Offering up the expected trip out to a remote house in the countryside as the central means of getting them together, it starts this off well enough while also serving as a means of getting the cursed summoning book into their hands. One of the better elements here is the typically straightforward setup that carries on the franchises' tradition rather nicely. Overall, this was a likable and somewhat enjoyable franchise entry. While it didn’t need to do much to better it, there’s some clear effort to make this a more enjoyable movie and it pays off, for the most part.Embarking on a trip with her friends, a woman stumbles across a book said to be able to summon the spirit of the Tooth Fairy which they decide to do for laughs, but when they start disappearing realize they've brought it back for real and must rely on a survivor to bring about its true defeat. Though, that being said Return of the Tooth Fairy is an improvement over the original movie. It’s these performances that slow down the story and makes it hard to get invested in the character’s plight. Everyone is pretty bland, their characters are non-existent and a lot of the dialogue just feels stilted and worn. Aside from Katie McKenna who does well, there are no performances worth getting excited about here. However, a poor cast threaten to drag the movie into the expected doldrums. There’s some nice-looking gore and some well-shot sequences here. What is also an improvement is the production values, make-up, and effects. So, on the story front, Return of the Tooth Fairy is an improvement over the original. Something that looks to put a more definitive stamp on things and set up for another film in the series (which does exist). It’s a familiar angle to take and one that Return of the Tooth Fairy does well enough, up until the epilogue. What if, one of them, is the killer and using Corey as their means to an end? Return of the Tooth Fairy wants you to question Corey’s mindset, but also to wonder about the people around him. It helps push Return of the Tooth Fairy into more believable territories and keeps you guessing for a lot of its runtime. The idea that all of this might be nothing more than the murderous rampage of a traumatised individual is a good one. Is this all the delusions of a psychotic killer or is the tooth fairy actually real? As things start to go wrong, people go missing and the bodies pile up, questions start to be asked. Which also includes raising the tooth fairy with a spell book. Paul wants the truth and plans to get it out of Corey no matter what. Especially as Corey was the only survivor of the massacre. Paul’s cousin was killed by the tooth fairy and he thinks Corey was responsible. Unfortunately, for Corey though, one of those people, Paul (AJ Blackwell), has an ulterior motive for getting Corey to come along. The film blurs the lines between reality and fiction early on, it’s unclear if the tooth fairy is back or it’s all in his head.Ĭorey has issues, the trauma has made it hard for him to develop relationships, so when the opportunity to go to a college reunion at an old farmhouse comes along, he takes it. Set 20 years after the events of the first film, young Corey (now played by Jake Watkins) is all grown up but still suffering PTSD from the horrific events that occurred in his childhood. Once again directed by Louisa Warren and written by Tom Jolliffe, Return of the Tooth Fairy (aka Tooth Fairy 2/Tooth Fairy 2: The Root of Evil) stars Jake Watkins, Katie McKenna and AJ Blackwell. Surely, it can’t be as terrible as the first movie was, though? After all, the bar wasn’t exactly high. One year later, and it’s time for a sequel that absolutely no-one was asking for. A staggering bad horror where the only thing that stopped it getting the rare 0/10 score was one actor’s performance. Directed by Louisa Warren, 2019’s Tooth Fairy (also known as Toof) was movie we called one of the worst movies of that year.
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