Like Oren Peli, who created the first film, director Tod Williams keeps the dialogue So-Cal dumb and colorless, which must be part of the scare plan but makes both these movies hard to sit through.
Paranormal Activity 2
In 2009 you demanded it. Nothing can prepare you for what's next.
2010 · 1h 31m · R
Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Tod Williams
Overview
Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.
Director and cast
- Tod Williams Director
- Katie Featherston as Katie
- David Bierend as Surveillance Camera Expert
- Brian Boland as Daniel Rey
- Molly Ephraim as Ali Rey
- Seth Ginsberg as Brad
- Sprague Grayden as Kristi Rey
- William Juan Prieto as Hunter Rey
- Jackson Xenia Prieto as Hunter Rey
- Micah Sloat as Micah
- Vivis Cortez as Martine
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Less scary than a toaster.
Even knowing what's likely to come -- the doors opening on their own, the skeptical characters scoffing at metaphysical explanations, the unheeded warnings from paranormally gifted guests -- doesn't make it any less nailbiting to watch.
It's simultaneously a lot more expensive and a lot cheaper.
Demons of mediocrity, be gone! Here we have a shrewd sequel a touch better than the original.
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