IT WILL NEVER LET GO.

After a bloody opening where Kyle Gallner’s police officer from the first film passes the madly grinning entity on to someone else, we’re introduced to the main character of this sequel (and a new environment) – a pop star in New York who’s mounting a comeback after a very public struggle with drugs in the wake of an accident that killed her boyfriend. The fact that she begins to see strange things only reinforces everybody’s perception of her as a hopeless addict.

A good idea for this film, with an excellent performance by Naomi Scott; overlong, but visually satisfying.

2024-U.S. 127 min. Color. Written and directed by Parker Finn. Cast: Naomi Scott (Skye Riley), Rosemarie DeWitt (Elizabeth Riley), Lukas Gage (Lewis), Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson… Drew Barrymore.