Great ideas killed by bad ending

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2013)

The Lambert family continue their battle with malevolent spirits. The father, Josh, appears to be possessed after the events of the previous chapter. Elise, the physic and expert, is dead which leaves Specs and Tucker left to carry-on the investigation into the Lambert's past. Meanwhile, Renai and Dalton continue to be haunted by multiple entities.
Taking the best elements from previously successful haunted house movies, James Wan and Leigh Whannell's Insidious began as one of the most frightening. Once things were explained the chills were lost, as the concept seemed silly, but through miraculous direction it played out to near perfection.
The screenplay for Chapter 2 has some of the most original ideas to be used in a horror film sequel. There's some cheesy dialogue in the first few scenes and there's some plot variations as far as this chapter and what we remember seeing from the first. In the most clever ways, Leigh Whannell makes everything work in his favor and delivers what could have been the greatest horror movie sequel to date. This time it's the delivery of some of the scenes that are lacking. Everything seems rushed, especially what is suppose to be a climax and conclusion for the film.
Insidious Chapter 2 takes the story in a lot of fun new directions but doesn't explore them far enough.