I loved watching the first one and I heard the second was even better, so I was ecstatic to finally go out and see this one.
SPOILER ALERT: I'm speaking in a sense that the reader has already seen this movie.
It was obvious this movie was pulled out of their asses for the money. This prequel/sequel, was heavily tied with the first, hitting theaters only a year later. It did a great job of enriching the story of the first, but canceled out all of the alternate endings to the first.
What was different about this movie compared to the first was the use of surveillance cameras placed all around the house. Each view covered large portions of the house, so every time the night would come, your eyes would dart across the screen looking for things to happen in each room. It added to the suspense quite a bit (for me at least).
A lot more jump scenes were added to this movies as opposed to the first which directly attacked your psyche. There were a few unnecessary jump scenes such as a bird hitting the window or a rat crossing the screen in the basement, but other jumps felt like they were right at home. The one scene that really got the audience going was when all of the cabinets in the kitchen flew open. The bang was so loud and the entire screen spontaneously exploded that the audience couldn't help but scream. The scare factor in my nerves were so high that instead of jumping out of my seat, my body was subconsciously cringing into a ball as I desperately tried not to let my eyes slam shut. I didn't want to miss a single thing.
It seems like there's space for a possible trilogy, but I can't quite put my finger on what it would be about. People suggest that they could go back to how the grandmother made the pact with the demon, but what are the chances of there being footage of that? Others suggest that it be based on the surviving girl, Ali searching for Katie and Hunter, but she wasn't even directly related to the family. My cousin suggested that they go where Katie and Hunter left off, but that wouldn't make sense because their whereabouts are supposed to be unknown. Not only that, since the possessed Katie has Hunter now, theoretically he should be dead. The baby was supposed to be a sacrifice wasn't he?
Other questions:
Why was Katie's necklace the only thing missing in the beginning, when the demon wanted the baby in the first place?
How did the burnt photo end up in Katie's attic?
How did the cross remove the demon and burning the picture transfer it?
And why wasn't the demon repelled when Katie held the cross in the first movie?
Why did the demon have to possess someone in order to get the baby?
What happened when the demon got the baby to walk to the basement? Seems like nothing happened that night.
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