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A mysterious old woman (Philip Friedman) stands near an ominously lit back window. She smiles and then the screen flashes to black. |
A mysterious old woman (Philip Friedman) stands near an ominously lit back window. She smiles and then the screen flashes to black. |
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A couple, Renai and Josh Lambert ([[Rose Byrne]] and [[Patrick Wilson (actor)|Patrick Wilson]]), and their three kids have recently moved into a new house. One morning, Renai begins looking through a family photo album. Her son, Dalton ([[Ty Simpkins]]), joins her. He asks why there are no pictures of Josh when he was a child, to which Renai reasons that he has always been camera shy. After Dalton tells Renai he is scared of his new room, she calms him down and stacks a few books on a nearby shelf. Later, after finding those books lying on the floor, Renai tells Dalton to put them back after he looks at them, but Dalton claims that he didn't touch them. Sometime later, as Dalton is playing, he hears noises in the attic and goes to investigate. He steps on an old ladder to turn on the light when it breaks, causing Dalton to fall. He starts screaming after looking at a shadowy corner. Renai and Josh help him, then tuck him into bed, confident he only took a minor fall and scared himself. The next day Josh goes to wake Dalton, but he does not move. They rush him to the hospital where the doctors say he is in an unexplained [[coma]]. Three months later, still in a coma, they bring Dalton home to care for him there. |
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| ⚫ | Over the next few days, terrifying and disturbing paranormal events begin to occur. One night, after arriving home late, Josh is confronted by Renai about the mysterious happenings in the house, which she thinks is haunted. Although Josh doesn't believe her, Renai shows him a bloody sharp-nailed handprint on Dalton's bedsheets. Shortly afterwards, Renai is almost attacked by a mysterious man in the bedroom, which triggers the house alarm. Josh rushes to Renai, but he finds no one else in the room. Since Josh cannot |
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| ⚫ | Over the next few days, terrifying and disturbing paranormal events begin to occur. One night, after arriving home late, Josh is confronted by Renai about the mysterious happenings in the house, which she thinks is haunted. Although Josh doesn't believe her, Renai shows him a bloody sharp-nailed handprint on Dalton's bedsheets. Shortly afterwards, Renai is almost attacked by a mysterious man in the bedroom, which triggers the house alarm. Josh rushes to Renai, but he finds no one else in the room. Since Josh cannot ignoreals in paranormal activity. Later, the family, Elise and her team, go into Dalton's room. There, she sees something on the ceiling and describes it to one of her men, who draws it. After a long moment, Renai walks towards the man and snatches the sketch he was drawing. It turns out to be a dark, demonic figure with a red face. |
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Elise explains to Renai and Josh that Dalton has the ability to [[astral projection|astral project]]. This means that he can wander around the parallel spirit world, which she calls "the Further", and interact with the lost souls of the dead and demons. He does this in his sleep, which he thinks are simply dreams. She also reveals that his astral projection has attracted a very powerful red-faced demon, which has drawn Dalton into "the Further" and separated him from his body in the hopes that he can take it over for his evil purposes. His human body is still in the real world, but his spiritual body is inside "the Further". Elise and Lorraine reveal to the couple that Josh also can astral project, and that he was terrorized by an old, terrifying spirit during his childhood. Josh's mother then shows them forgotten pictures from Josh's childhood. In each picture, a shadowy old woman lurks ever closer behind Josh. The spirit is shown to be the scary old woman from the beginning of the film. Elise suggests that Josh should use his ability of astral projection to enter "the Further" and free Dalton's soul. Josh agrees, and Elise instructs Josh on how to enter "the further", which he does successfully. Josh finds Dalton and leads him out of the disturbing and strange room, narrowly escaping the red-faced demon. Just before Josh himself escapes, he confronts the old woman. He repeatedly yells that he is unafraid of her. The old woman retreats and appears to have been scared off. Josh awakens, so does Dalton. |
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Elise explains to Renai and Josh that Dalton has the ability to [[astral projection|astral project]]. This means that he can wander around the parallel spirit world, which she calls "the Further", and interact with the lost souls of the dead and demons. He does this arrowly escaping the red-faced demon. Just before Josh himself escapes, he confronts the old woman. He repeatedly yells that he is unafraid of her. The old woman retreats and appears to have been scared off. Josh awakens, so does Dalton. |
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| ⚫ | Later, Dalton, Renai, and Lorraine are in the kitchen, eating. In the other room, Josh converses with Elise when she notices something strange about him. She grabs a camera from her bag and snaps a picture of him. Suddenly, Josh goes into a rage and strangles Elise. Renai hears the noise and runs into the room to find Elise dead. She calls out to Josh, but receives no answer. She picks up the camera that Elise used from the floor and screams. She sees, not a picture of Josh, but the same, eerie old woman instead. Just then, Josh assures Renai that he's right there and grabs her shoulder. She turns around, terrified, gasps, and the screen cuts to black, leaving Renai, Josh, Dalton, and Lorraine |
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| ⚫ | Later, Dalton, Renai, and Lorraine are in the kitchen, eating. In the other room, Josh converses with Elise when she notices something strange about him. She grabs a camera from her bag and snaps a picture of him. Suddenly, Josh goes into a rage and strangles Elise. Renai hears the noise and runs into the room to find Elise dead. She calls out to Josh, but receives no answer. She picks up the camera that Elise used from the floor and screams. She sees, not a picture of Josh, but the same, eerie old woman instead. Just then, Josh assures Renai that he's right there and grabs her shoulder. She turns around, terrified, gasps, and the screen cuts to black, leaving Renai, Josh, Dalton, and Lorraine to die. |
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| Insidious | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | James Wan |
| Written by | Leigh Whannell |
| Produced by | Jason Blum Jeanette Brill Oren Peli Steven Schneider Aaron Sims |
| Starring | Patrick Wilson Rose Byrne Barbara Hershey Lin Shaye Andrew Astor Leigh Whannell |
| Cinematography | David M. Brewer John R. Leonetti |
| Music by | Joseph Bishara |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | FilmDistrict |
Release dates | [1] |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $48,662,261[3] |
Insidious is a 2010 horror film written by Leigh Whannell, directed by James Wan, and starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne. The film was released in theaters on April 1, 2011.[1]
Plot
A mysterious old woman (Philip Friedman) stands near an ominously lit back window. She smiles and then the screen flashes to black.
Over the next few days, terrifying and disturbing paranormal events begin to occur. One night, after arriving home late, Josh is confronted by Renai about the mysterious happenings in the house, which she thinks is haunted. Although Josh doesn't believe her, Renai shows him a bloody sharp-nailed handprint on Dalton's bedsheets. Shortly afterwards, Renai is almost attacked by a mysterious man in the bedroom, which triggers the house alarm. Josh rushes to Renai, but he finds no one else in the room. Since Josh cannot ignoreals in paranormal activity. Later, the family, Elise and her team, go into Dalton's room. There, she sees something on the ceiling and describes it to one of her men, who draws it. After a long moment, Renai walks towards the man and snatches the sketch he was drawing. It turns out to be a dark, demonic figure with a red face.
Elise explains to Renai and Josh that Dalton has the ability to astral project. This means that he can wander around the parallel spirit world, which she calls "the Further", and interact with the lost souls of the dead and demons. He does this arrowly escaping the red-faced demon. Just before Josh himself escapes, he confronts the old woman. He repeatedly yells that he is unafraid of her. The old woman retreats and appears to have been scared off. Josh awakens, so does Dalton.
Later, Dalton, Renai, and Lorraine are in the kitchen, eating. In the other room, Josh converses with Elise when she notices something strange about him. She grabs a camera from her bag and snaps a picture of him. Suddenly, Josh goes into a rage and strangles Elise. Renai hears the noise and runs into the room to find Elise dead. She calls out to Josh, but receives no answer. She picks up the camera that Elise used from the floor and screams. She sees, not a picture of Josh, but the same, eerie old woman instead. Just then, Josh assures Renai that he's right there and grabs her shoulder. She turns around, terrified, gasps, and the screen cuts to black, leaving Renai, Josh, Dalton, and Lorraine to die.
Cast
- Patrick Wilson as Josh Lambert
- Rose Byrne as Renai Lambert
- Barbara Hershey as Lorraine Lambert
- Ty Simpkins as Dalton Lambert
- Lin Shaye as Elise Reiner
- Andrew Astor as Foster Lambert
- Leigh Whannell as Specs
- Angus Sampson as Tucker
- Jeannette Sousa as Dr. Trimble
- Chelsea Tavares as Terri
- Philip Friedman as The Old Woman
Production
The screenplay is written by Leigh Whannell, and the film is directed by James Wan.[4] The film was shot in Los Angeles in early 2010.[5] The film was originally called The Further. This name was then changed to The Astral, before the name Insidious was eventually settled on.[6] The film was shown at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
Reception
Insidious has received mixed to positive reviews. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 65% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 126 reviews, with an average score of 5.9/10. The critical consensus is: "Aside from a shaky final act, Insidious is a very scary and very fun haunted house thrill ride."[7] Roger Ebert gave the movie 2 1/2 stars out of 4 saying "It depends on characters, atmosphere, sneaky happenings and mounting dread. This one is not terrifically good, but moviegoers will get what they're expecting."
A number of negative reviews reported that the second half of the film did not match the development of the first. Mike Hale of The New York Times wrote that "the strongest analogue for the second half of “Insidious” is one that the filmmakers probably weren’t trying for: it feels like a less poetic version of an M. Night Shyamalan fairy tale."[8] Similarly, James Berardinelli commented, "[i]f there's a complaint to be made about Insidious, it's that the film's second half is unable to live up to the impossibly high standards set by the first half."[9] Ethan Gilsdorf of The Boston Globe wrote that "[t]he film begins with promise" but "[t]he crazy train of 'Insidious' runs fully off the rails when the filmmakers go logical and some of the strange gets explained away as a double shot of demonic possession and astral projection."[10]
Positive reviews have focused on the filmmakers ability to build suspense. John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal explains "[w]hat makes a movie scary isn't what jumps out of the closet. It's what might jump out of the closet. The blood, the gore and the noise of so many fright films miss the horrifying point: Movie watchers are far more convinced, instinctively, that what we don't know will most assuredly hurt us... 'Insidious' establishes that these folks can make a film that operates on an entirely different level, sans gore, or obvious gimmicks. And make flesh crawl."[11] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell admire all sorts of fright, from the blatant to the insidiously subtle. This one lies at an effective halfway point between those extremes."[12] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone commented: "Here's a better-than-average spook house movie, mostly because Insidious decides it can haunt an audience without spraying it with blood."[13] Christy Lemire of the Associated Press stated: "Insidious is the kind of movie you could watch with your eyes closed and still feel engrossed by it. It's a haunted-house thriller filled with all the usual creaking doors, groaning floors and things that go bump in the night, but it'll also grab you with some disturbing, raspy whispers on a baby monitor, a few melancholy piano plunkings and the panicky bleating of an alarm as a front door is mysteriously flung open in the middle of the night."[14]
Box office
The film opened with $13,271,464 in its first weekend, making #3 in the box office, and followed with $9.7 million in its second weekend for a current total of $45 million. Against a budget of only $1,500,000, the film is a box office success.[15]
References
- ^ a b "Haunted House Film Insidious To Be Released on April Fool's Day". Shockya.
- ^ Kaufman, Amy (March 31, 2011). "Movie Projector: "Hop" will jump over rivals this weekend". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "Insidious (2011)". Box Office Mojo. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne Topline Insidious". ComingSoon.net.
- ^ Dave Davis. "Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne are feeling Insidious". JoBlo.
- ^ Garth Franklin. "Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson Are "Insidious"". Dark Horizons.
- ^ "Insidious Movie Reviews, Pictures". Flixster. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ Mike Hale (2011-03-31). "Movie Review - Insidious". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ James Berardinelli (2011-04-02), Insidious, Reelviews.net, retrieved 2011-04-09
- ^ Ethan Gilsdorf (2011-04-01), Insidious, boston.com, retrieved 2011-04-09
- ^ John Anderson (2011-04-01), 'Insidious': Scary Eyeful of the Unknown, The Wall Street Journal, retrieved 2011-04-09
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Michael Phillips (2011-03-31), Insidious Movie Review, Chicago Tribune, retrieved 2011-04-09
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Peter Travers (2011-03-31), Insidious, Rolling Stone, retrieved 2011-04-09
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Review: `Insidious' mixes shocks and laughs, news.yahoo.com, 2011-03-30, retrieved 2011-04-09
{{citation}}: Text "Christy Lemire" ignored (help) - ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for April 1-3, 2011". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
