Synopsis
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
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Cast
- Patrick WilsonJosh Lambert
- Rose ByrneRenai Lambert
- Lin ShayeElise Rainier
- Ty SimpkinsDalton Lambert
- Barbara HersheyLorraine Lambert
- Steve CoulterCarl
- Leigh WhannellSpecs
- Angus SampsonTucker
- Andrew AstorFoster Lambert
- Hank HarrisYoung Carl
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
A modestly scaled and highly pleasurable sequel to Wan’s low-budget 2011 smash that should have genre fans begging for thirds. - 70
The Dissolve
Though Wan is stepping away from horror, at least for now, to direct the next The Fast And The Furious sequel, the latest Insidious entry suggests he’s a long way from running out of new tricks, or at least finding infinite variations on old ones. - 60
The Telegraph
The scares are mostly very scary indeed, and that means the film does its job. - 40
New York Daily News
Comes upon a few quirky solutions and movie-ripoff scares before settling into a kind of coma. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 40
Los Angeles Times
This busy-yet-dull sequel feels like Wan robotically flexing his manipulation of fright-film signposts, an exercise more silly than sinister. - 25
The Playlist
Why, besides a stellar opening weekend, does this extended narrative exist? - 25
Slant Magazine
A full realization of the very worst fears one could imagine when its director, James Wan, unexpectedly emerged from the torture-porn murk with its original, spiritedly directed predecessor.
