Decent, but pulls punches

Rating: 6/10 (2 October 2014)

Decent ghost story that plays its tricks pretty well. Plenty of jump scares, but nothing outstanding.
It's too elaborate to be a classic. You end up with a poltergeist scenario, complete with a detailed "other side". In the end the threat is in psychopath human form, which isn't scary - especially since the killer has loads of opportunity to kill yet everyone survives in the end. Plus they add some inappropriate ghostbusters type humour, which really drains the tension even as the climax approaches.
The score is good, though not as effective as in the first movie, which opened with an amazing witches' shriek.
And the OMG line at the end - most blatant sequel bait of all time?