Review of Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) by Joseph C — 07 Aug 2012

Ok. Seriously. These movies aren't scary. Stop it. Now.

Granted, this one is a little cooler than the first one, but "cool" doesn't = "frightening".

Easily over half the movie could be just cut out without losing anything, there are too many long slow build ups to things that aren't even scary (do we seriously need several minutes to build up to a door moving by itself?), and when it does pay off...well...it isn't scary! I'm sorry, I've seen people get dragged around and thrown in closets before...and done better.

If you want an actually frightening found footage movie, stick with "Apollo 18".