Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski and released in 2021, this Polish film is (unsurprisingly) a sequel to Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight, which itself was a fun slasher variant film. With the sequel they’ve taken the film in a different direction (though one that won’t make too much sense if you haven’t seen the first film) but I wasn’t expecting a vampire moment, so thanks to Simon for the push in the film’s direction.
The film starts with the strains of a chamber orchestra and, as the first scenes come into focus, we see a masked ball, the participants dressed in period clothing. However, as the camera explores the room we see a girl (Zofia Wichlacz), chained against a bas relief her wrists bleeding into bowls beneath. Into the scene walks Adas Adamiec (Mateusz Wieclawek), wearing a cop uniform, eyes hidden behind shades and carrying a shotgun.
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| first attacker |
He announces that the party is over and one of the dancers runs towards him, fangs evident… his approach is stopped abruptly as Adas aims his shotgun and fires, blowing the vampire's head off (as another franchise might say, nothing lives without a head). There is then a fight sequence with the vampires coming at Adas and he responding with shotgun and revolver until, eventually, the dancefloor is carpeted with dead vampires.
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| the victim |
At this point he heads to the victim, releasing her and ending up in a passionate embrace – until he wakes up… It's all a dream, the girl is his co-worker Wanessa (who seems more than a little cold to him when we meet her) and, whilst he is a cop in real life, he isn’t the cool character we have just seen. He is a fairly new recruit, lacking confidence, a general dogsbody and, in honesty, a bit of a whinger. In the cells of the police station, however, are the two mutated slashers from the first film as well as the final girl (Julia Wieniawa-Narkiewicz)… it’s the day after the events of film number 1 and you just know things are going to go south.
The imdb page is here.
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