FilmDistrict Acquires ‘Insidious’

COMMENTS (7)

• After the atrocious DEAD SILENCE and DEATH SENTENCE, I think I’m going to skip anything Wan has to offer.

  I have a feeling those are going to be 2500 empty screens come April 1st.

  Comment by Ryan S — Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 8:58am PST  Reply to this post

• Why doesn’t Leigh Whannell get more leading man roles? He is so dreamy, and his accent is off the charts… like a young Brendan Fraser. I have been following his career ever since his scene stealing turn in Newsies 2.

  Comment by Girl — Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 9:16am PST  Reply to this post

• Not at all an original concept. FOX MOW “The Haunted” (Sally Kirklnad)showed a real case file of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Amityville Horror investigators) of family in Scranton who left a haunted house and had the demonic forces move with them.

  The “Haunted Family” concept is not the “Next Level” it is derivative at best.

  Comment by TDG — Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 9:25am PST  Reply to this post

• Lin Shaye should be nominated for an award. She is the best!

  Comment by Something ABout Mary — Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 11:27am PST  Reply to this post

  • Could not agree more. she is far and beyond the most underrated actress in hollywood, period.

    Comment by KC — Sunday January 16, 2011 @ 12:38pm PST  Reply to this post

• Saw this at the Toronto Film Fest back in September – it was literally completed a day or two before we saw it. Didn’t have high hopes for it (not really a fan of Wan’s work) but it is surprisingly good and was a huge hit with the Midnight Madness audience I saw it with.

  Granted, it is rough around the edges – shot in 22 days, some slightly iffy acting (even with the generally solid Patrick Wilson as the lead), not beautifully shot or anything, there’s a dose of camp especially near the end and the dialogue could be better – all in all, it feels like a B-movie…

  BUT it more than delivers on scares and fun. Wan said he was trying to make something more atmospheric and creepy like The Shining meets Poltergeist. The scares are definitely of the haunted house type but where most of the genre does slight little bits of creaking doors, etc, the scares in Insidious come from an accumulation of ten doors slamming + some little girl running across the hall + that rocking chair behind you suddenly tilting back and forth and oh there’s the chandelier shattering. It may not be quite as subtle as I expected but it did the trick and it sustains the tension through most of the film. Frankly, it’s the most refreshing horror film I’ve seen in years – not elegant or beautifully put together mind you, just a lean, mean, dirty little horror show.

  Comment by JC — Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 3:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• Sounds like they didn’t change the ending which I kind of wish they did. The movie is scary in the beginning but then goes a bit sides ways in the second half with a weak ending. Kudos goes out to Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne for their acting chops coming across organically as a stressed overwhelmed couple dealing with their son.

  Comment by RTA — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 7:25am PST  Reply to this post