A creepy horror movie. Its definitely a redemption from today's horror movies.

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2011)

SPOILER FREE REVIEW: Insidious is one of those horror movies that come once every year or so, that ends up to be very creepy. But not in the sense that there is blood flying everywhere, but in the sense that there are unexpected images, creepy music, and characters you actually give a crap for. Your typical horror movie from the past 10-15 years relies on showing blood, not creepy sounds or other things that makes a film scary.
The movie follows a married couple, Josh and Renai, with 3 kids. One being a baby, the second kid being about 6, and the third kid, named Dalton, being about 7 or 8. They live in a very expensive-looking house. Dalton gets into a coma after an accident in the house. I'm not going to spoil anything, but some seriously creepy crap happens around the house, and they're so scared that they move to another house to get rid of the things going on.
So they have moved, and the creepy things continue to take place. Josh's mother, has heard about this so she calls a physic named Elise who brings 2 people who reminded me of the ghostbusters. They come and see what's going on, and the woman tells them that it's not these 2 houses that are haunted- it's their son, Dalton, who's haunted.
No, this movie is not incredibly original. This movie is almost like Poltergeist, except the kid is haunted, not the house. As unoriginal and cliché as the film is, I still did enjoy it a lot. Patrick Wilson (Josh) is very good here, so is Rose Byrne. They give very good and believable performances. The rest of the cast is solid too.
This movie is being said as "the scariest film since The Exorcist". Is that true? No, not to me. It's not the creepiest film of the decade, or really anything like that. But it is scary, don't get me wrong. The score is so creepy and fantastic, and really sets the movie's mood right away.
Insidious doesn't use much CGI, I only remember 2 times where it used it. A lot of horror movies use CGI for the monsters. Insidious uses these these things, that look almost like a mix of The Joker and Ozzy Osbourne. Or just grandmas with creepy make-up. And that stuff is actually pretty effective and is scary.
James Wan, who's the director of the first Saw movie (which is the film that generally agree is the best of that series), directs this film. he is a director that can really scare you, with or without blood. He does a great job managing to make this movie feel like an old, classic horror movie with good scares and good writing. This film has a great ending, one of the best in a while.
Although this is a very good horror film, the problem with it is that as it grows more insane, so does the dialogue. Not in a good way. The movies dialogue grows very weak and hokey in the last 20-25 minutes of the film. It really did start to bother me.
Overall, Insidious is a very fun film, yet it's not flawless.
Insidious- 8/10 or 8.5/10