Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2
Two lesbian lovers wage a wildly obscene, gore-soaked battle against corrupt forces in Troma’s anarchic science-fiction splatter spectacle.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- manic
- irreverent
- offensive
- cult movie night
- midnight screening
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film as an exceptionally excessive, manic, and self-consciously offensive Troma spectacle, even when finding its humor and effects repellent.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film combines sensational sexual imagery, gore, toilet humor, and an angry polemical attitude in the tradition of Troma cinema.
Mutant monsters, abundant gore, and intentionally repellent practical effects dominate the film’s presentation.
The film is described as a meta amalgamation that uses film parody and asylum-like formal abandon to break conventional narrative distance.
Lauren and Chrissy are explicitly presented as lesbian lovers and the protagonists facing the forces threatening Tromaville and the world.
Films like Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2, and why
The Toxic Avenger
shared manic exploitation comedy, outrageous gore, and deliberately offensive satire
Class of Nuke 'Em High
shared Troma-style excess, mutant mayhem, gross-out humor, and low-budget science fiction horror
Terror Firmer
shared anarchic splatter comedy, surreal parody, and boundary-pushing cult sensibility
Movie Details
- Director
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Release Date
- 2017-01-15
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (179)
Cast
- Asta Paredes
- Catherine Corcoran
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Zac Amico
- Vito Trigo
- Babette Bombshell
- Clay von Carlowitz
- Tara E. Miller
- Mike Baez
- Mark Quinnette
Common questions
- What is Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 about?
- Two lesbian lovers wage a wildly obscene, gore-soaked battle against corrupt forces in Troma’s anarchic science-fiction splatter spectacle.
- What is Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 as graphic.
- What did critics think of Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2?
- Critics broadly recognized the film as an exceptionally excessive, manic, and self-consciously offensive Troma spectacle, even when finding its humor and effects repellent.
- Which films are like Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2?
- Films with a similar feel include The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'Em High, and Terror Firmer.
- How long is Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2?
- Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 runs 85 minutes.
