House II The Second Story

House II: The Second Story (1987)

The Plot: A young man digs up the body of his great-great-grandfather and discovers a crystal skull which reanimates the corpse of his great-great-grandfather who then uses the power of the skull to cross space and time protecting it from the evil that is trying to obtain the crystal skull.

 This is the greatest movie I have ever seen that involves the reanimated corpse of a great-great-grandfather who befriends his great-great-grandson while acquiring new friends such as a baby pterodactyl, a caterpillar-dog aka the cater-puppy,  and Cliff Clavin as an adventurer/electrician who then join forces to kill the zombie cowboy that is out to steal their powerful crystal skull. There were so many caterpillar-dog movies in the 80's that this one could easily get lost in the mix, but trust me,. this is the best one. 
Don't be fooled by imitations, this is the original Cater-puppy movie!
  And also, if you find your house built upon the ruins of an ancient Aztec temple and you need and adventurer/electrician to help you save an Aztec virgin from a human sacrifice, you could do a lot worse than Cliff Clavin. First off, he's smart and knows so much arcane trivia, that that knowledge is bound to come in handy when you are wondering which tendon to sever to incapacitate an Aztec or even if you just need to know what Aztec god the virgin is being sacrificed to, then yes!, still, Cliff Clavin is your man!
Cliff Clavin, Adventurer, Electrician
  Also, when compared to other famous movies that involve a crystal skull like say, oh... I don;t know....let's say.... Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, House II The Second Story is vastly superior. Despite the ghosts, cater-puppies, Aztec virgins, pterodactyl babies, time travel, magic, and adventurer/el;electricians, House II The Second Story never insults his audiences intelligence by nuking the star in a fridge.  Hip Hip HOORAY!
House II, clearly the best Crystal Skull movie
  Overall, this movie is clearly bat shit insane and I love that about it. I give House II 7 Cater-puppies

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