Initial release date: July 7, 2023
Studios: Sony Pictures/Screen Gems/Stage 6 Films/Blumhouse Productions
Tagline: Face your dreams
It ends when it all begins
Plot: To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh and a college-aged Dalton 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.
Cast
Ty Simpkins - Dalton Lambert
Patrick Wilson - Josh Lambert
Rose Byrne - Renai Lambert
Sinclair Daniel - Chris Winslow
Hiam Abbass - Professor Armagan
Andrew Astor - Foster Lambert
Juliana Daies - Kali Lambert
Steve Coulter - Carl
Writer: Scott Teems (Exorcist: The Believer; Firestarter; Halloween Kills)
Director: Patrick Wilson (directorial debut)
Rated PG-13 for violence, terror, frightening images, strong language and suggestive references (107 minutes)
For the longest time, I tried to find some time to catch Insidious: The Red Door. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two movies of the series and didn't see Insidious: CHapter 3 or The Last Key just yet.
Insidious: The Red Door does deliver some fairly decent scares and the movie's atmosphere can get really errie (which is always a plus in a supernatural movie like this). The first moments of the sequel did seem to be a little on the slow moving side, which is fine since we haven't seen this main family in the series in some time and the first 20 minutes or so is sort of like playing catch up with the family.
Once Dalton goes back into The Further, the suspense and scares really start to build up. We also get to see the infamous Lipstick Demon from the first two movies, yet it's not in the movie nearly as much as I expected.
There are a few jump scares that are fairly decent and a portion of The Red Door we see the father try to figure out what's going on. I almost forgot that the memories of Dalton and Josh from the first two movies were wiped out. And, the movie has a few more quick little twists and turns that connects to the father which really works and makes the movie more intriguing.
One thing is that they should've had the sequel take place in The Further more, which would make it more interesting and scarier. I had a feeling they would try to fit in the Elise character somehow and the characters of Specs and Tucker (Elise's assistants) very briefly appear. I know they are mainly around when Elise was there, but they could've found a way to fit them in.
Overall, Insidious: The Red Door is a fairly decent sequel to the horror franchise. Some of the scares could have been a little better, yet still decent. I might give it a second viewing down the road at some point!
Actor Patrick Wilson's directorial debut.
In each scene. rather than each frame, there is something red. The use of a "Red thing" is subtle and purposeful according to filmmakers.
The movie marks the return of the Lambert family since Insidious: Chapter 2, and after that Insidious: Chapter 3 and Insidious: The Last Key are prequels set before the first movie.
Grossed $82.2 million domestic, and $106.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $189 million.
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