give me a break

Rating: 3/10 (2 April 2011)

I only give Insidious 3 stars because the beginning of the movie showed promise. This film was absolutely ridiculous. It was like the people from Paranormal Activity did the first 1/2 - which was pretty good, actually had quite beautiful lighting, and was kind of scary - and the people from Saw did the second 1/2, which was plain horrible. After the initial scary parts in the beginning, the only thing that was scary about this film was the loud music and noises. The ghosts were so silly-looking, and the demon was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. He had some shiny facepaint on. It was sooooo silly. And, they used Tiny Tim's "Tulip" song as a creepy song??? Really? I mean, Tiny Tim is creepy, but that song isn't. And when the father enters the demon's "lair" or whatever the hell it's supposed to be, it looks like the crew went to Pier 1 and bought all of the cheesy, ugly Mediterranean decor they could find and put it in there. And then the demon is dj-ing Tiny Tim and sharpening his nails with the kid chained up in front of the fireplace. Come on. If this was supposed to be funny, I wouldn't have cared so much, but this was communicated in a serious way! I couldn't believe it. I knew the movie wasn't going to be great, but I didn't think it was going to be THAT bad. But at least I know how to laugh at bad movies and enjoy myself...or else I would have walked out.