Paranormal Activity 2 is a 2010 American found footage supernatural horror film directed by Tod Williams, and written by Michael R. Perry, Christopher Landon and Tom Pabst. It is the second installment of the Paranormal Activity film series. The film mostly acts as a prequel to the 2007 film Paranormal Activity, beginning two months before the events depicted in the original film, although it is set over a longer period of time and eventually concludes after the first film's ending.