More of a parody than a serious horror film Cast: Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Rose Bryne, Lin Shaye, Andrew Astor Rating: 2/5 The fir...
More of a parody than a serious horror film
Cast:
Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Rose Bryne, Lin Shaye, Andrew Astor
Rating:
2/5
The
first jump scare actually scares you, but the jump scares that follow are
nothing short of dumb and cheap ways to evoke fear in the audience. Patrick
Wilson’s directorial debut seemed to be going in the right direction for a
couple of minutes till it wavers. Shot on 35mm film or maybe it was emulated to
look like 35mm film, Insidious: The Red Door throws around the theme of
generational trauma like most horror films do, but does one thing wrong: they
never actually explore it properly; the Further was interpreted by
screenwriters Leigh Whannell and Scott Teems as a metaphor for generational
trauma and that seems like a good idea as long as it’s executed properly. Patrick
Wilson is a great actor, especially in his work in indie films and he could’ve
used all his Broadway training alongside his training in horror films and indie
films and made this film a good film, and it looked like he was trying but he
failed.
To
put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged
Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their
family’s dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk
behind the red door. What separated Insidious: The Red Door from being as
good as the first Insidious is the lack of a sense of driving force behind it.
You never understand what the film is trying to convey or what the director
wants to convey with this. It seems like it was directed by an AI who was fed
every generic horror film made after the 90s. The screenplay seems to be 10
pages long because nothing ever happens in the film, every scene is stretched to
its max. The cinematography is the only good thing with some interesting
editing choices like that scene in the beginning when Wilson’s character texts
his son.
Running
for an excruciatingly painful 107 minutes, Insidious: The Red Door fails to
find its footing in a genre full of both mediocre and great films.
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