The Last Exorcism Part II, Redbox Edition

This is a follow up to a pretty decent found footage horror movie from a few years back. Sadly they dropped the found footage format and went with a more traditional one. In the first movie we followed a film crew as they tried to prove a possession was being faked, and they all ended up being killed. It was a good ending, and had some very creepy moments. This film is about the young girl who was possessed and how her life is now that those events are over. The demon Ablam is no longer in control of her, and she is basically in rehab while trying to get her life together. 

Is this movie scary? That is the question you must ask of every horror film. The short answer, no. This movie is the ultimate compromise. The first movie had a great atmosphere, creepy settings, and some very nice effects. It made you uncomfortable, and put you on edge. This movie failed on every one of those fronts. We don't have a creepy family or farmhouse. We have a decent house in a good neighborhood, and a group of younger girls all hanging out. We don't get a decent story with good characters, we get a hour of nothing happening and no real build up. Even the big scene was just a let down. 

In the first film you had the exorcism scene which was well done. And you also had the barn scene where the demon really ramps up. In this movie you have a few small deaths, and then one big scene at the end. None of these managed to come close to what the original movie had to offer. The exorcism is this movie was just awful, and most of that was oddly due to how unique it tried to be. Without spoiling anything, it had a weird dialogue that just detracted from everything they were trying to do. The big chaos scene after was done in a manor so you did not see any of the violence, which in a film like this is just idiotic. And the ending lacked any of the charm of the original. How do you manage to make a horror film, and not show any of the horror? 

Skip it, and if you enjoyed the original, pretend this one never existed.