The second film picks up directly where the last left off, the father (Patrick Wilson), has returned from a demention within our own filled with the spirits of the dead in order to bring his son back from a coma. Meanwhile, multiple ghosts and dark demons are attempting to enter the empty boy's body in order to "live" again. This involves the help of a spiritual guide of sorts, Elise (Lin Shaye), to awaken the young families to see the world beyond what they can see. Without retelling the story, the father succeeds in bringing his son back to reality, but what the family thinks is their father, ends up being a old demon that just wont quit.
The reason I refer to the film as a beating is because at the beginning the director (James Wan), gives you about 5 minutes of story setup before its scare, after scare, after scare until you wish to leave the theatre because you just can't take it anymore. It emotionally drains you and when its finished you have to beg for mercy. The reason I didn't like the movie is because it was too quick, and it was too dramatic and the story became so big it collapsed on itself. I give this film a 2 out of 4 stars.
The young director also directed 'The Conjuring', which I really enjoyed, so this forced me to think, "What didn't he do in 'Insidious', that he did in 'The Conjuring'?", James Wan made Insidious to be one big, huge scare just for scaring's sake. But he never intended for a sequel, so he and the writers had to revive something that should have died while keeping up with the pace of the first. And that's the cause for a film that will be lost to the depths of Netflix. 'The Conjuring' made sense and we were able to connect with the characters while being scared by their situation...quite a difference from being constantly attacked by violin screeches and creepy extras.
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