Film Only Review: I am a huge fan of the horror genre but I find it difficult to find many genuinely interesting or original films nowadays. I therefore had high hopes for this 2011 release 'Insidious'. The film is directed by James Wan and it's biggest star is Barbara Hershey, who assumes a supporting role. The story involves an American family consisting of beleaguered mom Renai, workaholic dad Josh and their three young children. They have just moved into a typical creepy 'American Horror Story' style house when strange things begin to occur. Specifically, a terrible accident involving one of the sons, Dalton, leads to a drastic change of ...  Read the complete review

Put Halloween or A Nightmare On Elm Street on for me, and I'm completely fine. Increasingly devoid of scares, and so familiar to me that I could recite them word for word, I have no problem sitting through those old senseless slasher films. However, put me in front of the new breed of psychological horror that have been doing the rounds in the wake of such gems as Hostel and Saw, and I spend more than half the film with my eyes behind my hands. Insidious is just that type of psychological horror that cranks up the tension rather than delivering quick jolts, and is all the more terrifying for it. Opening with an eerie montage of the film's main set, the tone ...  Read the complete review

Intro I like a good horror movie, but of late I've found it harder and harder to find one, which actually scares me..................even a little. Perhaps this is because we have become accustomed to the genre and there isn't really that much left to scare us. This said this afternoon I decided to give Insidious an airing and see if for a change I could be moved into being a bit scared. Insidious Directed by James Wan Insidious is a tale of out of body experience, but from the start it wasn't particularly the storyline or the acting, which captured me. From the first frame the music of Joseph Bishara had me hooked. With strings and sound ...  Read the complete review

Leave it to James Wan, the man behind "Saw" who kick-started the whole franchise, to make another low-budget thrilling horror experience. This time there is very little gore, no limbs being hacked off, no scary man in a freaky mask telling the victims that he wants to "play a game." No, the villain here is far sneakier and sinister than that (hence the title). Plus with "Insidious," Wan ventures out into the paranormal, as seems to be a popular crowd pleaser when it comes to the horror genre these days. Even the opening score, loaded with string instruments plucking and bowing away, is similar to those of vintage horror films that scare us ..  Read the complete review

This film was directed by James Wan who also directed, produced and wrote some of the "Saw "movies between 2003 and 2010. Insidious is written by Leigh Whannell who also wrote and co-wrote Saw movies. The story ------------ In this film "Insidious" basically refers to the evil spirits which are lurking around to take over the body of a boy who is believed to be in a coma. The story is about a family who move into a typical haunted-looking house and begin experiencing paranormal activity. Soon after they move in, the son does not wake up the next morning after he falls off a ladder and hits his head - they believe ...  Read the complete review