better than the original one

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2013)

To be honest, I didn't liked the first one and I only rated it a 5 out of ten. But this was shown as a preview at a horror Halloween night so I had to watch it but I must say that this flick was over just before you know it.
Again directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell (both of Saw fame) and produced by Oren Peli (of Paranormal Activity fame) they have learned from the first one and the critics about it.
Before the opening credits you have in fact a prequel of the story of the original Insidious. If you haven't seen the original one don't worry because after the credits in a few minutes all is explained about the first flick, done that this ghost story delivers the creeps until the end. It's done by using almost no extra lighting and doing some shots in POV. It even had a eighties feeling by using a lot of wide angle shots. It's even explained who the ghost was in the first entry of this franchise. We do have ghosts again of course but this time they added a special effect to see the difference of the world of ghosts and the real world, smoke and echo warned you of the ghost world and it worked. Again, it never was scary but this time the ghosts were shown in another kind of movement and also they added some funny situations with the two investigators of the paranormal world. It's also a clear view that Oren Peli did had his influence on part of the directing. At times Insidious 2 did had an paranormal feeling.
A funny scary horror that will have you watch the screen full of anger from the first minute until the end. And we all know by now that part 3 is on the way. Who is the girl in the wheelchair and was that a creature towards the end? Who can tell, yes, Wan and Whannell did it again, an ew franchise.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0,5/5