INSIDIOUS 2 (2013)
Director James Wan and writer
Leigh Whannell reunite with the
original cast of Patrick Wilson, Rose
Byrne, Lin Shaye and Ty Simpkins
in Insidious: Chapter 2. This sequel
follows the Lambert family as they
try to ?gure out the mysterious
childhood that connects them to
the spirit world. The low-budget
horror sequel debuted at No. 1 with
a stellar $41.1 million.
This movie starts off right where the
?rst chapter ended, discovering the
corpse of murdered medium Elise
(Shaye). Throughout the movie,
there are still evil spirits that are
trying to get Josh (Wilson) to kill his
wife , Renai (Byrne) and his three
children. Josh is not who he says
he is, the real Josh is actually still
trapped in the spirit world. Once
household items start moving on
their own again, Renai, and
ghostbusters Specs (Whannell),
Tucker (Angus Sampson), look to
retired psychic Carl (Steve Coulter)
for answers. Renai's group
discovers a roomful of corpses
when trying to look into Josh’s past
dealings with the undead for a
solution to this current creepy
seem so into the ?lm. In the
previous ?lm, the movie seemed a
tad bit more realistic. The Lambert
family was good, but it just seemed
as if their minds’ were elsewhere
while in the making of this ?lm.
Although the acting was not all that
great, the effects were much better.
The ?lm seemed to have had more
money to make it and took
advantage. The Bride in Black
seemed scary. All of the corpse
made the ?lm feel more terrifying.
conundrum. While they investigate,
Dalton (Simpkins) encounters clues
of his own as his astral projection
abilities resurface.
All in all, the movie was interesting,
it was over hyped so I expected it
to be more thrilling. But the ?lm had
its moments where it was good.
There were a few scenes that had
pop ups and you would not expect
some stuff to happen. The ?lm had
good intentions, but maybe the ?rst
?lm was better. If you want to ?nd
out what happened to the Lambert
family, then go watch the movie
while it is still in theaters.
One thing that did bother me was
the acting. The actors did not
-Review by Jasmine Rodriguez
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE?
THE STAFF OF THE GROWLER ASKED YOU WHAT
IS YOUR FAVORITE HORROR FILM. WHILE NO
CLEAR FAVORITE EMERGED, THE CLASSICS
STAND OUT AS THE CHOICE FOR HALLOWEEN
NIGHT VIEWING.
Dawn of the Dead
Saw
Exorcist
Hills Have Eyes
The Ring
It
Friday the 13th
Halloween
8% 10%
16%
9%
11%
14%
11%
10%
4%
6%
Nightmare on Elm Street
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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