The Last Exorcism 2 (2013)

I’m beginning to love horror movies that are rated PG-13 more and more. Why? Because they don’t solely depend on violence and gore, they don’t need sex scenes (because how many times has that been the cause for terror in a horror movie anyway?), and they can keep the profanity to a minimum. Most, not all, of them are amazing and tend to have stronger stories and more real scares than their R rated counterparts. “The Last Exorcism 2” is a perfect example of a great PG-13 horror movie, just as the original film was too. The atmosphere and pacing were perfect and set up the second half of the film just right.

This is a great film to end a week about possession because it’s all about a girl who was possessed in the first film and is now trying to keep the demon from taking over once again.

The film begins almost immediately after the first film, when Nell was last seen giving birth to a demon. She ends up scaring the crap out of couple when she ends up invading their home and found crouching on their kitchen counter. Fast forward a bit and Nell is now in a house for troubled/orphaned older teens. She slowly let’s her guard down and becomes friendly with the other girls (remember, she was home schooled after her mother died). She gets a job as a maid for a hotel and develops a crush on the owner’s son. She gets to experience Mardi Gras and while she’s out, a street performer tells her that “they’re happy” that she’s back. This is when the film begins change and takes its tragic course as the followers and powers of the demon Abalam begin to surface, beginning with Nell having hallucinations of dead father.