After a series of financial hardships, a man moves his family into his ailing mother's home until they're on their feet again, but when they start to realize that a series of ghastly hallucinations are due to meddling in occult rituals must uncover the truth behind everything to stop it.
This was an immensely solid and enjoyable sequel. Among its better elements here comes from the strong storyline that sets everything in motion at a generally fine clip. The main setup of the family being forced to move into the house due to financial restraints and trying to get back on their feet but continually becoming contacted by supernatural entities and hallucinations gives this a strong start with the whole idea of keeping them there by force and being unable to figure out how to stop the series of encounters from happening. That becomes even more chilling here with the whole thing leading into the series of revelations to look into what's going on which not only uncovers the reasoning for everything taking place with the connection to the black magic ritual but also the interdimensional gateway of the house sits on because of that which causes the hauntings and sets the film up incredibly well. That allows for the film to work through an immensely intriguing series of haunting scenes for quite a thrilling atmosphere. That these are brought about in rapid succession from the very start moves this along feverishly where the house being subjected to a series of supernatural beings due to the grandmother's actions before the family arrived turns everything into a great touch. With scenes featuring the son observing the grandmother and her assistant carrying out black magic practices while in the presence of the demonic beings, the strange practices that they undertake to placate them while under the guise of performing simplistic everyday tasks, or the rest of the family getting with a series of face-to-face encounters with the spirits, the ferocity and frequency of these brief hauntings gives this a great pace with the chilling atmosphere. These are more than enough to work the final half into a spectacularly intriguing series of hauntings and supernatural confrontations as the beings get far more willing to undergo more impactful encounters where the creatures emerge from the grounds of the house or a secret room closed off to the family throughout the film. With the scenes showing how everything comes together and the attempted rituals with the purpose behind them all work nicely, but it's all so rushed that it feels like skipping over crucial details throughout this section. There's very little here about the reasoning for dabbling in the dark arts in the first place or how the family got involved with their antics as the son is established as being able to tap into everything going on yet it has very little exploring the idea further. Combined with the exorcism attempt that seems to come out of nowhere with no build-up, these few factors are what brings this one down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.
