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Connected, in a lazy sort of way, to Oren Peli's low-budget/high-profit cult smash, Paranormal Activity 2 tries hard to capture the roughshod appeal of its source material, but can't help but come off comparatively dull. (This is what happens when you spend money on stuff!) Shifting the first-person home-vid paranoia from original haunted couple Katie and Micah to the cutesy family home of Katie's sister (aw, they have an infant and a dog!), this Paranormal employs many of the same tricks as the 2009 hit, which makes for plenty of bland jump scares that you'll discard in the trash receptacle on your way out of the theater. A demon-bait newborn child and a glib teenage daughter are inadequate replacements for the trembling verity that powered the original. —Drew Lazor

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Official Site: www.paranormalmovie.com

Rating:	R
Director:	Tod Williams
Release Date:	October 22, 2010 (Nationwide)
Running Time:	91
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Producer:	Jason Blum, Oren Peli
Genre:	Horror
Advisory:	for some language and brief violent material