White Noise 2: The Light (DVD)

I have noticed as a genre fan that is you become a fan favourite you are likely to get work for the rest of your career. Every time that a new science fiction or fantasy shows comes out a set number of genre heroes are likely to pop up in a cameo or extended guest star roles. ‘Xena’ finished? Don’t worry Lucy Lawless; there is always a place for you in the ‘Outer Limits’. Finished filming the 8th sequel to ‘Reanimator’? Don’t worry Mt Jeffrey Combs because there is a place for you in ‘4400’ or ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’. Essentially if you become a hit in a genre show you may be trapped in schlock hell, but at least you still get work. So it is with great honour that ...

The original White Noise was a terrible film that was based on an interesting subject, that of voices of the dead reaching out to the living via static on TV and radio, even when there was no actual show on. White Noise 2: The Light is a straight to DVD rip off that somehow made it to the cinema big screens, probably on the strength of the title and nothing else (though the recent sequels to Hollow Man and I Know What You Did Last Summer were unable to secure the same privilege) White Noise 2 has very little to do with the original movie it takes it name from, in fact so little that you wonder if it was named after it was made in an attempt to gain more ...