Look, I get it, many reviewers here have legitimate criticisms of this film and I'm not here to say they're necessarily wrong. Maybe a little bit heavy-handed at times, imo, but my experience was a little bit more positive.
I always struggled with the Insidious series of films because Patrick Wilson was also in The Conjuring films, and thematically, at least, they're very similar. So, I'd always be thinking, 'Is this the one with...?', and so on. Anyway...
So, I like the characters. Dalton was suitably dark and tortured, while his roomie Chris was fun and had good dialogue, and she was actually useful to the story, rather than the typical college sidekick who gets bumped off in the second act. Yes, a couple of the jump-scares got my arm hair standing on end. Not the kind of thing that usually bothers me but, 'ha-ha, yup, you got me there...!'
I liked that the film had a positive, upbeat ending. Call me crazy but I was relieved when there were no last-minute jump scares, although I was certainly waiting for them. That's almost counterculture for modern horror movies.
When the credits rolled and I heard the song being played, I was instantly taken back to my 20s. Who sang that originally? Oh, yes, Shakespeares Sister, 'Stay'. What a brilliant song, and a very good cover too! If you listen to the lyrics, it's as if it was written especially for this film, they fit so perfectly. Bravo. Well done, there. Although, given the way this story unfurled, I wouldn't have been surprised if the end-credit song was that old 60s Rolling Stones' number, the one that goes, 'I see a Red Door and I want it Painted Black...'
I always struggled with the Insidious series of films because Patrick Wilson was also in The Conjuring films, and thematically, at least, they're very similar. So, I'd always be thinking, 'Is this the one with...?', and so on. Anyway...
So, I like the characters. Dalton was suitably dark and tortured, while his roomie Chris was fun and had good dialogue, and she was actually useful to the story, rather than the typical college sidekick who gets bumped off in the second act. Yes, a couple of the jump-scares got my arm hair standing on end. Not the kind of thing that usually bothers me but, 'ha-ha, yup, you got me there...!'
I liked that the film had a positive, upbeat ending. Call me crazy but I was relieved when there were no last-minute jump scares, although I was certainly waiting for them. That's almost counterculture for modern horror movies.
When the credits rolled and I heard the song being played, I was instantly taken back to my 20s. Who sang that originally? Oh, yes, Shakespeares Sister, 'Stay'. What a brilliant song, and a very good cover too! If you listen to the lyrics, it's as if it was written especially for this film, they fit so perfectly. Bravo. Well done, there. Although, given the way this story unfurled, I wouldn't have been surprised if the end-credit song was that old 60s Rolling Stones' number, the one that goes, 'I see a Red Door and I want it Painted Black...'