In characterization, execution, lore and gore, Terrifier 2 improved considerably vis-a-vis the 2016 original.

The washed-up alcoholic boxer is played by Walter Beery, whose career skyrocketed after its release, helped by his role in Min and Bill the same year.

The screenplay by Gore Vidal is based on Tennessee Williams play, “The Seven Descents of Myrtle,” which opened on Broadway in March 1968 and closed after only 29 performances.

What made George Miller’s fourth Mad Max entry–decades after the third one was released–so impressive is that no one knew what to expect of a director in his 1970s.