Slight regurgitation of the first movie

Rating: 6/10 (2 October 2013)

if you asked me to write a summary of the plot for Insidious chapter 2, I would definitely struggle, this film was understandable but difficult to explain.
Insidious chapter 2, directed by James Wan, follows on from the first Insidious movie, it follows the same family and is written following straight after the first movie. Insidious 2 revolves round the father of Dalton Lambert, the boy who was 'possessed' in essence in the first film. This follows his father,Josh, who we see murder Elise. This film allows us to find out the mysteries of the first movie in greater detail and understand it better as well as give us a good story, in this sense, it was a good film.
I don't think this movie was quite as scary as the first one, and it came across like a regurgitation of the first Insidious. Most of the 'scares' were caused by the sounds, which I must congratulate, Insidious has possibly the most disturbing soundtrack. None of the content was actually that terrifying, yes, it was quite menacing and creepy, but wasn't going to leave me with sleepless nights.
The overall mise-en-scene of the film was very good, the acting was good, the editing was not under done or over done. It had some good twists and turns which were interesting and kept me engaged throughout, so it wasn't a bad film.
The use of time in the film was confusing and the script was complex making this film extremely hard to explain the plot.
A favourite scene, was definitely where Josh throws the kettle at Renai's head, knocking her out. I can't imagine this should of been as funny as it was, but I am guilty of laughing out loud in the cinema at this part.
The ending has left me thinking that we will almost certainly see an 'Insidious 3' which I have a feeling will be a major let down, as many 3rd installments in horror franchises are.
give it a watch by all means, it has equally good and bad points. It was a very average film, and didn't top the first one. Both Insidious films are pretty much on an equal level.