Sinister 2 is the reason I have trust issues with critics

Are you high?
The dialogue and performances were atrocious.
And the Xanax sidekick of Sinister 1 doesn't make sense as the lead character in Sinister 2.

In fact no Xanax sidekick makes sense as any lead character.

I'd assume that the actors are all talented and the casting agency top notch. So neither of those are to blame. Yet the performances sucked. So either the editor did a rush-job or the director, aside from the f* up production permise to begin with.

Sinister 2 is passable, but barely!!

No wonder you liked it since you also rated Paranormal Activity 2 and Insidious 2 nine out of ten, rofl.

(Post with spoilers)

I don't care about critics except for my own opinion and in my opinion, this movie started very good, but it demolished itself along the way especially during the ending chapter. It relied way too much on the jump scare (then again, most horror movies that I've seen does), the deputy character is not interesting except for that minor part where he managed to sweep away the policemen during the first encounter with the husband (why is his name is called So & So any way?), and disregarding some other factor or faults that I barely remembered, some of those feats that were done by the children against their parent/brothers/sisters is very impossible to be performed, given to their length and small stature (especially the crocodile part).

The Bughul and the other children might've helped them though, who knew but the part that tick me off when the deputy just rammed the kid in the end and yet, wow, he's still alive without bruises. Instead of running away in the car, they decided to go through the cornfield and didn't even bothered looking for any weapon of self defense in the kitchen they went through, not to mentioned that the deputy barely defended himself despite he is much larger than the kid and supposed to be a former policemen, which is entirely and surely should had learnt some combat technique during the training period before he get the badge. The flaws were high and the deputy, being the driving character that we were supposed to follow is not really interesting, which spelled doom for such a person like me whom like to follow the main from the start and attempting to be attached with them but I grow to dislike him even further instead. Of course, my opinion, fellas. Shoot away the next message.

but thrice as original.

I personally couldn't stand it. Seems like only 32% of the general audience liked it according to general audience ratings

For one thing, the lead actor gave a cringeworthy performance. Looked like a poor man's version of Christian Bale on coke doing a clumsy impersonation of Bruce Campbell... lol

I found this one scarier then the first. I think it maybe for a more personal reason as the first revolves around a father losing his hold on the family. I am not married and don't have kids so while it is creepy, I was able to separate myself from it. The conflict between brothers on the other hand is something I'm better able to relate to and I found myself relating to both children quite a bit more then I wanted to. And while my bother probably won't see it (he lost interest in horror movies), he'd probably feel the same way.