramps, while Jesse eventually disposes of him.  Jesse then uses the skull to travel back to The Old West.  

House II: The Second Story is a definite fixer upper compared to its predecessor.  Reviews and box office receipts signaled a foreclosure to the franchise.  Lar Park Lincoln and Kane Hodder would reunite the following year on Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988).  Coincidentally, House II was produced by Sean Cunningham, who directed the first Friday the 13th (1980).





Location: The McLaughlin Mansion
Address: 2401 S. Figueroa Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

The Stimson House was built in the late 1800s and belonged to banking millionaire Thomas Stimson.    Following his death, it served many purposes from brewery to convent to fraternity to filming location.













Location Visited: June 2021


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