As you know I’m an avid fan of horror movies and am always making it my mission to catch the latest movies that hit the silver screen.
Naturally, that means when “Insidious: The Red Door” hit our local movie theater I went to see it as soon as possible with high hopes that it lived up to its predecessors in the series.
Sadly, that wasn’t the case this time.
While I loved the fact that all the original Insidious (2010) cast members returned over a decade later to continue the story, but that’s about it.
There are still so many questions that leave the audience hanging and I know they’re just going to milk this series for all its worth – but, are they aware that they could lose their dedicated fans before that happens?
Anyway, the film is rated PG-13 for violence, terror, frightening images, strong language, and suggestive references and clocks in at 107 minutes long.
Door is a supernatural horror film directed by Patrick Wilson (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by Scott Teems based on a story by Leigh Whannell and Teems.
It is a direct sequel to Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), and the overall fifth installment in the Insidious franchise.
Original director James Wan serves as a producer along with Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner.
Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor, Steve Coulter, Whannell, Angus Sampson, and Lin Shaye reprise their roles from previous films; Hiam Abbass, David Call, and Sinclair Daniel also join the cast.
Nine years after his possession, Josh Lambert’s (Wilson) memories of his experience in The Further have been repressed.
He is divorced from his wife Renai (Byrne) and his mother Lorraine has recently died.
His relationship with his son Dalton (Simpkins) has become strained and he attempts to heal things between them while dropping him off at college, but it ends with them in an argument.
In his first art class, Dalton ends up drawing a picture of the red door used to enter The Further.
Meanwhile, Josh begins being haunted by the spirit of a man, eventually discovering that it is his father Ben Burton (Call) who he believed abandoned his family when he was young.
Dalton attends a frat party with his roommate Chris (Daniel) where he sees the ghost of a student that’s constantly vomiting.
After accidentally going into The Further again, Chris shows Dalton a YouTube video of Specs (Whannell) and Tucker (Sampson), explaining how astral projection works.
That video leads them to a clip of Elise Rainier (Shaye) talking about The Further.
Dalton attempts to astral project again while Chris watches over his body but she is then attacked by an unseen entity and her screams alert Dalton.
Dalton then rushes back to his body and sees that the entity is the red-faced demon that tormented him as a child.
After being warned by Chris to stop using his abilities, Dalton receives a call from his brother Foster (Astor) who tells him about a recurring dream he used to have of Josh trying to kill them with a hammer.
This spurs Dalton’s memory and he finishes his painting, which shows a possessed Josh in front of the red door.
Overall, if you’re looking for a predictable horror movie that only has a handful of jump scares, then this is your flick.
For me, I’m hoping that if they continue the franchise we get more answers about the red-faced demon and can leave the modern-day Lambert family in peace.
