kinda meh really

Rating: 5/10 (24 September 2016)

I may be the only one here with this viewpoint, but I did not care for it one bit. It's got lots of style, for sure, but it's nothing more than a hodge podge of styles lifted from other movies and then failing to do anything unique with the lot of them.
I did like the first one much more, it felt realer compared to this. They took the bigger is better route on this one, every set piece, every scare feels manufactured by virtue of being over the top with effects which to be sure, would have benefited by having taken down a notch. Kind of reaching a bit with the kid audience. I've them what they want, but not everyone wants TWICE THE THRILLS, want more innovation and genuine horror.