 Unnerving's Rewind or Die series is an love story to the blood-spattered covers of horror movies of the 70s', 80s', and 90s'. Capturing the spirit of those garish gore-filled films, this series seeks to recreate the B-horror feel of those decades and once again, Zachary Ashford has created a volume overflowing with viscera and wit. Sole Survivor II: Drop Bears on the Loose picks up after the island carnage of Sole Survivor. Now our lone survivor December Foss is trying to find her way back in the "real world" after the broadcaster reality slaughter. Permeated with survivor's guilt, December is struggling to fulfill her obligation to continue to promote the show that took the life of her friend Robin. Constantly bombarded with the same questions on every talk show and podcast that she has to appear on, now December is the target of an animal rights group known as the Ark—as if she is the one responsible for using the drop bear massacre as entertainment. You certainly don't need to read the first novella to enjoy this one, but it definitely ups the enjoyment. Ashford wastes no time in delivering the same ridiculous amount of mangling and macerating as before, beginning with the gruesome death of an activist cameraman. With blood fountaining and teeth and nails tearing, it's a bloody start to a second helping of transmogrified drop bear chaos. It's a slice-and-dice free-for-all as the modified bears proliferate and dispense havoc and destruction over all who come in contact with them. As before, there is unquestionably nothing cute and furry about these creatures but it's even worse now. This time we get behind the scenes and some up close and personal action with television network owner and producer, Joseph Steinberg and his pet scientists as they perfect their creature mutations. The dialogue is snarky and funny (though the jokes do occasionally dip into crude, an unwelcome change from the first novella). The violence is ferocious, the blood is flowing, and the guts are spilling. The large cast once again allows for plenty of grisly and raw deaths. This marsupial murder mayhem is absolute. Characters are introduced just to be ripped and torn to pieces by the beasts and sometimes even by Steinberg's goons. If you thought it was thankfully all over, the ending is left open with just enough opportunity to make this duo a trio. This is just a merry romp gruesomely filled with blood and gore and monstrous killer koala uproar. Like the tag line says:Bigger, badder, hungrier...". If you are looking for twisted timelines and plot points you have to concentrate to comprehend, you won't find it here. But you won't have this much fun anywhere else! Review by Valerie Lester  The first season of Sole Survivor has aired, a traumatized December Foss is trying desperately to escape her fifteen minutes of fame, and everyone thinks the drop bears are dead. Everyone that is except The Ark: a radical group of eco-terrorists with an axe to grind, and Joseph Steinberg, who still has plenty of them in reserve. When the Ark release the drop bears from captivity, all hell breaks loose and December must face them again. This time, though, they’re on her turf. This time, it’s personal! "Twice the torment, two-fold the turmoil, and double the drop bears! If you like your creature features fast and furious, you’ll enjoy the marsupial madness of Sole Survivor 2!" - D.I. Russell   Comments are closed.
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