Solid horror film by very talented fellas, Wan n Whannell.

Rating: 9/10 (19 February 2017)

I saw this first on a DVD in 2011. As a fan of James Wan (Saw, Death sentence n Dead silence), i was excited to see this film. Insidious starts off on a routine note - a family moves into a new house and are absolutely in love with it. Soon strange, supernatural-like things start to happen n the son goes into coma after falling from a ladder in the attic. Sensibly the family moves into a new house. Thinking they've left those occurrences behind, they soon discover that it's not the house that was haunted but their son. Insidious was actually scary at some points. There were several pretty chilling set pieces and the ghost designs were particularly creepy. There is this one scene where the red demon is standing next to the sons bed n the granny inquires the demon. Man, that really terrified me. Another scene was the one wher someone is walking behind the curtains. While watching this scene i turned behind to check my window. The scary moments are well-paced and always effective. Creepy figures emerge from the shadows and appear in the background in an unpredictable fashion. The soundtrack complemented it well. The cast is remarkable. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne n Lin Shaye all gave good performances.