Wonderfully offbeat film!

The Worst Film Ever

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Insidious: Chapter 2 like its predecessor isn't an awful horror movie or a flawless one. On the other like unlike Insidious, Chapter 2 drowns itself in its misconception. Adding nothing new to the sequel and starting right where the first one ended isn't a bad idea, however in this case it is poorly executed and its so obvious: Why are characters telling each other the events of the last film? Whannell makes plot holes and plugs up every third. In the first film it was stated that Josh was a gifted astral-plane traveler and in the second one he is lost and can't get back to his body. It's a loose plot hole and it doesn't make any reasonable sense. Patrick Wilson does deliver a creepy praise worth performance, there are some good set-pieces but that's pretty much it. Everything is more than the less same as in the first film: The music,the jump scares, the atmosphere, the cinematography... Looking for answers in the plot hole infested script is more trouble than it's worth. It's easy to ignore the illogicality of some plot points and just relax.

I suppose this crap keeps people in a job and food on their tables. Road sweeping is more entertaining to watch. I can't include spoilers when it's already spoilt, a bit like rotting fish.

Here we go again! Dark scenes (saving on lighting electricity?), bad acting, lame direction, predictable scares, dopey-looking kid, dopey- looking father, petrified-looking mother, smart-alecky psychic investigators, and so on and so on. I wonder why this "follow-up" flick was made, seriously. Why? It's not as though the first was a rip-roaring success, so, by public demand, here's number two. Yeah, number two, ha ha ha. Instead of Tip Toe Through The Tulips, this time we get Row Row Row Your Boat, Gently Down the Stream. Quite a hit parade. Oh Dear! This DVD movie was part of a large bulk lot I bought at a bargain- basement price, so I can't complain about financial loss, and I watched it while fiddling around on the Internet, so no real time loss. Just my sad disappointment that this could not have been a LOT better than the first movie. After all, lessons could/should have been made, right? Sorry I cannot recommend this movie.

At its time of release, Insidious was hailed by numerous critics & viewers alike as one of the finest works of contemporary horror, a consensus I didn't agree with at all. For me, it had the ingredients to finish as one of the most effective chillers, not to mention that its first half was a masterwork of tension building but, thanks to the utterly ridiculous & laughable set of events that unfolded in the next half, the entire experience was pretty much ruined.Insidious: Chapter 2 suffers from the same issues that plagued its predecessor, in addition to a few more. James Wan once again succeeds in establishing an unnerving atmosphere and employs both camera & sound to good effect but it lacks the freshness of the original, its storyline is predictable, and the surprises are few & far in between, not to mention that its moments of tension don't linger for long unlike before, thus diminishing their impact by an extent.Picking up right where the first film left off, the story of Insidious: Chapter 2 follows the Lambert family as they relocate to a different house while police investigates everything that transpired at their previous residency. Soon, the family comes to realise that whatever was haunting them back in their old house has followed them to the new place, and with Josh exhibiting strange behaviour, the ladies take it upon themselves to get to the truth of all this & end it for once n all.Directed by James Wan (best known for Saw & The Conjuring), Insidious: Chapter 2 begins with a prologue that covers the part that was only hinted in the previous chapter while also playing a key role later in the story. Numerous moments tie up with events that were left unexplained in the first chapter but it still doesn't pack a strong punch this time. The tone is darker than the last time and suspense builds up quickly too but the story just isn't engaging enough on an emotional level.The look n feel of the first film is skilfully duplicated but just like before, all the scenes taking place in purgatory realm are facepalm-inducing. The ghosts look funnier than frightening, and the scares work best only when the poltergeist activities are ongoing. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey & Ty Simpkins return to reprise their previous roles but their performances aren't any better than the last time plus the characters remain just as uninteresting as before.On an overall scale, Insidious: Chapter 2 works in bits n pieces and is able to use its setting & eerie atmosphere to desired effect at times but it is so predictable & lacking in surprises that just sitting through this sequel is a tedious job in itself. The non-linear narrative structure fails to conceal the shortcomings in its plot & characters and the negatives outweighs the positives by a considerable extent this time. Fans of the original may find a few redeemable qualities about this second chapter but for me, Insidious: Chapter 2 is instantly forgettable.