Why is it that all the good exorcism movies are REALLY good, and the bad ones REALLY BAD? The weird mix of elements that make up exorcism movies are so distinct and unique that they can’t help but feel very weird to on first glance. This means that the ones that are good are skewed off as VERY good because they are so well calculated. You want to make a movie where all of this crazy, and hokey stuff works? Well you better make all the smart screenplay decisions that you can. For the most part that’s what Insidious does, and the effect is profoundly chilling. Director James Wan’s latest horror enterprise The Conjuring couldn’t manage to keep the logic straight unfortunately, and couldn’t be scary. Insidious manages to make all of it’s elements work. It starts out as a dark, brooding, and scary drama that actually has something scary up it’s sleeve. Namely a couple’s (Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson) son has fallen into a coma, and the emotional distress that Byrne and Wilson show is extremely palpable. Byrne especially sells her parent in distress role, and therefore sells the whole first hour of of the movie. Wilson is great too, but Byrne outshines every part of this movie. Except one scene. Insidious is a scary movie that manages to keep everything constantly on edge because Byrne is incredible, and Wan’s direction of scenes and squealing soundtrack sell every scare. That said it’s also an extremely serendipitous movie. While The Conjuring couldn’t manage to draw emotion out of it’s drab storyline and “real life” storytelling, Insidious manages to draw so much character out of it’s music and it’s colors. The film’s best scene is the introduction of the film’s headline monster which uses “Tiptoe through the Tulips” in such an inspired way that in damn near floored me. Insidious is the type of horror movie wonder that makes me sad that a franchise of ever decreasing in quality films came out of it. This original is good enough to be considered a modern classic, and hopefully it will be.
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