There is a universal truth in the world of horror films: if you make something once on a low budget and it turns out more successful than you’d originally expected, then you have no choice but to rush a sequel out in time for the following Halloween in the hopes of it becoming a cult classic.
Last year I wrote a listicle where I compared figures from horror films to their palaeontological equivalents. And it turned into one of the most read blog posts I’ve ever uploaded on the site. So naturally, a sequel was green-lit.