Night Visitor 2: Heather’s Story, The (2016)
Matt Boiselle
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Starring Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Mark Gantt, Michael Biehn
Directed by Brianne Davis
With a solid sequel in place, Brianne Davis’ The Night Visitor 2: Heather’s Story manages to unfold a little bit more of what we were looking for in terms of plot solidification after the first film… yet, there still seems to be a bit of unfinished business in the works.
Jennifer Blanc-Biehn and Mark Gantt play the parents of darling little Heather (Caitlin Carmichael), and to say that this little lass is a bit creepy… well, that would be the understatement of the year, wouldn’t it? She suffers from a slight case of extraterrestrial possession, and DAMN is it something to behold! She levitates, she speaks in tongues, but more importantly, she’s the piece of a much bigger puzzle that could very well fuel quite the franchise in the future – ah, the power of the overtaken mind and body!
Just when it appears that little Heather’s parents have had their emotional fill of their daughter’s otherworldly exploits, they call in a little “professional help” – and that’s when things really begin to hit rock-bottom in a light-year kind of hurry!
All three of our main cast (Blanc-Biehn, Gantt, and Carmichael) put in some rather admirable performances, but it’s the ultra-eerie work of Michael Biehn himself as a mysterious (yet creepy) man who is watching Heather via computer from who knows where that really hit home – Houston, I believe I’ve found the problem! He’s apparently the man with the answers here, although you won’t find any this time round, and it all adds up to something that is prowling around the horizon line (sniffing a third act, perhaps).
All in all, this film is a fun addition to The Night Visitor storyline, and aside from the goofy camera shots and at times stagnant plot pacing, it does have its moments of gloom and frightfulness. There’s something big in the cards here for this little franchise, but let’s hope those in the silver spaceships don’t do away with it before we can lay eyes upon another installation in this already interesting sci-fi/horror excursion.
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