Sinister 2
Focus Features | Release Date: August 21, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 7, 2015
Sinister 2 is far from perfect, but it has a nobility that’s rare in much modern horror cinema. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 23, 2015
Although Sinister 2 continues the story begun in Scott Derrickson's creepily effective "Sinister," it feels more like an unnecessary retread than an organic extension of the original. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 20, 2015
Sinister 2 may be ambitious, but its best ideas are, as they're expressed, dumb, unmoving, and repetitive. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithAug 19, 2015
It’s somehow both too drawn-out and abrupt — but it’s got creepiness galore. Read full review
50
TheWrapDave WhiteAug 19, 2015
Visual stakes are heightened here, to an absurd, laugh-inspiring degree, the deaths sliding into the realm of “Saw”-style ridiculousness. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweAug 19, 2015
Sinister 2 comes up a bit short on creative resources, although director Ciaran Foy probably gets enough right to entice those partial to the original. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonAug 19, 2015
Sinister 2 doesn’t know what it wants to be, and doesn’t add up to much. Read full review
42
The PlaylistNick SchagerAug 19, 2015
Featuring none of its predecessor’s sumptuous pitch-black visuals and sense of creeping dread, Ciaran Foy’s follow-up is a misbegotten venture at every turn, in large part because it follows the horror sophomore rulebook so closely. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAug 26, 2015
Not half as terrifying as Norwegian black metal, but still one of the better found footage-gimmicked sequels in recent memory. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 25, 2015
Sinister 2 has so little connection to the first film (save for the home movies) that if you see enough horror movies, you will strain to recall the original. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAug 20, 2015
Nothing about Sinister 2 comes close to the feel-bad ode to literally and figuratively dark interiors that distinguished the title-earning original. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAndy WebsterAug 20, 2015
Despite Mr. Ransone’s goofy charm, Sinister 2 can’t claim the same finesse, substituting pedestrian plotting and a more graphic gore for the original’s restraint. Read full review
30
VarietyAndrew BarkerAug 19, 2015
A retread of such brainless, shameless lameness that it’s hard to imagine anyone begging for another installment. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyAug 20, 2015
For all its shocks and wannabe-disturbing imagery (trapped Bible-thumpers being mauled by rats etc.), nothing in Sinister 2 comes across as believably scary. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKeith UhlichAug 19, 2015
Not a moment of Sinister 2 is convincing or frightening. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezAug 19, 2015
It merely exudes an aura of cheap manipulation by which the audience is simply asked to rank the film's characters on a d-bag scale and root for their survival, or destruction, accordingly. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsKatherine PushkarAug 19, 2015
Say one thing for these killer kids: they’re creative. Read full review
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