The Last Exorcism Part II

It's like a protracted teen drama with a low-budget supernatural showdown tacked on the end.

A movie that doesn't go for the spectacular but slowly and surely a dullness pervades.

By the time the kamikaze crows start dive-bombing the church windows, and the shape-shifting demon appears in a hoody and a Venetian carnival mask, the whole thing has degenerated into a mumbo jumbo gumbo.

It's a bit disconcerting seeing the words "Part II" here.

The movie bellyflops abysmally in its second half.

An inventive Satanic shocker, which is much more than we expected.

The Last Exorcism 2 is another in 2013's long line of tepid horror.

Manages to replace pretty much everything good about the original with a string of horror movie cliches. This is a film that serves very little purpose, except perhaps to milk a few more bucks out of unsuspecting movie goers.

An earnest and well-made character-based horror flick that's simply not all that interesting.

...belongs alongside the horror genre's myriad of other needless sequels...