If you appreciate a great movie.. then Insidious is not for you!

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2011)

I decided to see Insidious after a number of friends had told me how 'scary' the film was. I'm a major horror/paranormal fan and couldn't wait to watch Insidious and prepared to be spooked.
The film is based along the storyline of a little boy, who is stuck in a 'coma' but is actually discovering a new dimension called 'The Further' in which a demon is slowly but surely trying to possess him.
The 'coma' part of this storyline really started to scare me.. but then the storyline became ridiculously over-exaggerated when the audience were then told he was visiting another universe which is run by demons and parasites.
The events in the house were scary, such as the scary coincidences that happened.. e.g. the baby monitor and the bangs, doors opening, alarms going off etc, and also the younger brother claiming he was scared when his brother (who is in the coma) walked about the house.
However.. the scenes that followed, by trying to contact the demons were not scary, and in fact, I spent most of the time during these scenes laughing at how ridiculous the storyline had become and also the fact that you could then see these demons (which only looked like a very low par costume and mask). The appearance of these 'demons' which seemed to be like mannequin dolls, zombies and 'X-men' type characters did not even remotely scary - but only made me giggle. Friday 13th from 1980 had better costuming.. and this is 2011..
The ending was predictable, yet you can't understand why and how it actually happened..
The only good point I can make about the movie is that the acting was quite good. What a shame they were made to act in such a mediocre film. It's a shame, because Insidious could have been so much better had it followed the same sort of idea as Paranormal Activity.. demons that are invisible and you can only hear and feel them, which is what I believe most demons to be like.
If you want a real spook, dig out your good old fashioned traditional movies such as Friday 13th, The Exorcist, The Exorcism of Emily Rose.. don't waste your time on this film. It's over Â£20 I can't get back from the cinema that I could have spent on a lot of better movies on Amazon..