My problem with the second one was really more a color thing than anything else. I hated the color tones of the house. The artwork didn't work for me at all. The first one had this nicer kind of muted grey, green, red, black kind of thing going on. The 2nd was kinda'... red, brown, cream, yellow... hated that. The third looks better in this regard (at least from previews). Either way, I enjoyed the first two for what they were. I don't own the second, but I thought the plot twist was pretty cool. They aren't cerebral movies, but they're much better than your average slasher flick. So I'm down to see the third.