Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

"...more scares than its predecessor...  Claudia Puig, USA Today
"...It made me jump, sweat, and chew my fingernails...  Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"...wicked fun...  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Editor's Note The sequel to the low-budget blockbuster PARANORMAL ACTIVITY takes place a few months before the events of the first film. Katie (Katie Featherston), the much put-upon leading lady in the original, has a sister living in an upscale Los Angeles suburb named Kristi (Sprague Grayden). Kristi has a new baby son, Hunter; a likable lug of a husband named Daniel (Brian Boland), who owns several fast-food joints; a teenage stepdaughter from her hubby's first marriage, Ali (Molly Ephraim); and a large, friendly dog. As the family gets used to the new arrival, strange noises are heard late at night and when they come home from an outing, they discover the house has been trashed, even though none of their valuables have been stolen. Daniel responds by installing a security system and a network of surveillance cameras, though that doesn't stop the noises or the Latino housekeeper's insistence that spirits lurk in the home. When Katie and her boyfriend, Micah (Micah Sloat), stop by for a visit, they discuss the strange goings-on with Kristi; the women of the house believe supernatural forces are at work, while the men find that notion ridiculous. That doesn't last long, as the spirits get noisier and angrier, especially when Ali begins doing some research on the subject, and before long the safety of the household is being threatened on several fronts, possibly due to some dirty dealings in the family's distant past.

	Sprague Grayden
	Brian Boland
	Molly Ephraim
	Katie Featherston
	Micah Sloat
	Seth Ginsberg - Co-Star
	William Juan Prieto - Co-Star
	Jackson Xenia Prieto - Co-Star
	David Bierend - Co-Star
	Vivis - Co-Star
	Peter A. Brown - Sound
	Michael Simmonds - Director of Photography
	Michael R. Perry - Story
	Michael R. Perry - Screenwriter
	Mark Binder - Sound
	Mark Binder - Sound Re-Recording
	Nick Shaffer - Sound Re-Recording
	Almost Human - Special Makeup Effects
	Mark Dippé - Visual Effects Designer
	James Moran - Assistant Director
	Rob King - Stunt Coordinator
	Tom Pabst - Screenwriter
	Rick A. Osako - Production Manager/UPM
	Elizabeth R. Rosenbaum - Set Decorator
	Michelle Liu - Costumes
	Christopher Landon - Screenwriter
	Hammerhead Productions - Visual Effects Designer
	Tod Williams - Director

Entertainment Weekly
"[A] shivery-skillful, highly worthy fear-factor sequel....You'll watch and wait for the unknown and be jittered with pleasure when it arrives." -- Grade: B 10/21/2010

USA Today
3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]his diabolical thriller delivers spine-tingling jolts and scream-inducing moments." 10/22/2010

Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "[The writers] adeptly tap into a host of middle-class anxieties, among them the fear of home invasion and the nightmare of an unattended infant being home along." 10/22/2010

Hollywood Reporter
"Director Tod Williams manages to effectively ratchet up the tension as the horrific events escalate, with long, static takes that keep the audience on edge..." 10/22/2010

Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "PARNORMAL ACTIVITY 2 serves as both a sequel and a prequel, and the team Oren Peli has assembled deserves credit for beefing up and rounding out his original narrative without letting it mutate into something unrecognizable." 10/22/2010

Los Angeles Times
"[W]hen the jolting thud or a frisson of movement comes, it can only feel like a warning shot straight from hell." 10/23/2010

A.V. Club
"[W]hat was scary once is scary twice, like a carnival funhouse remodeled with a few new mirrors and spring-loaded spooks." 10/22/2010

Variety
"Though more briskly edited than its predecessor, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 likewise takes its time, springing the first big jolt only after a full hour, after which things escalate fast." 10/22/2010

Detroit News 7 of 10
...This is a date-night fright fest that delivers the goods, and will have you checking behind the door when you go to bed at night all over again... - Adam Graham