Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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.

FountainPen Here we go again! Dark scenes (saving on lighting electricity?), bad acting, lame direction, predictable scares, dopey-looking kid, dopey- looking father, petrified-looking mother, smart-alecky psychic investigators, and so on and so on. I wonder why this "follow-up" flick was made, seriously. Why? It's not as though the first was a rip-roaring success, so, by public demand, here's number two. Yeah, number two, ha ha ha. Instead of Tip Toe Through The Tulips, this time we get Row Row Row Your Boat, Gently Down the Stream. Quite a hit parade. Oh Dear! This DVD movie was part of a large bulk lot I bought at a bargain- basement price, so I can't complain about financial loss, and I watched it while fiddling around on the Internet, so no real time loss. Just my sad disappointment that this could not have been a LOT better than the first movie. After all, lessons could/should have been made, right? Sorry I cannot recommend this movie.

cebealperen I think you watched first movie.This review contains spoiler from first movie.I think the details on the first movie is important like knocking door.The death of Elise.This movie has really genius scenario.This is the 5th scariest movie ı have ever watched.I think this movie deserves 7.5 points.If you like horror movies you'll love this movie series.The actors and actresses are brilliant.I think i have not to say something about director James Wan.He is the best horror movie director.YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS MOVIE.

Filipe Neto I'm always afraid when I see a sequel to a movie that made success in the box office. Usually it never lends itself to anything. In this case, however, I think I make an exception. Despite not having even half the strength, impact and suspense of the first film, "Insidious 2" is far from a lost case. It maintains the cast, environment and history of the first film, to which he is umbilically linked, following up on his story and creating a kind of temporal paradox. I believe that this paradox, in which certain characters advance and recede in time, is an element that must have made a lot of confusion for some people, but I dealt well with it and even found it interesting. I think it fits the story well. In fact, the way both films intertwine is truly intelligent. Unfortunately, it ends up being a problem for those who did not see the first movie, because it does not understand part of what are watching. I did not really enjoy the way some characters tried to make humour and introduce some comic flashes in the movie. It is not a necessary feature, since this film does not have the tension and density that the first film had to spare. Concerning the performance of the actors there is little to add. What was said for the first film is for this one. So, we can say that this film is a sequel that does honor to the first film and that was cleverly developed, although without the impact achieved in the initial film.