They don't dream, you know. The dead don't dream, and the dead never sleep.

          They wait, they watch for a way to get back.

The sequel takes place approximately six months after the events of the first movie. Rachel Keller and her son Aidan, hoping to put the distressing events they have endured behind them, have moved from Seattle to the quiet coastal community of Astoria, Oregon. Rachel begins a new job at a local newspaper, working for Max Rourke.

Before long, there is news of a teenage homicide in town. The details surrounding it sound all too familiar to Rachel, who decides to investigate. She finds the corpse of Jake, a young man who has watched the cursed videotape. Nearby is Jake's friend Emily, who is alive but badly traumatized by Samara's attack. Rachel finds that Jake's face, like that of the other victims, has an expression of horror. As Rachel is about to leave, an apparition of Samara reaches out to Rachel, saying "I found you" before disappearing.

Rachel finds and destroys the tape. At the exact same time, and likely in response to the destruction, the television at Rachel's house turns on to the well, and Samara appears to Aidan. He starts to develop hypothermia, and is covered with bruises. Later, Rachel's house shakes and rattles in a manner similar to the actions of a poltergeist. At a local fair, Aidan can see Samara in a mirror, drawing closer. As they leave the fair, the car is repeatedly attacked by stags, drawn for some reason to Aidan.

Aidan is hospitalized. The staff, particularly psychiatrist Dr. Emma Temple, suspect Munchausen by proxy on Rachel's part and won't allow her to be near him. Desperate for answers, Rachel travels to Seattle to dig deeper into Samara's past and origins. She discovers that Samara was not Richard and Anna Morgan's biological child. She tracks down Samara's birth mother, Evelyn, who tried to drown Samara as an infant and has been living in a mental institution ever since. Meanwhile, Dr. Temple meets with Aidan, who is behaving very differently, possessed by Samara. When Dr. Temple refuses to let Aidan see Rachel, he/Samara inflicts some kind of horrific psychic assault on her.....

Evelyn insists that Samara had no father, other than an entity from the sea and advises Rachel to "be a good mother" and "listen to her baby" when she seeks advice on how to deal with Samara. Rachel drives back home, only to find that Max's car is outside of her home. She walks in, and Aidan hugs her from behind, scaring her. Rachel looks to the side, seeing that Max's coat is on the chair. Rachel starts to suspect something. Rachel tells Aidan that she needs something in the car. She goes outside, only to see that Max's car is still parked outside. She walks up and opens the door, only to find that he had been killed in the same way that the other victims have been. Rachel then goes inside, into her room, and tries to sleep. Rachel and Aidan learn that Samara can't hear them when they're sleeping, so they communicate in dreams. Aidan tells Rachel what she must do. In order to stop Samara, she must drown Aidan.

Whilst such actions may result in Samara's spirit leaving Aiden's body, I don't think that she will give up so easily and rachel must battle with this spirit if she is to protect her son and maintain her own life.

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