Supernatural domestic abuse drama Sinister 2 is an ungainly combination of two different narratives. Neither story is, independent of the other, particularly imaginative. But when seen as extensions of each other, both the film s demonic possession/ghost story main narrative and its tragic domestic drama subplot are eccentric enough to make you wish they were much better. Director Ciaran Foy ( Citadel ) and co-writers Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill take on more than most horror films do, but fail to bring anything novel or thoughtful to a story about the cyclical/inherited nature of victim/bully roles. The film s creators have the right ideas, in that sense, but no clue as to how to develop them, making the film s formulaic characterizations, and cheap jump scares that much more frustrating. Sinister 2 is so close to being a good movie that everything bad about it seems ten times worse.