It is time for a horror movie to keep you up at night. This time is Insidious 4th sequel, Insidious : The Last Key. Horror movie is best to watch at night time with extra sweater to cover your eyes a bit whenever it gets to the scary-open-the-door-scene (you know when it comes to that). Continue on to read my review of this movie.
Trailer
Starring: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Kirk Acevedo, Caitlin Gerard, Spencer Locke, Josh Stewart...
Synopsis
Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet - in her own family home.
Verdict:
3/5
Review
Kids STILL makes a good horror movie
I keep saying this when I reviewed Anabelle and IT movie last time and is still the case now. Kids can make the best horror movie. The first part of the movie tells the story of the earlier life of Elise and her family, where she grew up and the gift that she had that put her to troubles with her family. Played as young Elise is Ava Kolker , a stalked on her IMDB page said :
Ava Kolker has been acting one way or another from the time she could walk and talk.
Source: IMDB
This just sums it all on her acting in this movie.
NAH! AVA KOLKER COMING! COVER YOUR EYES!
Confusing prequels, sequels, and flashbacks
If you have been following Insidious franchise, you would know that it is not easy to catch up with the overall story and can be confusing— unless you keep a note about it which most of us didn't do. This is my review of the overall franchise, not directed to this sequel alone. So, this 4th movie release is actually no 2. in the pecking order.
It’s a sequel to “Insidious: Chapter 3,” but a prequel to the original “Insidious.”
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I will put it in a picture where it is fit in the timeline:
Synopsis thanks to IMDB
Horror film finding its humor side
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The character of Tucker and Specs shed a bit of light humor to this intense drama. For me, both of the characters really helps in terms of much needing time to tone down intense action in the movie. The flirting antics of these two is quite an amusement to the audience.
Less scarier than before
Watching Insidious: The Last Key can be excited to some to experience the horror effect in the cinema. However, expectations are high and this movie put most of its burden on 74-year old Lin Shaye to single-handedly provide terrifying moments to the audience. In addition, a ghost with a key somehow seems a lazy idea for me.
Does Elise have a niece that can carry her task in helping people?
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Imogen Rainier played by Caitlin Gerard is a niece of Elise Rainer that has a psychic ability like her aunt. I wonder where this character is going with Insidious not making any sign to stop production.
Overall, I think that the world is still shaken by the first Insidious in 2010 directed by James Wan itself. Horror movies is taking the world by storm and we have high expectations on what movie can scares us at night.
Thanks for reading
Jen
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