This sequel to the equally forgettable BEDROOM EYES stars Wings Hauser as Harry Ross, the jogging voyeur who was almost killed in the first film by the insane and evil JoBeth. Harry is now married to Carolyn (Kathy Shower), an art dealer who comforted him after the hit-and-run death of his
first wife. Harry and his partner, Vinnie (Joe Giardina), are running a less-than-successful investment firm, but hope to salvage their finances when they gain some potentially very lucrative insider information. Enter JoBeth (Jane Hamilton), recently released from prison, who decides to pay Harry
a visit and make some thinly veiled threats. Enter also Sophie (Linda Blair), a young artist who bears a remarkable resemblance to Harry's first wife. When Harry falls prey to his voyeuristic instincts again and watches Carolyn being seduced by one of her young proteges, he decides to use Sophie
in a plan to make Carolyn pay for her infidelity, but his scheme backfires when she merely explodes with anger at him, rather than admitting her guilt. As if all this were not enough, Sophie then turns out to be the sister of Harry's dead wife. Blaming Harry for her sibling's death, she plots with
JoBeth to drug Harry and tie him up, but JoBeth kills her partner, planning to frame Harry for Sophie's death. Harry escapes from JoBeth, but when he returns the next day, it appears that nothing has happened. After showing signs of taking off, the film now begins to trip over itself as Harry
reunites with Carolyn, only to receive a call from Vinnie, who tells him their office has been ransacked and an all-important computer disc has been stolen. Sophie's body is discovered in the trunk of Carolyn's car, and some (badly overacted) cops become convinced that a jealous Carolyn killed the
young artist because her husband was having an affair with the girl. Harry, meanwhile, tries to get the police after JoBeth, who is found dead at the home of the artist with whom Carolyn was fooling around. It isn't hard to guess that Carolyn has been setting her hubby up all along, with help from
the other major characters, but Harry still doesn't see it.
If the plot summary isn't enough to warn you away from BEDROOM EYES II, the film has plenty of additional faults worth considering. The symbolism attached to Harry's voyeurism is overwrought and obvious, and his stupidity seems endless. Low-budget sexploitation producer-director Chuck Vincent
shows less flesh than usual in this effort made in 1986 (though there is still enough gratuitous sex to keep his fans happy), but apparently wanted to rip off every mystery thriller he had ever seen, piling on the plot twists when only a few would have been sufficient. The acting is second-rate at
best (B-film queen Blair seems pained to be participating), and the ending is thoroughly implausible. It's perhaps unfortunate that BEDROOM EYES II shows enough potential in places to indicate that with a decent director, a good edit of the screenplay, and a few qualified actors it might have been
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