Insidious Chaper 2 review now in theaters (contains spoilers from "Insidious" only)

The same writing/ directing team associated with Chapter 1 is on board for Chapter 2, which is nice.  James Wan directing and Leigh Whannell writing.

When we last checked in with the Lambert family, young Dalton was crossing over into the dark world where he truly didn't need to be.  His father Josh also has the gift of astral projection into other worlds and he went in after him.  Josh had been haunted by "the Black Bride" a bride dressed in a black wedding dress and it was feared that she might take Josh's or Dalton's body.  Dalton returned to his own body, but something went awry with Josh's return and we felt it was a set up for a second installment.  We were making the correct assumption.

In "Insidious: Chapter 2" we are seeing that Josh may have come back with someone attached or  broken, if at all.  This entire movie is about them finding out more about the history of the Black Bride since certainly she must have followed Josh back into our realm and of course combating her in whatever way they can.

Since there's not much else I can tell you about the story without spoiling, I will tell you that both the young version of Elise (from the first installment) as well as the old version are NOT very good actresses.  The younger was worse, but they were both fairly terrible.  Elise's two minions are back for some much needed levity.  They both have video cameras and it seems as if the creators are introducing their take on the "found footage" phenomenon while staying true to the same type of storytelling they had in the first "chapter".

Who did not return for part 2?  The red crazy fan of Tiny Tim.

I liked this one more than part 1, however, it was far less frightening and far less disturbing.  It will still scare some people.  There is an overlapping element too that I really liked in the plot, that again, I can't say anything about without spoiling anything.  Be aware that Chapter 2 sets things up nicely for Chapter 3. 

Overall, this if you liked the first one, you will definitely like this one.  I'm going to give this a "worth the evening price of admission" because let's be honest, who's going to go and see this during the day?

Lastly, there's nothing after the credits so don't bother hanging out.  You're welcome!