Sent to live with her relatives, a young girl finds that the evil preacher who has targeted her in the past has returned once again seeking to go into the light side with her help and tries to put an end to his reign of terror on her and her family once and for all.
This here wasn't all that bad of a sequel in the series. Among the better qualities here is that this one at least attempts some new ideas as the move into the urban area rather than the suburbs or countryside is more than welcome and allows for some traps that might be from an unknown source. That the whole film mostly takes place inside the apartment complex is the main source of scares in the film, with the scenes in here coming from an unexpected action occurring from a familiar location. There's the scene at the window while the series of hallway mirror gags are some of the most suspenseful ones in the entire series as they range from trying to pull her into the mirror to the ghosts appearing unexpectedly in the reflections along the wall, and are quite imaginative and clever. There's also the appearance in the garage that really leaps out of the screen, as does the rather chilling hypnosis session at the school where she demonstrates what's really going on. The last half hour is undoubtedly the best of the film as all sort of great scenes come up and the pace quickens as the film really picks up once the spirits attack, from retrieving the daughter and finding out their real identities to the spectacular series of encounters in the frozen kitchen and finally the fun action scenes in the garage that are far more enjoyable than they really should be. This alone makes the film exciting and watchable. Aside from those, there really wasn't a lot else going on. It's biggest problem is that it just lags a lot in the beginning with needless and uncommonly grating exposition that is hard to get through. It's what really hurts the film, as it just makes it a chore to sit through at points with everyone just continually shouting the girls' name seemingly every other sentence. The cheesiness of the film is also a hurting factor since there's no real jump scares in it and it has to rely on it's shock moments, but after that there's really nothing to the film. It's a real shame as this had a lot of potential, but with one cheesy, over-the-top scene featuring cheesy ghost dimensions just wears you out. The middle section is the most obvious example, as too much time is spent on the initial discovery of the haunted apartment while the teen antics on display are also a great distraction, feeling entirely out of place and in no real help to the film. It could've easily been taken out with no real damage done. The last flaw here is the film's overlong finale that goes for way too many endings and should've ended sooner. Otherwise this one wasn't all that bad.
Rated PG-13: Violence, Language and children-in-jeopardy.
This here wasn't all that bad of a sequel in the series. Among the better qualities here is that this one at least attempts some new ideas as the move into the urban area rather than the suburbs or countryside is more than welcome and allows for some traps that might be from an unknown source. That the whole film mostly takes place inside the apartment complex is the main source of scares in the film, with the scenes in here coming from an unexpected action occurring from a familiar location. There's the scene at the window while the series of hallway mirror gags are some of the most suspenseful ones in the entire series as they range from trying to pull her into the mirror to the ghosts appearing unexpectedly in the reflections along the wall, and are quite imaginative and clever. There's also the appearance in the garage that really leaps out of the screen, as does the rather chilling hypnosis session at the school where she demonstrates what's really going on. The last half hour is undoubtedly the best of the film as all sort of great scenes come up and the pace quickens as the film really picks up once the spirits attack, from retrieving the daughter and finding out their real identities to the spectacular series of encounters in the frozen kitchen and finally the fun action scenes in the garage that are far more enjoyable than they really should be. This alone makes the film exciting and watchable. Aside from those, there really wasn't a lot else going on. It's biggest problem is that it just lags a lot in the beginning with needless and uncommonly grating exposition that is hard to get through. It's what really hurts the film, as it just makes it a chore to sit through at points with everyone just continually shouting the girls' name seemingly every other sentence. The cheesiness of the film is also a hurting factor since there's no real jump scares in it and it has to rely on it's shock moments, but after that there's really nothing to the film. It's a real shame as this had a lot of potential, but with one cheesy, over-the-top scene featuring cheesy ghost dimensions just wears you out. The middle section is the most obvious example, as too much time is spent on the initial discovery of the haunted apartment while the teen antics on display are also a great distraction, feeling entirely out of place and in no real help to the film. It could've easily been taken out with no real damage done. The last flaw here is the film's overlong finale that goes for way too many endings and should've ended sooner. Otherwise this one wasn't all that bad.
Rated PG-13: Violence, Language and children-in-jeopardy.