IN Insidious: Red door, horror is a legacy. Not only as part of the plot – the evil that is passed down from generation to generation – but also as an element of the subtext of the film. After all, the production is the conclusion to one of the most extraordinary sagas of the last twenty years. James Wan achieved a recognizable aesthetic and specific use of horror codes to create a set of stories with a clear identity. What makes the most recent, in short, as well as a tribute to his predecessors.
Patrick Wilson, the protagonist of the previous installments, this time takes a place behind the cameras to explore the known universe from another dimension. Especially if you delve into the tragic legacy that is passed from one member to another in the famous Lambert family. The script immediately makes it clear that sinister fate is haunting Josh (Patrick Wilson) and his son dalton (Ty Simpsons). Worse yet, it doesn’t depend on distance, where they are, or the time that has passed. Which gives the film an undeniably timeless air that places the supernatural scene as an event rather than a series of situations.
But the premise raises an issue that is directly related to each of the previous feature films. Some of its most important episodes would be incomprehensible without an overview of the entire franchise. For this reason, we leave you with a summary of what you should remember before watching the tape and what you should pay attention to in its history. A way to explore the strange mythology that surrounds his story and how it intertwines with everything else.
“Night of the Demon” by James Wan
Although not the first story in chronological order, the film shows what will become the basis of the future events of the franchise. The thread tells how Lambert family, begins to suffer from what appears to be the siege of a ghostly presence. Everything after moving to a new house. Little by little, what begins as small inexplicable events eventually becomes a major and tragic circumstance. Especially when Dalton’s eldest son falls into an inexplicable coma for which doctors don’t have a specific diagnosis.
The story, written by Leigh Whannell, explores the nature of evil. In particular, when it is obvious that the child is not really suffering from any disease, but is at the epicenter of a paranormal phenomenon. It will gradually become clear that Dalton has the ability to travel between dimensions, which leads to dangerous afterlifej. This is a place in the middle of the world of the living and the dead, where wandering souls are locked up.
Later it turns out that his father Josh (Patrick Wilson) also experiences a mysterious trauma associated with similar supernatural events. As a child, he was besieged by the figure of a woman in a black wedding dress. Therefore, he had to be protected in order to avoid being possessed by the entity and suffering serious mental injury. Something he forgot because of his mother’s decision Lorraine (Barbara Hershey) to protect him from terror.
However, once it becomes clear that dalton is in danger and trapped Behind, Josh You must go in search of him. Thanks to help Eliza (Ling Shaye), the heroine manages to find her son and bring him back to reality. But in the midst of a battle for the spirit and conscience of a little boy, Josh he is possessed by a ghost that haunted him as a child.
Waking up, no one immediately notices that something is happening until Eliza photographs him. The image shows a woman in black dominating him. So Josh, still under the influence of the evil entity, kills her. A terrifying fact that closes the film and heralds an imminent sequel.
Insidious: Chapter 2 by James Wan
Released in 2013, the film continues the plot of the previous one almost at the same place where it ended. What ranges from a murder investigation Heeven the consequences of owning Josh. The fact that his wife is still RenaI (Rose Byrne) didn’t get it. Which creates the immediate atmosphere of the coming tragedy.
Family Lamberteventually moves into the house Lorraine, trying to distance itself from the events told in the first film. But in reality, they are only digging into the mystery surrounding Josh and his son Dalton. Something that emphasizes the central element of the saga: wherever the characters are, they are associated with evil.
Also, the entry gives some context as to the character Eliza. The argument thus goes back to 1995, when it is revealed that the medium already knew Josh’s story. Lindsey Seim, who played the young woman, was responsible for avoiding possession before. At the same time, one that made him forget the horrific experience as well as his apparent psychic powers.
Returning to the present Josh must fight the horrors Behind. This time to fight off the angry ghost of a serial killer. Parker Crane. However, it soon becomes clear in the film that in addition to the criminal, his mother is also in the ghostly limbo. A cruel woman who turned her son into a monster. With the help of a ghost Eliza, Josh He manages to escape and return to the world of the living. Once there, his memories and those of his son are suppressed by hypnosis. Tucker (Angus Sampson) and specifications (Leigh Whannell), Assistants Eliza.
Insidious: Chapter 3 Leigh Whannell
This is the first non-family part of the saga. lamberm. In fact, the entire dispute is focused on Eliza, years before his death, and the case of a teenager being haunted by a dark entity. Which gives Leigh Whannell’s script an opportunity to delve deeper into the saga’s universe identity.
Although the story is essentially very similar to Josh And daltonalso analyzed Eliza regardless. The character explains in detail his confrontation with the spirit that haunted him for most of his life. This also applies to how he learned characteristics And Tucker for the first time, which led them to create a society for helping victims of psychic attacks.
The climax of the tape makes it clear that Eliza’s confrontation with the demon that later haunts the Lamberts is imminent. Moreover, the medium was convinced of the possibility of dying in the midst of confrontation.
Insidious: The Last Key from Adam Robitel
The feature film is a prequel entirely dedicated to Eliza. It includes a study of her childhood in 1953. The plot twist in Leigh Whannell’s script allows us to show the power of the medium’s psychic abilities. As well as the injuries he carries on his back.
The result is a journey that explores new points in the franchise. At the same time, he provides answers to several unknown previous parts. This includes why Eliza helped Josh in the first place, establishing her relationship with Lorraine and especially how she analyzes herself. afterlifeTo.
Despite its closed nature, the plot provides a lot of new information about the nature of the characters’ psychic abilities. Which directly affects the structure of the universe surrounding them. From the fact that clairvoyant abilities are passed down from generation to generation, to delve into evil entities. The ever-wider context explains not only what happened in the previous films, but also connects the story to each of them. His greatest strength.
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