Review of Sinister 2 (2015) by James R — 01 Jun 2017

Wow was this movie bad. I really enjoyed the first Sinister (2012) and thought while it wasn't perfect it was well acted and had some very scary moments. Continuing the story from the first film we follow this time around a mother named Courtney (Shannyn Sossamon) and her two boys Dylan (Robert Daniel Sloan) and Zach (Dartanian Sloan).

Courtney is on the run from her estranged, abusive husband Clint (Lea Coco) and is residing in an old farm where a series of murders had happened previously (she's obviously not aware). Each night ghostly children visit Dylan and force him to watch videos of various murders (which in itself is kind of the "secret" from the first film).

Anywho, the deputy from the first film (James Ransome) is investigating the murders from the first film and kind of has it figured out. He goes through each house that are on the tapes from the first film and is burning them down, so that the people who eventually move in won't be cursed by the demon Bughuul (Nicholas King).

Eventually he comes across Courtney and her children! And that's where I'll stop. The movie is super predictable. If you've seen the trailer you pretty much have seen all the jump scares. The film really lost a lot from the first one.

Maybe since it's revealed here who the real killers are unlike the twist from the first film it kinda just doesn't work. There's a lot of disturbing scenes here from home video viewings, but thats about it.

The deputy is likeable, but his interactions and dialogue with Courtney are so clunky it's just bad. Overall, if you wanna waste an hour and a half of your life go for it, but this was a cash in movie sequel I'd say avoid it.