Insidious:
Young boy Dalton has moved into a new home with his family, and decides to explore the creepy attic. He falls off a ladder, and goes into a coma. Three months later, strange sights and sounds surround his mother and his unconscious body. The family moves into a new house, believing the old home to be haunted. But, the strange sights and sounds get more extreme and frightening, so the mother enlists the help of some parapsychiatrists (paranormal psychiatrists), who deduce that Dalton is not in a coma, but in fact his spirit has wandered away from his body and become trapped in "The Further", kidnapped by a demon and his ghostly minions, and when his father realizes he has the power to "astral project" like his son, and goes into the Further to save his son. Similar to "Little Girl Lost" from The Twilight Zone, and, more famously, Poltergeist, Insidious is a new animal entirely, well, not entirely, but mostly. The performances are very believable. Patrick Wilson (Watchmen, Hard Candy, Little Kids) and Rose Byrne (28 Weeks Later, X-Men:First Class, Bridesmaids),both from superhero and horror films, are fantastic as the parents, giving very believable and heartfelt performances. They truly look terrified and shocked in many scenes, and Wilson's reaction to his son's disappearance into The Further is well played. The writing is good as well. Wan and Whanell really know how to make an excellent horror film, and this is one of the few modern PG-13 horror films I can actually, genuinely recommend to people. The music and creature effects are marvelous. The music by Joseph Bishara (who plays the creepy demon in the film) is amazing, sounding like clanging metal and screeching violins, and adds to the bizarre and surreal atmosphere of the Further. The freaky old woman and terrifying demon are truly underrated movie monsters, and the Further's suspense builds so steeply, your sitting almost uncomfortably in your seat. Insidious may be PG-13, but it is so terrifying and suspenseful, I recommend it to any horror fan. (The film is also produced by Paranromal Activity director Oren Peli.) 3.5/5 stars.
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