Sinister 2 is a 2015 supernatural horror film directed by Ciarán Foy and written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill.
It is a sequel to the 2012 film Sinister and stars James Ransone, reprising his role from the original film, alongside Shannyn Sossamon. The film follows the now ex-deputy as he attempts to put an end to Bughuul's curse, while a boy is being tormented by the entity's previous victims who lived in the house where he, his twin brother, and mother now reside, hiding from his abusive father.
The film was released theatrically in the United States on August 21, 2015, and was distributed by Focus Features. It received negative reviews from critics, with criticism for its jump scares, horror clichés, and story, while Ransone's performance received some praise. The film grossed over $54 million against its reported budget of $10 million.
Sinister 2 was a co-production of Alliance Films, IM Global, Blumhouse Productions, Steady Aim Productions, Tank Caterpillar, Inc., and Automatik Entertainment. The film utilized 16 mm film, vinyl records, and ham radio broadcasts in the film's storyline, unlike the first film which utilized 8 mm film in the story's home movies and snuff films.
The film received a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 14%, based on 91 reviews with an average rating of 4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sinister 2 has a few ingredients that will be familiar to fans of the original; unfortunately, in this slapdash second installment, none of them are scary anymore." Metacritic gives the film a score of 32 out of 100, based on reviews from 17 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 12, 2016.