Good Sequel, But Not As Good As The First Movie

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2017)

"Insidious" left us with **SPOILER ALERT** the father, played by Patrick Wilson, having his body taken over by an evil spirit; and Wilson's own spirit is in the spirit world through astral projection. "Insidious: Chapter 2" shows us a bit of the past to make sense of what we are about to see in the present, which is the matriarch of the afflicted family (played by Rose Byrne) trying to make sense of what happened in the final moments of the first movie; and her doubt as to who Wilson really is and how to keep herself and her children safe from all the spooks and her possessed hubby. With the help of a medium and two bumbling ghostbusters, Byrne will be in the fight of her life as she and her family are attacked by evil spirits on two fronts: the spirit world, and the real world.
My most memorable, movie moment of "Insidious: Chapter 2" is the scene when we learn of the tragic origin of the "bride in black" spirit from the first movie.
"Insidious: Chapter 2" is a clever sequel that employs time shifting and spirits of the present visiting people and spirits of the past. There are the usual cheap scares — spooks jumping out accompanied by a loud noise — and the genuine scares that takes its time to develop and makes you wonder what the hell is going on. Unfortunately, the bumbling ghostbusters (one of whom is Leigh Whannell, one of the writers) usually ruin the scary scenes with their comedy acts. This is a movie that should be played straight, sans comedic, tension relievers. Let the audience be tense, let them be at the edge of their seats; once you got them on the hook, leave them on the hook until the end.
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