Total rubbish

Rating: 2/10 (21 January 2013)

I had heard that Insidious was terrifying, so I was really looking forward to watching it. I scare very easily, I've watched films in the past where I have found it difficult to sleep afterwards...this is what you want a horror film to do. Make you think once you've left the cinema, or check behind you when you are walking up the stairs to bed. Insidious did non of these things.
The film starts like a lot of other horror movies, slowly. Which is fine because you suspect they are building up the suspense. Actually what they are doing is lulling you into a false sense of security and preparing you for the biggest load of crap you will ever watch.
I think my main issue with this film is that it just isn't scary. At all. The music is laughable, I'm sorry but no matter how many times you play really loud violins at me I'm not going to jump. The main 'demon' looks like Darth maul crossed with a goat crossed with a snake - in fact, it look like a dude with loads of makeup on and false hooves, again, not scary but quite funny. The ghosts which make an appearance throughout the film are stupid, a little boy, 2 weird women who smile, and a guy who looks like he should be in a budget vampire film - seriously?! And the concept of the 'Further' is more sci-fi than horror, and since when has sci-fi been fear inducing? Plus the ending was predictable. Which never helps. Overall Insidious is not just a crappy horror film, it's a crappy film overall.