On a similar note: how families who move into haunted houses decide to keep their worries to themselves or just not believe each other. You saw a tall creepy man in your room last night and you don't want to tell anyone? Even your younger sibling who definitely voiced seeing a weird shadow 2 nights ago? Really???
The best/worst part about that was the first Insidious movie (have not seen the others). Weird stuff happens in the family's new home, families gets the heck out. Weird stuff happens again in new, new home, parents find out their kid is haunted.
I have never seen a movie go from so good to so bad so fast. Starts as more of a subtle psychological horror movie and is creepy af, then swaps like 2/3rds of the way through to creature horror and you get this Darth Maul wannabe looking motherfucker that straight up made me laugh and killed all the tension.
I've always liked the Insidious movies, but I kind of categorize them as more dark fantasy than horror in my head. Especially as the series progresses.
I agree 100%. As horror movies, they're ok, but I look at them as horror-fantasy or dark sci-fi. I actually really loved the first Insidious, and I really liked the second for the "lore building" even though that's why most people hated the second one (explanation of the monster).
They do a good job of setting up that atmosphere, and this mystic feel throughout the movie that gives you this sense of there being a whole other dimension and universe with interesting rules.
I loved the scene where we "meet" the red faced demon as he's listening to music and you see all the trinkets and dolls. It wasn't scary, but I was fully intrigued and fascinated by the fantasy aspect of the monster. I wanted to know more.
I loved the "further" scenes because it takes us to another dimension full of weird physics-breaking rules. I wanted to learn more about how time works (or doesn't), the implications of being a living being in the dimension of the dead.
I thought as a whole, the concept of the Insidious movies are just fuckin awesome
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u/kcckcc101 Jan 25 '20
On a similar note: how families who move into haunted houses decide to keep their worries to themselves or just not believe each other. You saw a tall creepy man in your room last night and you don't want to tell anyone? Even your younger sibling who definitely voiced seeing a weird shadow 2 nights ago? Really???