When a family constantly experience break in into their home, they decided to set up cameras to catch the intruder but they get the shocker when discovered who they are up against.
22 May 1986, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 October 1982, Texas, USA
8 December 1990, Westlake Village, California, USA
21 July 1980, Manchester, Massachusetts, USA
August 26, 2015
Earns some really nice chills, especially once we hit the big finale.
October 27, 2010
Less scary than a toaster.
October 25, 2010
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.
January 04, 2011
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.
October 25, 2010
It's simultaneously a lot more expensive and a lot cheaper.
February 15, 2013
It's the scariest movie in years.
September 22, 2012
To put it simply, if you've seen the first film, then you've seen this film. There's nothing new offered here, so there's not much of a point in bothering with it.
November 09, 2013
Paranormal Activity 2 is surprisingly boring, not scary and lazily made. This is hands down one of the worst horror movies that I've ever seen.
April 28, 2015
This demon is more like a lousy roommate, turning the lights on, leaving the cabinets open and making loud noises in the kitchen while everybody's trying to sleep.
July 14, 2011
While the meagre rationing of shocks is undoubtedly frustrating for the bulk of the movie, this allows the final act plenty of room to crank the fear factor up to 11.
November 03, 2010
...reaffirms familiar scare tactics...taps into a certain kind of eeriness implicit in the threat to suburban domesticity, which was precisely what made "Poltergeist" so frightening back in the day.
October 25, 2010
Demons of mediocrity, be gone! Here we have a shrewd sequel a touch better than the original.
