Starring: Katie Featherston

So I’ve just seen the movie, “Paranormal Activity 2” today. Since I liked the first one, I decided to see the second one to see how much it improved. Here is my review:

Plot/Synopsis: This film is taken place several months before the haunting of Micah and Katie Featherston from the first film. Kristi Featherston, who is Katie’s sister, is the leading character in this film lives in a huge home with security cameras installed. Kristi lives in the home with her husband Dan, they have a son together named, Hunter. They also live with a dog named, Abby, and Dan has a daughter named, Ali, who is also Kristi’s step-daughter. As the family tries to live their everyday lives in the home, strange things start to happen. Kristi and Ali begins to think that there is a ghost in the house, but Dan wouldn’t believe them. The surveillance cameras would capture all the ghostly moments that happen during the night.

I really liked the first “Paranormal Activity” film, but there were a lot of problems in the writing and the camera work. The first film was entertaining, yes, but it could have been better. So what did I think of “Paranormal Activity 2”, the sequel? There is definitely a huge improvement. I thought it was a perfect horror film all around. This is what a horror film is supposed to be. Scary, low budget, no blood & gore, no crazy special effects, etc. The writing and camera work of this film was MUCH better than the last. The film did a great job keeping this realistic, they made it seem like something like this can happen in real life. The film was unpredictable. I didn’t know what was going to happen next, every time I guessed, I was wrong. I never really jump at horror films, but I actually jumped off of my seat a few times.

This movie is actually scary as hell. Seriously, it is. True horror at it’s best. We need more horror flicks like this. All them teen slasher flicks with blood, gore and naked girls are getting old after a while. This film didn’t have any of that. That’s what makes horror films scary. Lots of twists and turns, and the film did keep me at the edge of my seat. The ending was better than the last one as well. I won’t talk about the ending of course. I can give you a hint, that Katie does return to this movie but not very much, she only has a small role in this film.

I was very impressed with the film. It’s got to be one of the best new horror films I’ve seen in a long time. This film has a bit of an Alfred Hitchcock feel. I never really get spooked watching horror films since I’ve been watching them for years so I’m pretty used to it. I was actually kind of spooked with this one. I thought the film was fantastic! This is the way to do horror!

Score for “Paranormal Activity 2” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev