The Pact 2

[1] The movie is a sequel to Nicolas McCarthy's 2012 film The Pact and has Caity Lotz returning to reprise the character Annie Barlow, who must once again deal with a bloodthirsty murderer.

After cleaning Ford's apartment, June is haunted by a silhouette of Judas and has a vision where Maggie is killed by a woman.

The two try to ask the assistance of Annie's psychic friend, Stevie (Haley Hudson), but the latter states that she cannot help and that she and her brother, Giles, will move out of town.

Though the two decide to end the search, Annie agrees to cooperate further when she realizes that June's father might have been her uncle, Charles.

Daniel admits that he is the copycat killer and that Charles speaks to him, telling him that June should continue the Judas legacy.

Critical reception for The Pact 2 has been negative,[2] and the film holds a rating of 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews.

[6] The Village Voice panned the film, writing "The Pact, the original, makes this guy (embodied by Mark Steger) seem monstrous, a thoughtless grub-man nightmare hatched in some grim nook of your home you never bothered to clean up.

[7] Variety was somewhat more positive in their review, commenting that the "Performances are okay, though this is one of those movies in which somebody thought it was a good idea to have most of the characters forever rattling each others" nerves - a tactic that only makes their interactions more annoying, not more suspenseful.

Indeed, tension is pretty tepid throughout, despite decent-enough assembly that includes some nice work from composer Carl Sondrol and d.p.