Insidious

IMDB
First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Michael, Jordan

Works for me!

This one has some really creepy moments and gets a great look and scares from a really low budget. James Wan has finally eased up on the flashy editing and just concentrated on a slow building tension. Everything about this film. The music, the filming, the editing, the script, and the acting feels like a lost horror film from the 70's. Not a low brow slasher but one of the slightly classier ones where they actually get good actors in and take time to set things up.

The opening title sequence is absolutely gorgeous. Beautifully designed, and the music! Joseph Bishara perfectly captures that 70s feel, it's the best horror score I've heard since Drag Me To Hell. I am in love with it!

Everything in this film is very simply set up and shot. There's no gratuitous use of computer graphics or a cheap jump scare every two minutes. The ghosts share very similar looks with other James Wan ghosts, i.e. they are pretty freaky. The demon though...

The Demon is a little harder to sell, I think they show a little too much of him. He does look pretty horrifying though. There are certain aspects of him that seemed a little out of place, I don't want to say what and spoil anything here. But it's defiantly not enough to tarnish my enjoyment of any of the rest of the film.

This was obvious;y shot quite cheaply on some digital formant but it makes for an eerie look. I don't think I've ever seen a film that is so consistently this dark and in shadow. It's not like the decent where there is pitch black surrounding the entire frame, everything is there, but barley visible. I really loved that.

Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson show up halfway through and they are pretty funny if not a little out of place. The other actors are great. With Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne in the leeds you know it's probably going to be above average.

Overall a really enjoyable experience. A lot of nervous whispering in the cinema and some really creepy moments. Check it out.