Halloween Movie Month 2 [Paranormal Activity 2]

So I'll admit it, I enjoy the Paranormal Activity series for whatever reason. The fourth movie which I got home from earlier will be posted after this is. I watched this earlier today partly to be familiar with the events leading up to the fourth, but also to review it as I've done one and three. I thought maybe I'd finally come around to liking it more than seeing Katie in her bikini.

Paranormal Activity 2 is a sequel set before the events of the first movie. In 2006 the Ray's home is "burglarized" where the only thing taken is Kristi's (Sprague Grayden), who just had a baby, necklace that was given to her by her sister Katie (Katie Featherston). Dan (Brian Boland) installs cameras around the house to make the family feel safer. Their maid, Martinez (Vivis Cortez), who now thinks the house has an evil spirit in it burns sage while the parents are out on a date, they come home and Dan is uncomfortable with what she is doing and fires her.  Their daughter, Ali (Molly Ephriam), begins to investigate strange goings on in the house and gets locked out one night investigating a loud bump she heard. Ali also learns that demons can make deals with humans by sacrificing their first-born son and realizes Hunter, the newborn, is the first newborn male in the family. These paranormal acts begin to increase in severity and the Ray family is tormented by an unseen force that seemingly wants them. 

This movie is still the weak-link for me for whatever reason. It improves upon the story and lore of the PA universe. Te acting is solid enough, the characters are relateable, and the scares work like with the rest of the movies. I can just never get into it. I will agree though that the end of the movie is good. Like with the rest of the series, everything fires up near the end in the movie and its well worth trudging through the slow pace of it all. 

This is a short review cause I don't have much to say about this. If you like the series you're gonna watch this. As I said it improved upon everything established in one, even if I can never get into it. The series, even at this point, is in a groove and really doesn't break new ground. It's a solid sequel to a good modern horror movie. Plus you know, Katie in a bikini.

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Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #1: Halloween II

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #2: The Devil's Rejects

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #3: Friday the 13th Part II

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #4: Scream 2

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #5: Evil Dead 2: Dead Before Dawn

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #6: Trick 'r Treat

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #7: Planet Terror

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #8: SAW III

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #9: The Cabin in the Woods

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #10: Barricade

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #11: The Collector

Halloween  Movie Month 2! Movie #12: Hostel

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #13: Silent Hill

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #14: SAW IV

Halloween Movie Month 2! TV Shows #15: Community
Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #16: Scream 3
Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #17: Sinister
Halloween Movie Month 2! TV Show #18: American Horror Story