We horror fans have been spoiled this past year, we've had it good
because director James Wan brought us The Conjuring and now Insidious:
Chapter 2, if this film had been any scarier, the world may stop
spinning, it is that scary. It's terrifying but it's also fun because
of that Ghostbuster-esque duo with their mormon missionary type outfit
on, who return to once again provide the humor for this franchise. But
seriously, James Wan has mastered this genre and made it his own. To
me, Wan is like this generation's Dario Argento. Wan and screenwriter
Leigh Whannell prove to be a winning team and they've brought us a
sequel that's just as good or even better than the first film.
Now, I'm going to try to do this review without spoiling details, and
it's going to be hard but I'm going to try to the best of my ability.
INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 takes us back to The Lamberts who went through
basically hell over their son's essence being trapped in this realm
called The Further. Now, what's extremely cool about how Wan and Leigh
crafted this sequel in that they play it in a way that this realm The
Further becomes a connection, a bridge between the first and this
second movie. There would be little instances like a door suddenly
opens by itself in the first film, and this sequel shows you why the
door did that. There are countless sequels out there that try hard to
expand on something while begging audiences to check out the first film
again, but the way that is done in INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 is clever.
Folks who've seen the first movie would be amused, folks who haven't
seen it would practically beg to watch the first movie after they're
done viewing this sequel, and all of it much thanks to this realm that
Wan and Leigh created, anything can happen in it, you can travel
through time, you can travel through places, ghosts can get you there,
and you can even get trapped in it, it's like a zone or a dimension
that probably Rod Serling himself would wish he had thought of it.
James Wan is a great horror director because he knows exactly what
scares you. That idea that somebody may be there watching when you
can't really see anybody there at all. It's that uneasy feeling that
slowly but surely creeps up on you and then strikes you in a heartbeat
without mercy, it's that old ghostly tale told by some kind of expert
who has gone through the experience years prior, Wan knows exactly
which elements that would not only scare you but would also leave you
scared long after the movie's done. INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 offers all
that and a bag of chips, one can even call this movie, INSIDIOUS: The
Origin Of The Bride In Black. While they're dealing with what may or
may not have happened to Patrick Wilson's character, they discover a
certain backstory that explains the motivation for the Bride In Black.
While a certain past or a certain childhood is a dealt with and as they
try to close the chapter on The Lamberts, they open a new way to a
possibility of the team of experts going to another family, because
this is a world where The Further has taken the front seat, it has
become the lead star and the face of this franchise. I think INSIDIOUS:
CHAPTER 2 won't disappoint the fans, and I guarantee you'll have a
jolly good fright at the theaters.
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