Suspenseful, yes! Scary? Mootpoint

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2011)

First of all, I am 38. So, maybe age is a factor. I had nothing to do this evening so I decided to go watch Insidious. I liked the reviews i saw on here that spoke highly of it, and all in all i was not disappointed. The movie will keep you on the edge of your seat. However, I did not find it thaaat scary. What I found real scary was the lady behind me who screamed at the top of her lungs every time a door was slammed open or slammed shut. I would rather say you will be startled a lot during the movie, startled rather than "scared". In the first half of the movie, what you may find scary is the fear you see and hear everywhere on the actor's faces (And perhaps behind you if that woman finds a seat behind you too). It was during the first half that I was bored with all the slamming doors and gasps leading nowhere. It reminded of the movie Scream Part 1 when Drew Barrymore was being chased outside in the garden and i was thinking "yada yada they will never kill Drew" Then she was slain and gone in the first 5 minutes. THAT made the movie. But here on this one, after a 100 slammed doors and screeching windows, I was more exhausted than scared. Then in the second half, what they are afraid of starts to show. The story is a patchwork of so many pieces you have seen from here and there, a minute from the Exorcist, a minute from the Grudge, a minute from Gothica, and indeed a minute from Saw (towards the end when the dad faces his own demons you will see what I mean). the story is nothing amazing and that heck of one single expression on every single actor's face that doesn't change! How the story is told however, is a different matter. This is not the Others, or Sixth Sense. But it is a good movie on the whole. Would I watch it again or buy the DVD? No.