Josh Lambert

**Josh Lambert** is the main protagonist of Insidious and the deuteragonist of Insidious Chapter 2, the husband of Renai and the father of Dalton, Foster Lambert and baby Kali. His spirit was trapped in the Further at the end of the first movie, and his body taken over by the Old Woman, who had been trying to take over his body years before.

## Plot

Married couple Josh and Renai Lambert, their sons Dalton and Foster, and infant daughter Cali, have recently moved in to a new home. One evening, Dalton sneaks away to explore the attic, when he encounters a frightening entity and falls from a step stool. The next day, he inexplicably slips into a coma.

After three months of treatment without result, Renai and Josh take Dalton home. The family starts to experience disturbing paranormal events. Renai begins hearing voices over the baby monitor when no one is in Cali's room, Foster says that Dalton walks around at night. They hear things at the door, so they lock it and set the alarm. Renai sees a frightening figure in Cali's room, and the security alarm goes off. Josh has visions and works late. The nurse visits to check on Dalton. Renai finds a bloody hand print on Dalton's bed. Josh returns home and has more visions. After Renai is attacked by the figure, the Lamberts decide to move, believing the house to be haunted.

In the new house, however, the supernatural activity continues. Elise explains that Dalton is not in a coma; he was born with the ability to astral travel and had been unknowingly doing so in his sleep, probably believing he was dreaming. This time he has travelled too far and has been captured in a purgatory realm called "The Further", a place inhabited by the tortured souls of the dead. Without his mental presence, his body is comatose, but spirits desire to use it so they can re-enter the physical world, some because they want to live again, some because they want to hurt others. Josh makes Elise leave.

Josh sees the drawings of Dalton in his room, and they confirm the truth: Dalton has been dreaming and astral traveling. Josh received a breakdown. The demon possesses Dalton's body and attacks the group before being stopped by Elise. She explains that she's known Lorraine for decades, and had previously helped Josh when he was eight years old. It is revealed that Josh also possesses the ability to astral project, though he had suppressed his memory of it years ago. These were the visions they had seen throughout the movie. Elise had helped him protect himself from the parasitic spirit of an evil old woman that wanted to possess him. We see images of the woman moving slowly to him. The only way to rescue Dalton is for Josh to go into The Further and save him.

Elise puts Josh in a trance and he is able to project to their previous house. He fights off one spirit that has been tormenting them and enters the Demon's lair through a red door where he finds Dalton chained. He frees him, but they are chased and attacked by the demon while the spirits of the Further invade the real world and terrorize Renai, Elise, and the others. After escaping, Josh confronts the old woman that haunted him as a child, trying once and for all to overcome his fears. The old woman laughs and appears to retreat from him. When Josh and Dalton return to their bodies, the spirits have all disappeared from their home.

The family celebrates their victory, but Elise senses that something is amiss about Josh. When she snaps a photo of him, Josh becomes enraged and strangles her to death. Renai is horrified when she discovers Elise's dead body and even more so when she sees the photo Elise took. The photo reveals that Josh is now the evil woman from his childhood; she possessed him when he confronted her in the Further.