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Released
1987 · FILM

House II: The Second Story

After inheriting a spooky family estate where his parents were killed, Jesse is thrust into a chaotic battle against a mummified ancestor, a vengeful zombie cowboy, and a cursed crystal skull.

It's getting weirder!

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Written by
Runtime
88 min
ComedyFantasyHorror

Synopsis

Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the form of his mummified great-great grandfather, a mystical crystal skull, and a zombie cowboy.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Martin NicholsonShot by Mac AhlbergScored by Harry ManfrediniDesigned by Gregg Fonseca

Box Office

1987 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 3.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$10.0M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$10.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $7.8M 78% of worldwide · International: $2.2M (22%)

Also known as

  • House 2de
  • House 2 - Das Unerwartetede
  • House II - Das Unerwartetede
  • House II, aún más alucinantees
  • House 2fr
  • La casa di Helenit

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