I have a close friend that absolutely loves the campy, overly gorey, absurd world of 80's horror movies. Many times he's sat me down while staying at his house and invited me to watch "classics" (in his words) such as Chopping Mall, Demons, Demons 2, Sleepaway Camp, Slumber Party Massacre and many others. They are all cut from the same cloth, dripping with synth-filled soundtracks, dated world views and absurd, hyper violent storylines. Like it or not, Terrifier 2 captures the exact essence of these "classics" (again, his words) down to the minute details. Arts mannerisms, the gratuitous violence, the buckets of blood, the awful acting and woeful script, all tentpoles in the genre it's trying to mimic, and it mimics them pitch perfect. If you love these style of movies as much as my friend does, you'll have an absolute blast with this sequel. The gif-worthy expressions of Art and the insanity of some of the scenes are sure to become iconic in the right cult circles, and I can already feel it becoming a classic to many from the tweets already being posted.
Unfortunately, I prefer my horror a little more high brow and a little more straight faced so this did nothing for me, but I appreciated what it was trying to do and how perfectly it executed it. For the right crowd, this is a modern classic in the making, but for me it's a total whiff. Overly long and just not my brand of horror, but that's not saying it's bad. It's just not for me.