Despite few clever part, it falls short

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 2013)

So this is the sequel that basically concludes the story arc after what went down in the first movie. I guess the director put most of his scare efforts for the movie "The Conjuring", because the scare factor isn't as strong this time around. Despite the super creepy violin score from the first "Insidious" this one is even less scary than the first one. But what drives this movie is how the story integrates past and present stories together in a clever fashion, in order to make a somewhat interesting connection. Even the investigative work this time around is far more cool, than the first one. Although it does get more cheesy as the movie progresses. Although the mystery added to the creepiness in the first one. This one tries to answer a lot of the questions, the audiences might have had about the first one. And that is what this movie is, when it comes down to it. The revealing of the past secrets and more of why weird things are starting to happen after the conclusion of the first "Insidious". This movie did give me goosebumps, but it's riddled with jump scares. Overall, not much effort seemed to have went into this sequel, even when it comes to the production value which seemed quite cheap and fake. The ending is also something that is so generic when it comes to horror movies, that it comes off very bland. It's a alright horror movie, but nothing more.
5.6/10