While I agree that this wasn't as good as the first Pact movie, I tried an experiment and watched it again after watching the first Pact again.
The second time I saw it, directly after watching the first one on Net Flix, it became much clearer and more effective. I can understand people not liking this if they didn't see the first Pact, and I can understand people not liking it if they saw the first pact a few years ago, but try watching them both right in a row. There are some things that you can only understand if you just saw the first Pact, because they're small details that you'd probably forget if you hadn't just seen the first one. There are also a lot of little details that you might have missed (such as the ring) if you didn't pay close attention to Pact 2. While I usually dislike sequels, this one did a pretty good job of establishing a pattern that will hopefully continue.
The second time I saw it, directly after watching the first one on Net Flix, it became much clearer and more effective. I can understand people not liking this if they didn't see the first Pact, and I can understand people not liking it if they saw the first pact a few years ago, but try watching them both right in a row. There are some things that you can only understand if you just saw the first Pact, because they're small details that you'd probably forget if you hadn't just seen the first one. There are also a lot of little details that you might have missed (such as the ring) if you didn't pay close attention to Pact 2. While I usually dislike sequels, this one did a pretty good job of establishing a pattern that will hopefully continue.