After graduating with the Class of 2012 in Oxnard, California, Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) returns home to a party being thrown by his friends and family in the courtyard of their housing complex. Jesse mentions to friend and amateur cameraman Hector (Jorge Diaz) that strange noises have been coming from the space beneath his bedroom. They…

The original Paranormal Activity was a great revisionist horror. Adapting Val Lewton’s classic less is more philosophy, the film dealt in suspense rather than cheap pay-offs, in drama rather than violence and in fear rather than gore. In short, it worked because the audience cared about the characters and didn’t know what was coming next. Wanna take a guess at why the sequel fails?