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Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2

Horror · Mystery · 2010

Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.

Movie details

Paranormal Activity 2

“In 2009 you demanded it. Nothing can prepare you for what's next.”

2010 Horror · Mystery 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.7 / 10

114K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

58 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

53 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Paranormal Activity 2?

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Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tod Williams

Written by

Michael R. Perry · Tom Pabst · Christopher Landon

Sprague Grayden

Sprague Grayden

Kristi Rey

Brian Boland

Brian Boland

Daniel Rey

Molly Ephraim

Molly Ephraim

Ali Rey

Katie Featherston

Katie Featherston

Katie Featherston

Micah Sloat

Micah Sloat

Micah Sloat

S

Seth Ginsberg

Brad

W

William Juan Prieto

Hunter Rey

Court is in session

Put Paranormal Activity 2 on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.