Insidious was a really great movie that came out of nowhere for me. I saw previews, which didn't impress me. I heard about all the buzz. Yawn. Then my buddy Mike was raving about it, as did that Ol' Displaced Kentuckian. I finally watched it and loved it. James Wan and Company are really damn good at ghost stories at this point.
The follow up, Insidious Chapter 2, immediately follows the events of the first one. It in general delves into the back story of the father, his abilities to travel into the "Further," and the origin of his maleficent spirit which likes him so much. I dug the beginning, but the middle lost me a little. It got into shakey cam/hand held ghost hunter mode. Of which, I am not a fan. It came back around though, and the end was very effective for me.
I kept thinking of this towards the end of the movie. There are a few parallels of the Insidious "Further" and the Black Lodge/Red Room from Twin Peaks. Anyone who knows the current me, knows I am a huge Twin Peaks fan. I don't want to spoil anything Twin Peasksy, but one obvious one is the use of the color red. The Red Door in the Further, and the Red Curtains of the Black Lodge.
Anyways. The first Insidious is definitely better, but this one is far above average and gets a recommended viewing from me! Oh, and this one is also streaming on the Netflix.
2 comments:
any tiptoeing through the tulips?
No Tiny Tim in this one PattyB
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