Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.
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.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
4 Jan 2011
rotten:
Less scary than a toaster.
– Ben Kenigsberg,
Time Out New York,
27 Oct 2010
fresh:
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.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
25 Oct 2010
rotten:
It's simultaneously a lot more expensive and a lot cheaper.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
25 Oct 2010
fresh:
Demons of mediocrity, be gone! Here we have a shrewd sequel a touch better than the original.