Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

MJB784 I found it even scarier than the first. It also answers questions that were left unanswered in the first movie, which made me think that parts of the first weren't explained. So now I might find the first movie even better! I feel like watching the first again!

The Movie Diorama It's not often you get a sequel, particularly in horror, that is nearly as good as the original. For me, this sequel did the trick. Continuing straight where the last film left off, the Lambert family are still being terrified and so they attempt to find out who is really haunting them and finish this once and for all. As with any instalment in this franchise, we have jumps scares galore, ghostly spirits in questionable fashion attire and plenty of backhanding (seriously this ghost smacks everyone). The story gets slightly convoluted and confusing for the sake of continuity, doesn't work all the time...to the point where it's paradoxical. Whilst the majority of the scares are predictable and just loud noises, the film took more of a thriller approach rather than a straight up horror flick. In my opinion, this worked better. James Wan knew not to compete with the first instalment and so he took the franchise in a different direction, and it worked. Particularly towards the end where there are moments of real tension. The Lambert family go through a lot, I mean any other family would go "nope. Nope I'm out of here." and just keep running away. So the scares, pretty much the same as the first film. Ghostly figures, noises from the baby monitor, piano mysteriously playing and one heck of an annoying child's toy/buggy/pram/whatever the flip it is. Problem is, whenever these scenes occur the actual jump scare is followed by a loud concoction of string instruments and you're actually more scared of that then what's on screen. The musical score is consistently good though, I mean those violins still give me nightmares. All the performances were good once again, always have a soft spot for Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne. James Wan is the king of modern horror, his slow tracking and panning shots are fantastic...add in ghosts hiding in the background and it just heightens the experience. This is a good horror sequel, which is rare for me to say these days.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) The 105-minute "Insidious: Chapter 2" is an American horror film from 2013, so this one will have its 5th anniversary next year. The title already gives away that this is a sequel and also what it follows up to. They got basically back all the key players from the first film in terms of cast, but also writer and director James Wan came back, which is no surprise as the first was really a big success and it was also a pretty good movie in my opinion. By the way, the gap between films 1 and 2 was 3 years and 2 years later, the third film followed. A 4th film seems in the making now, so the franchise is still going strong. Or somewhat strong I guess. But now back to this original sequel: I personally liked the first and I was pretty disappointed by how forgettable this one turned out. The atmospheric take was fairly shoddy, the actors are not given any material to shine either. Overall, the story-telling is extremely mediocre. There is not one point where this film is really on failure level, but it's also never above-average and the first was throughout its entirety. A horror films always defines itself through the scare factor and this one is packed with jump scares that honestly are more on the side of waking the audience up again than entertaining or frightening it, even if admittedly some of the creatures used during these jump scare moments didn't look too bad. Byrne's (still) amazing looks cannot make up for the films gigantic weaknesses in so many other areas of production. The series should have ended after this sequel, or even better before it as I am not too hopeful about the next movies being any better as the main cast seems gone. Anyway, what else can you say here. It's probably not an overrated film at all as the reception wasn't on a good level by any definition, but the curiosity about what happens next may turn this into the epitome of an overseen movie (don't mix this up with "overlooked") as in the sense of the opposite of underseen if I see how many rated this one here on IMDb, even got above the magical 100k ratings mark. Liking the first is not reason enough to watch this one. Loving maybe. Or just a huge interest in horror films in particular. But the different worlds/spheres scenes at the core of the film's plot are just so difficult to like and appreciate for me. I give this one a thumbs-down. A clear decline in quality is undeniable and you may wanna skip it.

TMC Productions Loved chapter 1 and in my opinion this is even better. It really is a scary movie. Got a movie night with some friends and want a good really scary movie? Just watch this movie (after you have watched the first one of course) and your good to go. All I can say is, don't listen to the bad reviews here, I'm not sure why people don't like it since I personally love the story and the scares of the movie. This makes it (The Conjuring 1&2 are very close as well) My favourite horror movie of all time!