"So, are you from a cult in the woods or something?"
Just like the follow-up to The Blair With Project, this superfluous sequel abandons first-person shaky-cam and is a straightforward and largely unremarkable demonic- possession movie, but thankfully it is more watchable than the truly dire Book Of Shadows. This movie ties in neatly with the original at various points, but the storylining is somewhat wayward and it increasingly plays like a souped-up genre greatest hits exercise. It is a shame that a lot of characters and ideas seem to lack full development, especially the central 'corruption of the flesh/soul' theme, but Ashley Bell returns as the still partly-possessed Nell and does adequately. Sound stings are extraordinarily loud, there are occasional moments of real interest and tension, and there is evident effort made by all concerned to make a well-mounted and stylish film, but overall there is little here that raises it above a rather ordinary horror viewing experience. The direction taken with the character at the very end is a little surprising, but it is unlikely that a second sequel would be able to have the budget or ambition to really run with it.
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