Some good frights and doesn't stray too far from what made the first good

Rating: 8/10 (19 August 2014)

James Wan is getting an impressive resume behind him and fast becoming one of my favourite directors. As far as I'm concerned he's yet to make a bad movie and a couple ('Saw' and 'The Conjuring') are masterpieces of the horror genre. Sadly I don't think either 'Insidious' movie has quite reached that level but that's not to say they're not very good horror movies. I will be very interested to see how he handles the jump across to the action genre with his upcoming 'Fast and Furious 7' and hope he returns to horror soon after because he's damn good at it.
'Insidious: Chapter 2' doesn't change much up from the original. It continues the story from pretty much exactly where the first one left off. The opening scene is captivating and brilliantly interlaced with the rest of the film as we learn more and more about what is going on. The scares are plentiful and rarely fail to deliver - some excessively.
Since the success of 'Paranormal Activity' a lot of filmmakers seem to be taking a stab at the ghost/demon based films. The most effective so far have been 'Paranormal Activity' itself and as previously mentioned 'The Conjuring' but the two Insididious movies would have to be a close third. The ending of this one leaves an opening for another sequel which I understand is already confirmed and I say bring it on.