"Plot is tricky in character studies. Ideally they should be plotless, dwelling on the complexities and contradictions of human behaviour, guiding the viewer to one of several conclusions. That's unrealistic in the commercial cinema. The trick is to have just enough plot so that it seems like something is happening, but not so much that the viewer thinks it's about plot." (Schrader, Collected Screenplays I)

The plot is the problem, one of the problems anyway. A convoluted, half-baked slice of…

"The last thing I needed was to end up with the body of a goat"

Improves in every way on the first film in this series: more style, more substance, better gags and some neat little death-by-magic bits (mannequin hex is a personal fave). The combo of otherworldly cursed Hollywood noir, Amaericana paranoia, Dennis Hopper and Badalamenti score places this in the Mulholland Drive shaped box in my mind.
Goofy mid-90s animated effects are actually pretty charming, ace Lipsynka sequence…