Insidious Chapter 2 [Includes Digital Copy]

Director: James Wan James Wan

Overview

The Lambert family learn their struggle with the supernatural is far from over when a long-buried secret plunges them back into a terrifying world of darkness. Director James Wan reteams with screenwriter Leigh Whannell for this horror sequel starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, and Ty Simpkins.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/24/2013
UPC:	0043396424401
Original Release:	2013
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	28,286

Special Features

Peripheral vision: behind the scenes; Ghostly transformation

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Patrick Wilson	Josh Lambert
Rose Byrne	Renai Lambert
Ty Simpkins	Dalton Lambert
Lin Shaye	Elise Rainier
Barbara Hershey	Lorraine Lambert
Leigh Whannell	Specs
Jocelin Donahue	Actor
Lindsay Seim	Actor
Danielle Bisutti	Actor
Andrew Astor	Actor
Steve Coulter	Actor
Tom Fitzpatrick	Actor
Garrett Ryan	Actor
Hank Harris	Actor
Tyler James Griffin	Actor,Actor
J. LaRose	Actor
Joseph Bishara	Composer
Angus Sampson	Tucker
Corbett Tuck	Actor
Heather Tocquigny	Actor
John Binder	Actor
Ruben Pla	Actor
Caslin Rose	Actor
Ben Woolf	Actor
Ty	Actor
Michael Beach	Sendal
Brooke Peoples	Neighbor Jessica
Edwina Findley	Front Desk Nurse Hillary
Stephanie Pearson	Dark Haired Woman
Jorge-Luis Pallo	Brian
Priscilla Garita	Natalie
Jenna Ortega	Annie
Sienna Farall	Coma Ward Nurse

Technical Credits

Leigh Whannell

James Wan	Director
Leigh Whannell	Screenwriter
Jason Blum	Producer
Oren Peli	Producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones	Executive Producer,Producer
Steven Schneider	Executive Producer,Producer
Peter Schlessel	Executive Producer,Producer
Charles Layton	Executive Producer,Producer
Lia Buman	Executive Producer,Producer
Xavier Marchand	Executive Producer
Jordan Alphonso	Special Effects
Beau Baker	Sound Effects
Rachel Corrales	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

In most cases in which a low-budget independent film becomes such a hit that it earns a sequel, the second movie gets flooded with all of the cash that the first movie lacked. This can ironically be a recipe for crap, with the sequel lacking all of the magic that got it greenlit in the first place. Interestingly, this is not a problem for director James Wan's follow-up to his 2010 horror yarn Insidious, 2013's Insidious: Chapter 2. This sequel seems to have been shot on a similar shoestring budget, relying far more on careful pacing, smart camerawork, and an awful sense of dread than expensive sequences or spectacle. The movie picks up where Insidious left off, with veteran medium Elise (Lin Shaye) having just been killed, presumably by a ghost, in the service of helping rid the troubled Lambert family of their pesky connection to the netherworld. In the days and weeks following, Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) exhibits an obsessive desire to get things "back to normal," while his wife Renai (Rose Byrne) becomes increasingly freaked out by the half-heard murmurings coming from the baby monitor and the piano possibly playing itself in the next room. This all happens after Josh and Renai move their kids in with Josh's mom Lorraine (Barbara Hershey), who, of course, has some inside knowledge about her family's receptivity to supernatural forces. The story ends up following Lorraine as she investigates whether she knows any evil people who might have died, thus creating a good candidate for haunting and possessing her family. Meanwhile, Josh and Renai go on a Shining-esque descent into hysteria. Much like with the first movie, the moment-to-moment scares are clever and often legitimately terrifying, while the sequences that seek to actually explain things can feel kind of silly. In fact, some of the scenes in which dead people have dialogue veer straight into Mommie Dearest-style campiness, complete with frilly white gowns and goth pancake makeup -- which isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on your expectations.