Insidious: The Red Door

I went to the movies with my girlfriend that she doesn't like horror movies. So, she was scared about this one. I'm a big fan of good horror ones, so consequently I gave it a try to this one even the big red flag (+13). First, the movie is weak. It doesn't work as a whole story keeping in mind it's the fourth statement. It's boring and it doesn't add anything to the genre. The script is predictable as an episode of kitchen nightmares. Second, the big letdown. It is not scary. Even for teens. What had happened to Hollywood? Is this the best you can do to try to scare the audience? A shame and a wasted opportunity. So, overall a waste of time. A predictable movie from beginning till the end, were *spoiler* NOBODY DIES!!

If you've seen Insidious & Insidious: Chapter 2 congratulations! You've already seen this movie. Insidious: The Red Door is a very underwhelming finale to the once promising franchise. They start off with making Josh and Dalton forget the events of Insidious 1 & 2 which makes their relationship very awkward. The reason why i say you've seen this movie before is because it's literally the first two movies without the coma & Josh being possessed. Dalton realizes he can astral project again and gets caught again. Josh goes into The Further and saves him...AGAIN. There's no explanation to The Further or the demon that constantly haunts Dalton. The only new information taken from this movie is that Josh's father could Astral Project & he died in a mental hospital. Other than that there is nothing new brought to the table. Showing the two assistants from the first movie, Elise & the red faced demon was not enough to cover up the fact that this is a horrible movie. The Jump scares are lazy. They try to force a relationship between Dalton and Chris (terribly written character btw). It's just a lot of stuff going on that has very little to do with the main plot. I never thought i'd see a Bob Ross horror film until now. If you told me that the only way to stop the demons in Insidious was to PAINT i would laugh...until i realized you were 100% serious. Save your money people.

The guy sitting next to me covered his ears for literally the entire movie. I don't blame him, as there were a frustrating amount of obnoxious, tasteless jump scares. But an equal amount of the scares were EXTREMELY effective, involving clearly thoughtful placement of disturbing imagery and refreshing patience. Patrick Wilson's extensive experience in horror films gave him insight on how to craft atmosphere. I just wish he would have done it more often. The story does find good reasons to exist-to continue this long-delayed franchise. It explores themes of memory that feel like a natural continuation of the Lambert's story. And it culminates in an emotionally satisfying ending. It's just that the script too often falls upon stilted, unnatural dialogue and is paced without a sense of progression, and it makes this movie a lot less effective and memorable than it could have been with the many good ideas on display.