Insidious Chapter 2 Review
RYAN: At least it’s consistent. I liked this sequel about as much as I liked the first one and is suffers from all the same formulaic issues.
CAROLINE: I haven’t seen either.
RYAN: We like the cast – Patrick Wilson.
CAROLINE: God he’s so hot!
RYAN: Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey, who, I can only keep thinking, “From Beaches and Black Swan to this franchise? Seriously?”
CAROLINE: How the mighty have fallen. But the first film did pretty well and it’s directed by James Wan.
RYAN: Right and I really liked The Conjuring a couple months ago which he also directed but that was so much better.
CAROLINE: Why?
RYAN: The mythology to the premise of these Insidious movies is alright but both films over-indulge in it to the extent that is spirals out of control and loses its fear factor.
CAROLINE: That’s unfortunate. I know you like to be scared in a horror movie.
RYAN: That’s all I expect. And I did jump a few times in this film but always for the lazy, manipulative scares with music, editing and things jumping out at you.It’s takes more creative effort to be authentically scary.
CAROLINE: So this one won’t keep you up at night, you’re saying.
RYAN: If you’re like me and you’ve seen a lot of horror movies, this one won’t really get you. But maybe if you’re young and new to scary movies, you’ll really think this one is creeptastic.
CAROLINE: I’m so not interested.
RYAN: It’s derivative of The Shining and Poltergeist, but those movies were better. These Insidious movies aren’t great, but I could see myself scrolling through them at home sometime. They’re worth a rental or catching on cable someday if you like the genre.
