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They ain't saying, really. Apparently, this time, Katie's convinced the demons are out to get her baby nephew.

THE VERDICT: The screening for this inevitable follow-up to 2009's no-budget moneyspinner was held the night before its release – which either means they really, really needed those extra few days in the editing suite, or it's a dog. The trailer was pulled from some cinemas in America, after complaints that it was too frightening, so, here's hoping. Then again, does anyone remember that woeful Blair Witch sequel?

Review by Paul Byrne 

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• Currently 2/5 Stars.

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• • Currently 2/5 Stars.

  The_Dystopian

  

  Effectively scary, but the novelty of the first film is gone, the build-up gets so drawn out as to be sometimes plain boring, and there are a few unintentional laughs. A handful of decent jump scares make this film worth a punt for Halloween, but it is nowhere near the original.

• • Currently 2/5 Stars.

  TheAngelicDiablo

  

  While not a subtle and slow building as the original, When Paranormal Activity 2 offers scares and it offers them in a big way. Whether or not you'll find this exciting more or less comes down to how you spooked you got by the first one.

• • Currently 2/5 Stars.

  ging-grr

  

  I liked the first installment even if it was a slow builder. This one is again slow to build and does have some good fright scenes, however I have to say I found the linking storyline weak and flawed, I won't say where my main problem lies as that would be a spoiler, something I try never to put in reviews. If your in the mood to just turn your mind off and get spooked out this may be what your looking for, though I would advise to just watch the vastly superior first part.

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  Massman

  

  I thought it was ok, built up tension well and there were some shock moments!

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  mserf42

  

  Saw this last night at Horrorthon, not as scary as the original mostly because some of the humour takes you out of the experience (release the kraken) breaking the build up of dread that was present in PA. I found the LOUD noise scares as effective as the original and the structure of the movie was quite smart (ie links to PA). Like any of these found footage movies if you allow yourself to be drawn into the story you will enjoy but if you are one of those people who sit back and "know" that is a movie counting the seconds to the next "jump" you will be disappointed.

• • Currently 1/5 Stars.

  peteclarke

  

  Awful! Nothing really happens. So boring. Go see 'Eat, Pray, Love' if you want a fright.

• • Currently 1/5 Stars.

  WildRose86

  

  One star, as there's the odd jump and one oooh moment. Otherwise pretty badly acted and pretty much the same story as the first one with added "Why are the character filming this crap?"

• • Currently 1/5 Stars.

  Doomofman

  

  Talk about an insulting movie... If you want the Paranormal Activity experience... Go find yourself a computer program that'll make a loud noise at random intervals, turn it on,turn the lights off and sit for an hour and a half.. Viola... It really is painfully bad... Entertainment for people with brain cells in single digits...

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  maircc

  

• • Currently 4/5 Stars.

  TheSpecs

  

  As horrors go, I think this one was pretty good. It was substantially better than the first film and exceeded my expectations immensely. I don't understand why people give this movie a really bad review and speak so highly of the first one. The first one was ****.

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