Paranormal Activity 2 Review

Back in 2009, Paramount Pictures made a low budget film called Paranormal Activity which told the story of a young couple who find out they have a poltergeist in their new home. It was shown for a limited run in america where people had to vote on whether or not it was shown in cinemas everywhere for a longer run. leading to the eventual release of it in cinemas all over the world and also leading to the annual halloween horror film taking the crown from the Saw franchise.

Paranormal Activity 2 is more a prequel than sequel however in the last 5 minutes of the film it shows you what happened after the events of the first film. It tells the story of Katie's sister Christine and her family who move into a new house and in the morning they find their house trashed. Thinking it is a thief they get security cameras installed but find out something much worse.

I found it pretty interesting the way the camera switched between birds eye view with the security cameras and first person with the camcorder and it was great the way the poltergeist attacked during the day instead of only at night although this one provides less shocks and cliffhangers. Also great to see fresh new faces instead of just two people.

All in all good sequel but in my personal opinion they should finish it with paranormal activity 3 this year as it will never be able to achieve as many sequels as Saw and be successful. ***