Directed by James Wan (Insidious,
The Conjuring, Saw), Insidious Chapter 2 picked up right where the first
film left off and had the same creepily subtle scary moments that made Insidious such a great horror
movie. The Lambert’s have moved into
Josh’s childhood home pending the investigation of the (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD)……..death
of Elaine, the paranormal investigator who helped Josh enter the spirit realm
to recuse his son Dalton from the clutches of a malevolent demon at the end of
the first film. However, Josh is not himself
as his body was taken over by the spirit of an old woman who has been haunting
him since he was a child. While Josh was
searching for Dalton the demon entered his shell of a body and left his spirit
trapped. All the characters from the
previous film reprise their roles as Elaine’s fellow paranormal investigators
join forces with Josh’s mother Lorraine to solve the mystery of the evil old
woman and try and rescue Josh before it’s too late. Overall, the film was great but not as good
as the first which is pretty standard in the horror movie genre. Still, with such a cliffhanger at the end of
the first film it was good to see what happens next. The mystery of the old woman possessing Josh
takes a long time to unfold but when it finally does it is worth the wait which
was relieving because I was concerned for a while that the movie wasn’t going
anywhere. Overall the film is horrific,
frightening, and scarily believable which is consistently the strong point of
Wan’s films. If you enjoyed the first
movie then Chapter 2 should definitely be on your “movies to watch” list.
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