Insidious

4/5

Insidious is one of those horror films that sadly I missed at the theaters and I finally picked it up for my birthday. Insidious has little originality in it but the film is still done really well and is a fun ride in many ways.

The film is about a family who move into a house and one day one of the children slips into a coma. After that, the house is different with weird noises and sometimes people just showing up. The family finds themself in utter chaos but what they don't know is that they might be doing this to themselves.

All actors put together a really good performances together especially Lin Shaye. She does a wonderful job and she can be pretty creepy at times.

The ending scene was so hard to put together but they did so well with it, making it seem so real and so realistic. Also, for a film that is only PG-13, the film can be pretty intense at times.

The ghost and the monsters in this are very cool, very well done and are very realistic. They can also be pretty creepy. I also really enjoyed the music and at times it can be pretty intense. The twist at end was really good and fine way to end this movie.

One of the main flaws is the coma scenes in the film. The characters are never with the kid that has the coma and they basically leave him alone. I've never known anyone that has been in a coma but I'm pretty sure that you always have to be around that person with the coma and that person always has to be in someone's sight. Also, one of the smaller characters in this was really annoying and cracks a lot of bad jokes.

The film does have "Poltergeist", "Exorcist" and many other horror classics in it but the film is a thumbs up because of the cool characters, the interesting story and the great twist at the end.