Decent film, stays fun! Lighten up movie know it all!

Rating: 6/10 (1 January 2012)

I will say that most of these reviews are correct about Insidious. It does borrow a lot from other films. No there are no Academy Award winning performances. No it's not the Exorcist. All that being said for the so called movie review "experts" here on IMDb lets remember what movies are for. They are for entertainment.
What this film wasn't was the waste of money some people state here. Come on guys. This film was fun. Great camera work here akin to House on Haunted Hill. Awesome music, combined with the odd camera angles makes for unsettling suspense. I also liked the new angles on old concepts.
This movie ultimately does not take itself too seriously and that is important. Maybe thats what causes some fellow movie goers to go out of their way to rip this movie to shreds. There are very serious horrors that are the comparisons. The Exorcist, the Sixth Sense, Night of the Living Dead...these classics are for the most part totally humorless and damn scary. Insidious does not fall into this bracket. Phantasm, the Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergiest...these movies remind me a little of Insidious.
If you haven't seen it it's worth watching to judge for yourself. People go way overboard with these reviews. Its not Shawshanks Redemption but it's not Superbabies 2, lol.