A fun, old-fashioned, Haunted House Roller-coaster!

Rating: Null/10 (26 April 2011)

The first minutes of Insidious made it look like what I had thought it would be. A decent-made horror film with decent thrills, although not very original. By the end I sorta was in love with this film, and here's why...
The film's basic premise looks like another ghost story, but its actually not like that. As it goes on different images and figures pop up, which I thought was better than just having ghosts. While it's true the basic plot of the film is not very original, there's something quite original about how the film goes about it. I mean, I have not seen a horror film like this, if I recall, in any past years with a climax this 'overboard'. I say that in a good way. Yeah, the final act has been criticized for going overboard, but I thought it made the film stand-out even more. It really does have the tone of a roller-coaster. It sorta reminds me of The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland.
Ultimately, I strongly recommend this film. If anything, it is loving in it's ability to play with loud music, creepy, if not scary, images. I didn't find the film scary to be honest, but I had a blast with it, and there are so many 'odd' scenes that years from now I will be seeing over and over again on Youtube. I am surprised that it has done as well as it has with the mainstream moviegoers, since I would have thought they would have dismissed it as 'dumb', especially in the over-the-top approach at the end.