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Paranormal Activity 2

Posted on June 1, 2015

Horror Rewatch: Paranormal Activity 2 & Disembodied Horror

Elizabeth Erwin

Released in 2010, Paranormal Activity 2 provides a prologue of sorts to the horror that was portrayed in the first film. I chose the second installment of this franchise to rewatch because it best lays out the mythology of the film as well as providing far more character development that what we saw in the original film. In a nutshell, the film follows a family that is being haunted by a demonic spirit. When the lead female character becomes possessed, the family takes drastic measures to save her and the baby whose very existence inspired the return of the spirit.

One thing I’ve been struggling with is the monster as a disembodied force in the Paranormal Activity franchise. Read more

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