MJB784 I was disappointed. It was just ok. The movie had a few jolts, but it wasn't as interesting because the family was boring and it was also a custody movie about the abusive father taking the kids away from his ex-wife. It was very weird watching both a heartfelt drama about an abusive father and an evil creature wanting to take a child away and kill the family. I realized it's especially hard to make a sequel to Sinister because he's just going to haunt another family, take children and can't die.

rafaelrdm With new horror movies such as Truth or Dare establishing the bottom of the barrel even lower, I don't think it's fair to give it an score bellow average. As for the movie, it has a decent plot and certainly very good acting but, it sort of fails to create a horror setting. The woman is oblivious to everything that's happening with her children which sort of kills the mood, and the ghost children are not scary at all. The ending definitely feels rushed, it happens so fast and it doesn't explain how the boy overpowered his entire family and strapped them as scarecrows. If this part was done in a better way, maybe this movie could have been a hit.

Nigel P For a story about a bereaved mother with two young sons, this could have been a lot worse. I have a low tolerance for bratty depictions of troubled youngsters in films like this, and the often dewy-eyed mother's intense efforts in trying to 'understand' them. Luckily, that kind of drippery is in short supply here, with Director Ciaran Foy clearly more concerned with horror atmospherics.For any unacquainted with the original, it is difficult not to notice how little explanation there is for events here. In some ways it is a good thing that we head straight into the thrust of the narrative, but in others it must be frustrating playing 'the long game' in order for newcomers to be enlightened about the ongoing story.The main protagonist is Bughuul from the earlier film, who looks very much like the lead character in Top Cow's 'The Darkness' comics. He makes surprisingly brief appearances here – such restraint is commendable, although it would have been nice to see a little more of him. Perhaps nice is the wrong word.There are several story strands here, but sadly, only the evil ghostly children's growing influence on young Zack (Dartanian Sloan) has any sense of progression. Other interesting elements, like Zack becoming the bully his father Clint (Lea Coco) was, and the father's abusive behaviour towards the likable Courtney - as well as her relationship with the 'Ex-Deputy' - are plot-threads presented more or less in isolation amidst everything else, and they remain severely under-developed and subsequently not as interesting as they deserve to be.Despite the convincing acting, I feel that too much reliance is placed on the young cast members. It is too much to ask that scenes of such horrific 'weight' to them should be adequately conveyed by the juniors.The highlight for me here is Tomandandy's amazing, doom-laden score. Throughout, the music adds an extra layer of intensity and dark foreboding. The soundtrack is available to buy and makes for pretty unsettling listening on its own.

blee0744 The current IMDb rating of 5.3 is at least 3 points higher than the movie deserves. The budget for the move is shown is $10 million, and I am willing to bet that none of it went toward writing a decent script. And I say this in spite of the fact that I have a very low quality threshold when it comes to horror movies.