Aladdin's Revenge (2026) by Brett Bentman

Director: Brett Bentman

Year: 2026

Country: USA

Alternate Titles: N/A

Genre: Supernatural Slasher

Plot:

Tormented by her past, the lone survivor of an encounter with the malicious genie in the lamp heads to a special retreat with other survivors of traumatic events and begins treatment with the others there, but when it becomes apparent that the lamp has returned for her, she must try to save them.

Review:

While slightly better than the original, this is still immensely troublesome and quite problematic. Among the better features here is the admittedly fun series of attacks that take place as the group is continually presented with the fact that the genre is real. The initial stages of the group realizing the whole thing has been true and that stories were true come along rather well, with the discovery of the lamp and continued insistence that the lamp is the real source of the mysterious incidents and freak-outs around the retreat that move the pacing along quite nicely. Much like the original, this goes for some rather effective cheesy stalking scenes of the group getting taken out one by one around the outskirts of the story as the different interactions take place around the cabin, featuring the fun encounters involving the chase through the house trying to counter the influence of the genie or tracking the survivor through the adjacent woods that gives this some decent enough segments. It’s all fun enough to be worthwhile and enjoyable here.

There are some big issues here that hold this one down. The biggest drawback here is the seriously underwhelming and just plain confusing nature of why the lamp is brought back once again, surviving what happened to it in the previous film to return for no reason whatsoever. The whole thing is glossed over and never really brings up what caused it to return or possess the friend in the group who’s there with them, making the plot feel incredibly awkward by failing to bring up one of the main features involved here. Moreover, there’s little mention of how far after the previous film it’s set, since she just seems to show up at the house with no mention of what’s gone on since, and the series of exceptionally underwhelming confrontations that are brought to bear on this one start to become a drag due to the rampant stupidity of ignoring everything that’s been said about it to move the film along, the repetitive nature of the story doing the same thing as the original, and its low-budget nature all come together to give this some really problematic factors.

Overview: 0.5/5

A slightly better, though still massively troubled, sequel, this one is slightly more watchable and enjoyable than the original but remains so troubling and detrimental that it’s incredibly difficult to enjoy it overall. Those with an interest in this style of genre fare or who enjoyed the original will want to give it a shot, as most others out there should outright avoid this one.