Although he didn’t direct this movie, it feels appropriate to blame him for this movie’s demise. Insidious was good. Insidious 2 was somehow okay but sloppy. He passed the torch to someone else then boom. Disaster.
I didn’t expect it to be good anyhow but a part of me hoped it will surprise me, or shock me at least. Nope. James Wan, the blockbuster director, somehow made sure it disappoints, and it did. So much like how he screwed us over too for Anabelle.
Set as a prequel for all the “Insidiouses,” we find Elise pretty much alive, with a predictable back story, and of how she met the two sidekick she had for the first two movies. The main character Quinn, with the most predictable back story too, managed to summon a violent spirit and quite frankly, she deserved what happened to her.
You see, you just don’t talk alone to yourself and call out to the dead. And the most disastrous thing of all here is how she became the most abused protagonist on a horror movie ever. She should be filing a lawsuit. She got herself ran over by a car, break both legs and break her neck all in 24 hours. Instead of rooting for her, you’d feel bad for her.
You’ve seen all the scares here. Nothing new. The only thing you can get out from this is if you watched it with friends, you’ll have fun. Something to mock with them after.
The story is confused. And cheesy. Confused because it is shoving the eerie atmosphere down your throat then put in something funny out of the blue. It managed to become a comedy when Elise and co goes in. Then cheesy because the grieving father of Quinn who suffered a loss too, doesn’t want to lose his child to some vengeful ghost. This the “I am not gonna lose you” moment.
Everything was okay at the end of course. But the most infuriating thing here is the tease of the fourth Insidious movie and you will be like “come on!”
Unscary, inconsistent and honestly quite pathetic, Insidious Chapter 3 might be the end game for the series if the producers will not wise up, or unless James Wan will come back and save it. A good popcorn movie for friends, but if you’re looking for horror, you can get more from Fifty Shades of Grey.
Grade: 1 star
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