SINISTER 2 – The Review

SINISTER 2 shows us just how creepy twins can be [take it from me, I am one]… but does it live up to its predecessor?

Sinister 2 follows a family as they struggle with evil. Courtney Collins (Shannyn Sossamon) moves her twin sons Dylan and Zach (real-life brothers Robert and Dartanian Sloan) to an empty farmhouse while running from the abuse of their father Clint. What she doesn’t expect, is that there are forces much worse in her new home.

Although Bughuul is in SINISTER 2 a bit more, it doesn’t make it scarier than the first film. In my opinion, I found the videos where children were acting out the murders of their families were far more disturbing. Director Ciarán Foy (Citadel) goes out of his way to explain the myth of Bughuul by going into more detail, which just ends up killing a bit of his mystery. I really did enjoy the creepy aesthetic that Foy brought to the film, however, and that it follows the children and their view points more than of the adults. James Ransone returns to do some investigating on his own in this chapter, but he seems to really only be there to move the plot along.

The Sloan brothers worked really well together, and although not identical twins (they actually have a triplet) they looked and acted enough alike to get the point across. Shannyn Sossamon’s character could have been a bit more revealing. They could have built her role up to show more layers, since she is playing an abused wife trying to protect her sons.

Parts of this film are certainly scary. The vintage 8mm films certainly had an eerie quality to them. There were definitely nods to THE SHINING and CHILDREN OF THE CORN, but something was still missing.

SINISTER 2 is enjoyable enough, as long as you don’t over think it. Can you handle that?

OVERALL RATING: 3 out of 5 stars

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