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Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2013)

How a movie like this are rated as PG-13 by the MPAA I will never understand!!!
Have you played with an Ouija (commonly pronounced as Wee- Gee) board? The grisly creative minds of SAW; James Wan (Director/Writer) and Leigh Whannel (Writer) pens down a rather similar school of thought when Carl (Steve Coulter) uses a bag of dice to communicate with the realm of the spirits in search of Elise (Lin Shaye). INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 picks up exactly where the first movie left off. The fact that the plot continues without losing its sense of interest and delivering even greater jolts and thrills simply earns this movie a spot on the "A list of must watch horror-movies". As the first movie wrapped up Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) was left behind in the spirit world where he walked into save his son Dalton (Ty Simpkins). Something did return back to Josh's body but it was not him, instead it is something darker and more deadly than anything the Lambert family has ever experienced in decades. INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 is his desperate and fervent effort to leave the dimly lit spirit world and reunite with his wife and kids.
James Wan & Leigh Whannel, that's 2 for 2 for the year 2013. Whilst the secret to their success is as simple as having two of the most ingenious minds in the industry do they have what it takes to keep the dice rolling (pun well intended!). Certain answers the audience did not get to observable questions such as "How did it all begin?" the only possible answer that I can think of is maybe they are saving it for the 3rd movie. In an entirely singular angle the logic behind the plain and simple plot is what keeps fear in the movie flowing. Wan and Whannel do not use up on screen time for rationalization, instead every single revelation of facts is done via the interference of the spirits. This sells well into the intensity of INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2. Scenes such as Elise returning, the young Josh and the dice are 3 examples of how the writers revealed information without wasting time over Tiffin. As a fan of the genre something that could have been different in the production are the camera angles the horror flick has been shot with. I could not but help note more than a handful of similarities amongst INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 vs. THE CONJURING. This does not work against it at anytime; it is just a personal preference.
You will appreciate the detailed effort the crew makes in the revelation of reasons behind the occurrence. The flashbacks, the spirits and the reality of them are uncanny and are assured to scare your eyeballs out of its sockets if watched during the night. One of my personal favorites is the scene where Renai (Rose Byrne) is confronted by Mother for the first time. Two things about that scene is one can never predict it and Byrnes acting is so convincing that the scare will linger for a good 5 minutes as you will try hard to slow your heart rate down. This is what good horror movies should be made of and I am glad directors and actors of this caliber still exist. Let me not spoil this any further for you. Let me let you decide and maybe you can tell me what the experience was like for you.
The obvious question; what is the better movie? INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 or THE CONJURING. My answer is simple fighting an enemy you cannot fully see is always scarier. To figure out what movie it is, I guess you must watch them both.
TITLE: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 DIRECTED BY: JAMES WAN STARRING: PATRICK Wilson, ROSE BYRNE, BARBRA HERSHEY,LIN SHAYE,TY SIMPKINS, LEIGH WHANNEL, ANGUS SAMPSON & STEVE COULTER RATED: PG 13 RATING: 07/10 RUNTIME: 106 MINUTES