21st January, 2012
OK, OK, I’ll grant you, it’s not that often I leave a film review, this late.
OK, OK, I’ll grant you, it’s not that often I leave a film review, this late.
But I quietly watched a film last night …
And wanted SOMETHING of a clear head when it came down to writing up what I thought.
One that WASN’T clogged up with tiredness toxins, in other words …
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The film in question … ?
The film in question was the James Wan directed, 2011 film, Insidious.
Insidious sees the young family of Josh and Renai Lambert moving to a new home with their three children.
And moving out, soon afterwards, after a series of events leads to their eldest son, Dalton, ending up in a mysterious coma.
A coma, they’re told, has seen him astrally projecting to a supernatural realm where his soul is in severe danger of possession.
By something …
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Now … ?
Am I impressed … ?
Am I though … ?
Yes …
Yes, I think I am.
Now, I’ll happily grant that Insidious isn’t necessarily the greatest horror movie ever made: nor the one with the biggest budget.
Much like indie Brit-horror-flick, Outpost, Insidious isn’t an out and out gore-fest. What it IS, however, is a film that does it’s best to scare you silly, by giving you a case of the serious creeps.
And, like Outpost — and possibly the original, 1970s version of The Wicker Man — does so by putting every penny on screen, with creepy backing-lighting and camera-angles, solid acting, and tightly paced, writing: all three of which, for my money, working JUST as well as a going over from Weta Workshop or ILM.
I think I’m going to suggest what I did with Outpost.
And suggest you see Insidious.
Insidious
★★★☆
★★★☆
1 comment:
I have got the film on blu ray and although its not what i call a brilliant film, i liked it enough to watch again as it does have a few jumpy bits. I do like the song tiptoe through the tulips as it is a classic eerie tune and i like to sing it much to Stefan`s annoyance lol.
I do prefer a horror film that will scare the crap out of me rather than lots of gore so i guess this is the film for me.
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