Three years later everyone returns to continue the adventures of the Lambert family and their connection to The Further in Insidious: Chapter 2, picking up right where the original left off. It has a gigantic hurdle in figuring out how to stay fresh when you have to out of necessity do more telling rather than rely on the freshness of showing, and Wan and Whannell’s choice is to dig deeper into the mythology and Josh Lambert’s (Patrick Wilson) connection to the The Further and the mysterious old woman briefly introduced in the first film. It makes for a very solid, if for me slightly underwhelming sequel that nonetheless has more than a few moments and scares to make it a worthwhile trip…

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Hooptober 11.0 – Insidious (2010)

Being Film #7 for Hooptober 2024

I’m ashamed it took this many years to realize how close the phrase “inside of us” looks like the title of Insidious, the first holy shit crackerjack film in the now-ended franchise from James Wan and Leigh Whannell creators of the Saw phenomenon. I was never a big fan of that franchise, stalling out after the second film, but this? And it’s PG-13? Next to Poltergeist this is the scariest PG-13 film I’ve ever seen. Just crackling with energy and fun.

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Hooptober 8.0 – Malignant (2021)

Being Film #2 for Hooptober 2021

Malignant is many things. It’s proof that James Wan lost none of his horror chops having made the leap to massive big budget fare like Aquaman and the Fast and Furious franchise. It’s a high camp tribute to giallo, filtered through the lens of a guy whose first movie involved the her sawing off his own foot. It’s also a film you can pretty much figure out in the first 20 minutes, but then become more and more delighted as that solution metastasizes into a truly ridiculous climax that will have you laughing and cringing in equal measure.

ChrisSeptember 16, 20211 Comment

Cinema Dual (TEST SITE)

Examining a life through the media we consume. In other words, I’m reviewing all of my physical music media in alphabetical order, one day at at a time. Except when I don’t, as has been the case for the past few years. Still, we march onwards…Coffee essential, but not mandatory

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Hooptober 11.0 – Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

Hooptober 11.0 – Insidious (2010)

Hooptober 8.0 – Malignant (2021)