Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (also known as Saturday the 14th Part 2) is a 1988 American comedy horror film written and directed by Howard R. Cohen and produced by Julie Corman. It stars Ray Walston, Avery Schreiber, Patty McCormack and Jason Presson. Like its predecessor, Saturday the 14th, it is a parody of other horror films, such as Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Friday the 13th, The Amityville Horror, The Mummy and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Plot Eddie Baxter is on the beach telling the story about what happened when his family inherited a spooky old house through his mother's family. After moving in, he discovers a strange crack running through the length of the basement with smoke coming up through it. The smoke soon starts resulting in strange activity through the house. At night, his father, Frank, is compelled to sculpt figures out of chocolate pudding while his mother, Kate, and sister, Linda, both go into a trance-like state and watch him. The following morning, they do not remember any of their behavior. Although his father tries to seal the crack, he later breaks it open again. Eddie's aunt and uncle soon move into the house which they believe in rightfully theirs. By now, paranormal beings have started appearing in the basement, and his sister, Linda, discovers her bedroom has turned into an Egyptian tomb. A female vampire named Charlene appears in Eddie's room and gives him a mysterious coin, and Gramps mentions talking to his deceased friend, Leonard. The following night, everyone but Eddie is in a trance again as his father sculpts from chocolate pudding again. In the basement, Eddie encounters an Egyptian priest named Kharis, who reveals the smoke heralds the release of the forces of evil. Charlene reveals the universe is lining up to release the energies on Saturday the 14th, which is the same day as his birthday. Unable to get his family to take him seriously, Eddie tries sealing up all the openings in the house to keep the smoke from spreading. and calls up a plumber, but the smoke turns him into a chicken. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a giant trapped in her room, the house prevents his father from painting it, the kitchen table spins as Leonard's voice announces he is coming, and the monsters are freely wandering through the house among other strange things. When Eddie successfully