The sequel stars off right where the first movie ended, but a dismembered hand follows Sarah home and kills her step father. Because nobody believes Sarah's hand story, she is facing jail time. Mark takes Sarah on a journey to find some type of proof to clear Sarah of the charges. This was a pretty decent sequel that was actually funnier than the first. Whereas the original had dark humor, this one has more slapstick humor like Evil Dead II and Dead Alive. Ironically, Bruce Campbell has a part in this movie. It wasn't a big role, but it was very memorable and humorous. There is one thing I was not happy about; the recasting of Sarah. I really don't like when a character is recast, but it makes it worse when the new actor looks completely different. Monika does do a decent job overall. There are some memorable spoofs like House on Haunted Hill, Alien, and Frankenstein. A decent portion of the movie takes place in a medieval land that reminded me of the alternate dimension introduced in the second season of Angel, Pylea. Maybe Joss Whedon was inspired from this movie. The effects are also better, not big studio movie better, but improved from the first. If you liked the first one, you will definitely like this.

Like most sequels, Waxwork II is lamer than the first, which is a pity because I liked its predecessor. Their director/writer Anthony Hickox pretty much took what was fun about the first - the entering into different horror realms - and ran amok with it. The leads travel through time (and I guess realities) - much like Sliders - while looking for something or other. Slowly at first, but eventually they wind up barreling through realities as though Hickox had too many references that he wanted to fit into the movie but didn't have enough time to. Some are fun - one S&M one is a tad disturbing - but they've since lost their original charm. Horror-comedy stalwart, Bruce Campbell, does the same overacting schtick from his Evil Dead movies but his all-too-short cameo was the highlight of the movie for me.

Writer/director Anthony Hickox attempts to repeat the success of his debut, Waxwork, with this silly sequel that once again offers him the opportunity to tackle several different sub-genres of horror. This time around, however, he gets the recipe all wrong and the result is a very messy and not particularly funny horror/comedy that makes one wonder whether the first Waxwork was something of a fluke.Part two—Lost in Time—follows on directly from part one, with Mark (Zach Galligan) and Sarah (this time played by Monika Schnarre) escaping from the burning museum, closely followed by a zombie hand. After this crawling menace kills Sarah's step-father, the poor girl winds up in court accused of murder; her only chance of proving her innocence is to follow Mark through a series of time portals in an attempt to find evidence that will support her outlandish story.This preposterous and poorly constructed plot serves merely as an excuse for the director to throw in as many references to his favourite movies as possible; thus, we get a lame Aliens rip-off, A silly Dawn of the Dead style zombie skit, Hickox's take on Frankenstein's monster, a Nosferatu homage (shot in flickery black and white); plus brief appearances from Jack the Ripper, Godzilla, Mr. Hyde, and many more characters that will be familiar to fans of fantasy/horror cinema.Rather than make a serious attempt to capture the look and feel of the films he is referencing (something he did extremely well in Waxwork), Hickox instead prefers to try and emulate the splatstick comedy of Evil Dead 2—something he completely fails to do, despite even going to the trouble of casting Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell. To make matters worse, the film is way too long (104 freakin' minutes!!) and features music that sounds suspiciously like a weak copy of Goblin's score for Suspiria.

The sequel to Waxwork 2 pales in comparison with the first but still manages to be a campy and bloody good time. After the museum from the original is destroyed, a disembodied hand escapes and murders someone, and Loftmore and his girlfriend are tried as they were at the scene when it happened. They have to travel back in time to prevent the museum explosion from the past. Bad plot, but what happens for the rest of the movie more than makes up for it. What we then have is about an hour or so of classic horror/sci-fi movie parodies. First stop is Frankenstein's castle. Frankenstein gets loose in the basement and slowly, deliberately and painfully crushes the Dr.'s head. I'm talking teeth grinding to pinkish-white chunks, a tongue bitten in half, eyes popping out (complete with cartoony sound effects) blood oozing from every opening, then lastly a brain exploding out of his skull and flying through the air a la Evil Dead 2. Much like the first gory scene in the original when the kid is ripped in half vertically by the werewolf, the film throws it right out there near the beginning so you know what to expect. There are some really great and humorous parodies, with some surprising cameo appearances. Bruce Campbell, Drew Barrymore, David Carradine are a few you may recognize. The special effects provided by Bob Keen (Hellraiser and the original Waxwork) range from decent to intentionally fake (aforementioned headcrushing scene.) This one is good, gory, and over the top but unrelated to the first, it's better to watch this one before you've seen Waxwork.