Insidious: Chapter 2
FilmDistrict | Release Date: September 13, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
14
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianMike McCahillSep 12, 2013
Wan remains a crafty enough director to draw your eye warily across the frame. You shouldn't feel so daft for flinching this time. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 12, 2013
The scares are mostly very scary indeed, and that means the film does its job. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSep 19, 2013
The techniques of the movie, then, are sound. Wan still moves his camera and composes his shots with a patience that belies his dank Saw origins. But the cinematography isn’t as virtuosic this time around. Read full review
57
Film.comWilliam GossSep 15, 2013
Backtracking dilutes the few simple jolts that actually work. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSep 13, 2013
A puzzle movie with too many unnecessary pieces and not enough essential ones, but it's superior to its predecessor in a few basic ways. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceySep 12, 2013
Continuing directly from where 2010’s "Insidious" left off, Insidious: Chapter 2 follows the further misfortunes of the Lambert family with diminishing insidious rewards. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSep 12, 2013
If Insidious 2 exists solely because Insidious 1 made a ton of money, then at least credit Wan for making quality control a priority. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatySep 12, 2013
Its lack of both originality and any real memorable moments feels shameless and lazy. Adding insult, the movie ends on a cliffhanger, guaranteeing that Insidious: Chapter 3 will soon be coming to a theater near you. Read full review
40
Total FilmMark SamuelsSep 15, 2013
"Poltergeist" goes "Back To The Future" with only passable results in a film whose activity is more par for the course than paranormal. Read full review
40
Time OutMatt PatchesSep 13, 2013
Even before Wilson goes full Jack Torrance and Barbara Hershey shows up to investigate an abandoned hospital Scooby-Doo-style, one could technically call this sequel a gorefest—thanks to the guts of every other horror movie being splattered across the screen. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghSep 12, 2013
Except where “The Conjuring” invigorated horror-movie tropes with inventive application and strong characters, Insidious only wallows in them. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 12, 2013
This busy-yet-dull sequel feels like Wan robotically flexing his manipulation of fright-film signposts, an exercise more silly than sinister. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweSep 12, 2013
Setting aside the movie’s tediously lame dialogue, self-conscious performances and frequently predicable scares, the narrative’s compulsively shifting chronology intermittently manages to engage, although it does little to obscure the distracting shortcomings of both plot and character development. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 12, 2013
Comes upon a few quirky solutions and movie-ripoff scares before settling into a kind of coma. Read full review
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