Insidious

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2013)

Leigh Whannell, and James Wan have the knack for the low-budget, suspenseful storytelling. They proved it with Saw(the original) and Dead Silence, which may be more cheesy then I had liked. But now comes their third theatrical film together, Insidious. Their take on the worn- out haunted house, ghost stories.
The film stars Rose Byrne as Renai, and Patrick Wilson as Josh they are a married couple who have three kids, Dalton(11), Foster(6), and Callie(baby), and they are trying to get settled in their new house. Weird occurrences begin to happen around the house, sending Renai into a panic, so they decided to move. Their son Dalton has fallen into a coma, and they are able to take care of him from home. More weird occurrences take place, that involve Renai seeing demonic creatures. So they decide to call in ghost hunters, one played by Leigh Whannell, and they begin to explain Astro Projection. Which basically is an out of body experience while you sleep, and their son has gone to far into the world they call, "The Further" How will they get him out?
I might have given you more information then you would have liked, but it is so hard to describe this movie because its very slow, it builds tension and when it goes for a scare it gets you. It only fails within the showing of "The Further". But I blame that on their budget. This film soars above so many recent horror films that have been released within the passed few years. I can't wait to see it again. I give Insidious a 8 out of 10.