Sinister 2

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Sinister 2

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2015

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Hiding from her abusive, estranged husband, Courtney Collins lives in a rural house with her 9-year-old twins, Dylan and Zach. Young Dylan receives nightly visits from ghoulish kids who show him disturbing images of families being slaughtered. It's all part of the grand plan of Bughuul, the evil spirit who recruits innocent children to murder their loved ones. The only hope for his intended new victims may be a former deputy who's familiar with Bughuul's fiendish work from the past.

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Critics Consensus

Sinister 2 has a few ingredients that will be familiar to fans of the original; unfortunately, in this slapdash second installment, none of them are scary anymore.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Not half as terrifying as Norwegian black metal, but still one of the better found footage-gimmicked sequels in recent memory.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 27, 2015

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

There comes a point when you have to say no to these horror sequels. There's no skill or idea visible anywhere, just the sound of money being sucked from your pockets.

Aug 26, 2015

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Nick Schager

The Playlist

Ransone's tone-deaf performance helps validate this knuckleheaded story's portrait of cinema as a potential gateway to pain and suffering.

Rated: C-

Aug 25, 2015

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Superficially faithful to the original film's subtle horror, this sloppy sequel diffuses what one character calls "the aesthetic observance of violence" into the safely ludicrous and lifeless.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 5, 2025

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

...a profound mess of a movie.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Overall, this is D-level material, and the only genuine shock it delivers is that it didn’t debut on VOD or Netflix.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 29, 2022

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Samuel S

Not as harrowing as the first, but still made me jump and the story was interesting. Overall a decent horror flick with some good scares!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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Deshawn F.

Ok movie the first one jus set the standards too high

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/24/25

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Joyce M.

They tried to make it through this one with more exploitative family death scenes. Didn't work.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/17/25

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Lioz E

It’s a good movie, I support some of the comments here that suggest you to ignore the critics. The movie delves deeper into the story which I think is very interesting. I would say the first one is better, but the second is worth a shot and it’s really not a flop as it seems from most of the reviews I read here.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/20/25

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Lavish C

There are no words to describe how immensely bad this piece of garbage is, even more so in comparison to the magnificent first one. Watch if you hate yourself.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/25

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Alejandra C

Not as good as the first one and the first one wasnt even THAT good. It shoulda stayed with one film tbh

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Synopsis

Hiding from her abusive, estranged husband, Courtney Collins lives in a rural house with her 9-year-old twins, Dylan and Zach. Young Dylan receives nightly visits from ghoulish kids who show him disturbing images of families being slaughtered. It's all part of the grand plan of Bughuul, the evil spirit who recruits innocent children to murder their loved ones. The only hope for his intended new victims may be a former deputy who's familiar with Bughuul's fiendish work from the past.

Director: Ciarán Foy
Producer: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson
Screenwriter: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Blumhouse
Rating: R (Language|Bloody and Disturbing Images|Strong Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.7M
Runtime: 1h 37m

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