Insidious: The Red Door

This entry and hopefully conclusion to the franchise was not a masterpiece, but also wasn't bad either. It is a typical horror film and one that made me jump a few times which is something movies don't seem to make me do anymore. It is no where near as good in story as the first two films, but is better than 3 and 4 by a long shot. I don't think this movie had the same tone as the first two which was hard to get used to, but wasn't bad either. Unlike other reviews, I enjoyed the first 2/3s of the film more than the ending that seemed sort of rushed and random. It is a must see for fans of the franchise, but for a casual movie goer this might not be your thing.

It was very slow paced, and dragged on, the storyline was a little dull and not like the others, I thought the last one wasn't as great, but it was much better than this one, I was so excited to have the main cast back, and to see another installment, I was hoping it would dive deeper into the further, and see many more evil characters, but it was not meant to be, it was the same old rehashing from previous movies, the whole collage thing put me off the most, and making it upto date modern gen z stuff was so boring, I could have done without that, it built slowly and didn't land, there was like 5 jump scares, and that was about it, I'd like to say something different, and I'm not moaning to just moan, but it wasn't good and my advice, don't waste your time.

Come on Blumhouse, can you come up with better horror films than this lately. Thoroughly disappointed with this movie. What was the point? We already knew everything that happened in the movie, it was nothing new, it was very predictable. The movie was very slow and boring. No new material or creatures or scenes or anything that kept you on the edge of your seat. There were a couple jump scares but nothing exciting. The storyline was really dull and was exactly what we knew from previous movies about the evolution of Insidious. When it was over, you were left feeling, why did I spend money for this?!

Ten years ago, Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Dalton Lambert (Ty Simpkins) are hypnotized to forget their astral voyage to the Further. On the present days, Josh has divorced Renai Lambert (Rose Byrne) and is estranged from his son. During the funeral of his mother Lorraine Lambert, Renai suggests Josh to drive Dalton to the university to reconnect with him during the journey. However, when they arrive at the dormitory, they have an argument and Josh returns home. Dalton is an Arts student and his Professor Armagan (Hiam Abbass) asks her students to go deeper in their inner fears and Dalton discovers a red door. Soon he is haunted by demons from the Further.

"Insidious" (2010) is maybe the best horror movie of the Twentieth Century. "Insidious: The Red Door" is a disappointing sequel of the original story. The pace is not adequate and the screenplay is messy and not good. Impressive how Ty Simpkins has grown up since the first film and has become a tall man. But unfortunately, the plot is boring and predictable. Maybe the great expectation created in the viewers and fans of "Insidious" is to be blamed since it is very difficult to achieve to make such a great film again. The character Chris Winslow helps to ruin the film with her jokes that break the tension. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Sobrenatural: A Porta Vermelha" ("Supernatural: The Red Door")

As a longtime fan or horror and someone who found that interest through the insidious and conjuring universes, I was expecting more out of this film. It felt as though there was a think tank meeting where some important ideas were thought of and they decided to explore those without really fleshing them out. There were hardly any jump scares or truly unique elements of horror, overall just a very predictable plot. Despite the runtime, this movie felt very fast, almost like an episode of a TV show. This in combination with an unbearably cringy script for the best friend/roomate character made this my least favorite movie of the franchise and one that I could've lived without.