A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

First off I have to admit that I did not see the first film and I am wagering that has no significant impact on this films value. "Knock Knock 2" after watching the found footage horror flick left me fragmented in my opinion of it. The film follows four 20-somethings on a joyful horror venture to some pretty famous haunts around the L.A. area on Halloween night. Directed by Chris Sheng and starring Adain Cardei, Jordan Elizabeth, Alexander Popovic and Stephanie Love Underwood "Knock Knock 2" is stereotypically found footage. It is a paranormal ghost story that mirrors other stories but told in a reluctantly creative way. After taking their joy ride to several areas of famous deaths such as Sharon Tate, The Black Dahlia, and George Reeves they venture to one final haunt before calling it a night. This is where the story really begins to take hold and validate the plot line and basically it's whole reasoning for being made. I say that because although the movie starts with the innocent general get-to-know-the –cast routine and set up the following events there is really nothing of value or interest that happens for nearly thirty-six full minutes of this film, maybe longer. Even the trips to the first haunts seem trite. Harsh I know.How this movie manages to leave me fragmented is in the sudden and emotionally charged way the action and nightmare really takes off. Once the group get to that final f*cking horror house the sh*t really hits the fan. The tension and suspense picks up. There is a sudden chill to the atmosphere of the film that makes you thankful that you held on to the story instead of hitting stop or quitting the film. The camera stylizing is typical trick ponies as far as found footage go but in this film you are given a clear and present environment as opposed to some dark shady questionable surrounding that leaves you wondering "where are they?". The death scenes are not all that gratuitous or gory but they happen suddenly with eerie background sound effects and the impact of what unfolds is intense and entertaining. So "Knock Knock 2" is one of those that fits kinda in the middle of the paranormal found footage pile that has come out lately. It isn't a bad movie to watch, just hang in through the first thirty-five or forty minutes. It isn't one that will leave you scratching your head either- thinking how creative or intense the minds behind it must be. This paranormal ghost flick is great for the casual horror watcher that doesn't want to be too grossed out or deal with too much suspense and yet it has enough of a scare as it picks up in the middle to really leave you holding your breath at the end. I am glad I saw the film but don't think I would have missed much waiting for it to hit cable networks either.

It was a dumb movie and a waste of time to watch. its pretty much about four 21 year olds driving around standing on peoples lawns then they get locked into the 1666 house the screen is black most of the time. It wasn't scary at all to me, i don't get the point of it. It was like watching a home movie that friends made. It was hard to keep up with what was going on with it going black all the time and all you would hear is noise but never found out what the noise was i just wasn't scared. To me the whole movie was pointless. You could make a better video off your phone than this one. I was surprise liongate is the one that made this movie i was expecting more since they were the makers. It like a cheap and fast way for them to make money. All you need is your phone, an abundant house, and four friends and bam you can make this movie maybe even better lol.

Nice try, Lionsgate, but I question the 'genius' move of renaming this movie Knock Knock 2 for a myriad of reasons. It obviously has nothing at all to do with the first one, it's in a completely different sub-genre (the first was a slasher while this is a found footage film) Plus I strongly doubt anyone of the 15 people who had the supreme misfortune of seeing the first Knock Knock would ever want second helpings of that cinematic cesspool anyway.But I digress, this movie regardless of the title is utterly awful. Imagine "Paranormal Activity" made with a lot less money, few fewer scares (knock knock 2 has none whatsoever), worse actors, and a woefully unengaging storyline. Now this film is 5 times worse than whatever you've just thought of. A complete mess beginning to end and a sure sign that I've run out of viable options to rent from Redbox.My Grade: F

I saw this movie listed under new releases today(08/06/2012) on the PS3 network along with 5-6 other new horror films. I watched the trailers for all of them and found "Knock Knock 2" to be the best of the bunch. The trailer had a nice creepy feeling to it, classic voice-over to sell the movie, and it was from Lion's Gate films. So I rented it and start to watch and found myself right away enjoying the chemistry between Jordan and Aiden. I also enjoyed Beckett and Steph but I found myself vested in Jordan & Aiden's story. This movie could have been good but it was flat out boring. After our crew head out to visit various Hollywood murder sights the film hits a brickwall. We spend roughly the next 45 minutes riding around in a car and looking at houses. The snooze factor kicks in when they begin repeating wiki info on each house that we had already heard at the start of the film. When we finally reach the '1666' house, we get a lil sliver of hope. In a nice bit of gender role reversal the ladies want to go in but the guys don't. Once inside the house we return to the snail's pace of the first hour(of one hour and twenty-four minutes). Our characters freak out, try to escape the house, fight amongst themselves, one disappears, and repeat the formula. The simple truth is I kept watching the 'murder tour' part of the film because the trailer sold me on the characters being trapped in the house. Only it turns out the two minute trailer showed 10% of their time in the house. Breakdown: Acting: 6/10 Direction: 2/10 Story: 0/10 Scares: -1/10