History NightmareFuel / CountYorga

One of the things that makes this such a good horror movies is how subtlety scary the undead in the movie can be.

* When Hayes and the cops come to search the manor for Donna. Yorga, as before when Jason had came to the manor, opens the throne chambers for his brides to go hunt for them. The way it's shot is chilling, the brides all lined up and march in unison in a zombie like minor, blank expressions on their faces as they go to do their master's bidding. Their complexion a reminder their no longer human but Yorga's personal army of walking corpses.

** The lead up to the attack does a good job of being unsettling. After Yorga has seen that all his subjects have gather. He sends the brides out, we see a short scene of them leaving the manor in a zombie like manner. We then cute to the Nelsons home with all the family members awake and at unease, knowing something wrong, but just can't explain what. They gather in the living room and try to comfort each other. And then another cut to outside as we see the brides now outside their house. One more cut inside the house has the family unawares what's about to happen. The notes Cynthia isn't with them and asks where she is. Where we see Cynthia has walked near the glass door leading outside. And then one of the brides suddenly breaks through the glass to grab her with virtually ''no'' warning.

* The whole attack on Cynthia's family, the brides just break in and, without any hint of emotion, overrun the family and kill them. Poor Ellen gets the worst of this as every exit she runs to is a vampire bride waiting before one manages to wrestle her to the ground and feed on her. So much so that we get two shots of the bride rising off her body after feeding on her.
* Cynthia waking up in Yorga's mansion and learning she was the "only survivor in a car crash" that claimed her sister and parents. Granted, it's Yorga memory wiping her just so he can court her into willingly becoming a bride. But the thought alone is terrifying. Then of course she finds that she can't leave the manor and her memories of the attack on her family slowly start coming back to her.

* In the middle of the film, Tommy goes to Jason and claims he knows where Ellen is. He instantly follows him (and, in true horror movie fashion, doesn't even bother to tell anyone else of this) to which Tommy leads him into Yorga's manor and a dark room. Indeed he finds Ellen, only obviously she's completely undead now. She tells him stoically "You're frighten, you don't love your Ellen anymore" which, given how she's looking and acting, it's not surprising he finds something off. Ellen then starts cackling evilly as three of Yorga's brides try to jump Jason. The way the camera cuts to him trying to fight them off and her continuing to laugh is utterly jarring as her vampire features become more pronounced (especially the fangs) to emphasize that Ellen is indeed dead and corrupted into an evil monster now. Eventually Jason manages to evade the women and flees out the room into a hall---only for Yorga to come charging down it. The whole sequence is shot in a very slow motion as Jason tries to run from and escape into another room. But alas, the door is locked, Yorga catches up and instantly chokes him to death. Afterward, Brudah carries Jason's body into the brides chamber and dumps his body onto the floor. It cuts briefly to Ellen who, seemingly, does show a bit of remorse in killing her boyfriend. But ultimately the vampire in her wins out and she joins her fellow brides in surrounding Jason's body and going to feed on him. What make this scene more chilling is we don't see the feeding, just the brides wordlessly bending over his body and starting to grasp at him before one of them obscures the camera before we go to the next scene. Subtle and horrifying.

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* Paul's mutilated body in the crypts of the manor. More then likely Yorga has also fed him to the brides. And since Erica was among then at that point, she proabaly ate her boyfriend but didn't care in the slightest about it due to the monster she's now become.

* The whole attack on Cynthia's family, the brides just break in and, without any hint of emotion, overrun the family and kill them. Poor Ellen gets the worst of this as every exit she runs to is a vampire bride waiting before one manages to wrestle her to the ground and feed on her.
* Ellen waking up in Yorga's mansion and learning she was the "only survivor in a car crash" that claimed her sister and parents. Granted, it's Yorga memory wiping her just so he can court her into willingly becoming a bride. But the thought alone is terrifying. Then of course she finds that she can't leave the manor and her memories of the attack on her family slowly start coming back to her.

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* Ellen waking up in Yorga's mansion and learning she was the "only survivor in a car crash" that claimed her sister and parents. Granted it's Yorga memory wiping her just so he can count her into willingly becoming a bride. But the thought alone is terrifying. Then of course she finds that she can't leave the manor and her memories of the attack on her family slowly stary coming to her.
** At one point she explores the house and her memories keep trying to come back. She hears women (one of whom is her now vamped sister) calling to her. It starts off sweet at first but then becomes more mocking with them laughing at her for good measure. She's eventually able to follow the voices but only to barely catch a glance of the brides going into another room before before they lock the door behind them and prevent her from following, leading into a very minor breakdown.

* In the middle of the film, Tommy goes to Jason and claims he knows where Ellen is. He instantly follows him (and in true horror movie fashion doesn't even bother to tell anyone else of this) to which Tommy leads him into Yorga's manor and a dark room. Indeed he finds Ellen, only obviously she's completely undead now. She tells him stoically "You're frighten, you don't love your Ellen anymore" which, given how she's looking and acting, it's not surprising he finds something off. Ellen then starts cackling evilly as three of Yorga's brides try to jump Jason. The way the camera cuts to him trying to fight them off and her continuing to laugh is utterly jarring as her vampire features become more pronounced (especially the fangs). Eventually Jason manages to evade the women and flees out the room into a hall---only for Yorga to come charging down it. The whole sequence is shot in a very slow motion as Jason tries to run from and escape into another room. But alas, the door is locked, Yorga catches up and instantly chokes him to death. Afterward, Brudah carries Jason's body into the brides chamber and dumps his body onto the floor. It cuts briefly to Ellen who, seemingly, does show a bit of remorse in killing her boyfriend. But ultimately the vampire in her wins out and she joins her fellow brides in surrounding Jason's body and going to feed on him. What make this scene more scary is we don't see the feeding, just the brides wordlessly bending over his body and starting to grasp at him before one of them obscures the camera before we go to the next scene. Subtle and horrifying.

* Yorga attacking Mitzi and her fiance in a call back to the Paul and Erica in the first movie. Only this time Yorga kills the fiance in a very chilling scene as he's looking over his boot (that reflection in the water, burrr) before going into the boat and biting Mitzi for the second and final time. Next we see her, she one of the newer addition to Yorga's brides.

* While it wasn't shown, Hayes's girlfriend describes how a baby was found drained of it's blood. There was meant to be a scene of Donna's mother feeding on said baby (holding it from a leg and head, ''as if it was a chicken wing''), but was not used most likely becuase the filmmakers found it too disturbing.

* The fact that it was Yorga himself who was the cause of Donna's mother's death which we learn at the beginning of the film where Donna mentions that Yorga was her boyfriend. Naturally it won't take much for the audience to put two and two together, especially when Donna reveals Yorga was insistent on her body not being cremated as intended. From the way she talks about it, it's obvious he used his powers to "convince" her of this option so he could easily retrieve the body after she was buried. What makes it scary is the fact no one could actually tell what really killed her unless Yorga managed to hypnotize the couriers as well.

* The fact that it was Yorga himself who was the cause of Donna's mother's death which we learn in the middle of the film (those with a keen eye who saw her portrait at the seance will instantly recognize her when they show Yorga's brides) or if not that, near the end (when Yorga reunites the two). Making why he was so fixated on Donna all the more creepy. Also begs the question of what happened to her body when she was first declared deceased. Did it go missing or did Yorga dig her up after she was buried.

* Yorga may seem like a charming gentleman...but then he reveals his GameFace. The charm's just a façade that just hides the real monster within.

* Brudah's rape of Donna. It borders right on barbaric.

* Hayes's death: starting off with him being shown the brides' quarters where he finds Erica among them but far too late to be of any help. Yorga starts mocking him and laughing in his face. Even though Hayes came prepared, he's at a loss what to do as he hold Yorga a bay with a cross and stake. However he's so fixated on Yorga, that he fails to notice the brides awaken and close in on him from behind. They quickly gang up on him, force him to the floor and feed on him, where we hear Hayes' anguished yells amissed their slurping sounds. Yorga looking on with a total lack of empathy before hiding upstairs really completes the dark mood of the scene.

* Speaking of Erica, theres a scene shortly after where Micheal comes across Hayes's dying body. He tells her where Donna is only for Erica and another vampire bride to come rushing into room, apparently still hungry even after feeding on Hayes (they could've been the one who even set the trap). Their growling and hissing really emphasis how inhuman they've become. Michael manages to hold his ground and scare off the unnamed bride. But Erica just stands there, as if a small bit of her old self is still in there somewhere and wants Micheal to kill the creature she's now become. He hesitates and tried to bring himself to do it but ultimately can't and runs off. Whatever what was pausing her now gone reverting her back to a bloodthristy being.
* Yorga's death is pretty chilling too, especially considering it was caused by his own hand. Gasping in shock as the stake punctures his midsection then letting out a death wail followed by quick cuts of the camera before he finally succumbs. What's more when Micheal and Donna see him again, he's turned completely into sand.
* The final bit of the movie, starting with Erica and the unnamed bride coming after Micheal and Donna. Even with Yorga dead, the vampirism is permanent so there's no saving Erica. Unlike last time, she doesn't pause either, meaning she's fully embraced her new evil lifestyle. Micheal and Donna run down the opposite staircase with the brides doubling back to meet them in the middle. Micheal manages to hold them back with a cross and the two women are forced back. However Erica gives a odd glance at Donna, The two are soon forced into a cellar where Micheal locks the door, dropping the cross in the process. He leans against the wall, panting, thinking is over. Just as he catches his breath and turns to Donna [[spoiler: she rushes at him, fangs bared and hissing loudly.]] But no thats not the kicker, we get some final dialogue from the narrator who laughs at the notion of vampires being "superstition" (no I mean, really laughs) before cutting to a still shot of a dead Micheal, bite marks all over his face.

* How Paul is easily dispatched. He doesn't even stand a chance against Yorga, who, not only was expeting him, but easily kills him by simply choking him. Then letting his servant, Brudah, deliver the final blow via breaking his back.

* The beginning of the movie where, after the Santa Anna Winds are explained. We go to one of the orphans, Tommy, playing in the local cemetery, he barely makes out a voice in the wind saying "Rise, It is time." But pays it no mind and continues on, as he passed by a few graves, hands suddenly break through the ground. Tommy remains unaware as he stops to rest while bodies of undead women pull themselves from their graves behind him. And unlike like the last movie where there was only three vampire brides, there's a whole group of them here implying that Yorga's been busy in the area. Tommy finally realizes he's not alone and sees them, making a run for it as the women stalk him. Just when it seems he'll outrun them, he runs right into Yorga in vamp mode and promptly screams before the movie cuts to the orphanage fund raiser.

* The whole attack on Cynthia's family, the brides just break in and, without any hint of emotion, overrun the family and kill them. Poor Ellen gets the worst of this as every exit she runs too is a vampire bride waiting before one manages to wrestle her to the ground and feed on her.

* Micheal's mutilated body in the crypts of the manor. More then likely Yorga has also fed him to the brides. And since Erica was among then at that point, she proabaly ate her boyfriend but didn't care in the slightest about it due to the monster she's now become.

* How Paul is easily dispatched. He doesn't even stand a chance against Yorga, who, not only was expeting him, but easily kills him by simply choking him. Then letting his servent, Brudah, deliver the final blow via breaking his back.

* Speaking of Erica, theres a scene shortly after where Micheal comes across Hayes's dying body. He tells her where Donna is only for Erica and another vampire bride to come rushing into room, apparently still hungry even after feeding on Hayes (they could've been the one who even set the trap). Their growling and hissing really emphasis how inhuman they've become. Michael manages to hold his ground and scare off the unnamed bride. But Erica just stands there, as if a small bit of her old self is still in there somewhere and wants Micheal to kill the creature she's now become. He hesitates and tried to bring himself to do it but ultimately can't and runs off. Erica just hisses at him as he goes off, forever stuck in her undead state.