Insidious: Chapter 3
Writer: Leigh Whannell,
Cast: Dermot Mulroney (Sean Brenner), Stefanie Scott (Quinn Brenner), Angus Sampson (Tucker), Leigh Whannell (Specs), Lin Shaye (Elise Rainier), Tate Berney (Alex Brenner), Michael Reid MacKay (The Man Who Can't...), Steve Coulter (Carl), Hayley Kiyoko (Maggie), Corbett Tuck (Danielle), Tom Fitzpatrick (Bride in Black), Tom Gallop (Dr. Henderson), Jeris Poindexter (Harry), Ele Keats (Lilith Brenner), Phyllis Applegate (Grace), Phil Abrams (Mel), Adrian Sparks (Jack Rainer), and James Wan as the Theater Director.
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The film like almost all horror films starts off introducing, or at least in the case of Isidious: Chapter 3, main characters, and a well done intro it was, you get an established set of events. The movie flowed, moved from scene to scene, never boring, the scenes that might sway you from the content, never happened. This time around Leigh Whannell continued the story, and directed the film without James Wan who mad a brief appearance in the film. I believe Wan was working on other projects, and couldn't return. anyway the film had a steady flow, films like these should've been a point of reference for other horror films. This movie had really good sequences, with the actors delivering every word on screen, the next cut was smooth enough to to understand the story from a character's point of view. The characters all had their personal demons to atone to. i will get to those points, because the points should be discussed, an import aspect in film making.
The story is simple, not a difficult twist and turn, i guess that's what i loved about it, the characters knew what they had to do, the story from the beginning, middle, and end were all smooth transitions. Lets start with the father, Sean Brenner (Dermot Mulroney) lost his wife, Lilith Brenner (Ele Keats). Morning for her and taking care of an almost adult, child is Quinn Brenner (Stefanie Scott) the lead character, and next up we have her brother Alex (Tate Berney). The loss has been difficult, so what does the father do to fix the situation, have your oldest daughter, cook, clean, help with her younger brother. Granted, he's old enough to take care of himself, but the family issues in the film was mixed in with the story, it really worked well with the horror part of the story. Like i mentioned before, smooth scenes, that really projected a troubled household. So we have a small family unit that has problems, brings you in to the movie, the family issues plus the evil entity really hooked you in. The tenants in the apartments, even though they have a short part, they make the story move. A good example of this is Grace (Phyllis Applegate) who played one of the tenants, her character was great, despite it being a small part, it was a crucial part of the story, without it, the story would've had a hole, not big, but enough to take notice. Grace had warned Quinn Brenner (Stefanie Scott) about the man who can't.. The spirit who somehow attached itself to Quinn, remember she has been contacting the spirits, herself. Pretty big deal, a young woman who knows nothing of the spirit world, but with that being said, it was a bad deal for the Brenner family, in fact the story establishes the spirits, and the problems between the father and daughter; even after the car hitting Quinn straight on, the sequence in her bed, "Shave and a Haircut," tap on her wall, the response back was done to perfection.
My next point is the most crucial; Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), a psychic with a set of her own problems, the lipstick demon wants her dead, but somehow Elise is overcome by this demon, and yet thinking retirement will help her escape the demon is a failed notion. I loved this character, the presence the actress put behind every scene to me is the second best scenes in the film. Without her help, this film would've been another Paranormal Activity, the truth hurts but the film would've been something different. Imagine not having Ed and Lorraine Warren present for the situations that occurred in the Perron family household, back in 1971. The presence the characters made on film is so important to the story. Yes it is written in the screenplay but without the actors putting there all into the characters, the quality of the film will fade. Look at Elise's personality, she is witty, mystical about the spiritual situations she has encountered, strong willed personality, that could defeat almost any encounter in the spirit realm. The spirit world would not be the same without her, after the help she received from Carl (Steve Coulter), the other gifted person who gave her some advise that became her spiritual armor. Elise became a true warrior of the light, her strength became the beacon for the Brenner family, she overcame her fear of the lipstick demon. Like i said, her character was the film, without her this film would've been something else.
The online tech guys were pretty cool, if you remember the other Insidious films, they're Elise's spiritual crew she used to help the Lambert family. The crew consist of Tucker (Angus Sampson), and Specs (Leigh Whannell). In the first two films they wore ties and looked professional. Insidious: Chapter 3, was a geeky, no structure look, until they crossed paths with Elise, which made the team stronger. I love supernatural, haunting; A Ghost Adventure's type of feel, especially with the guys going in the apartment setting up camera's, I'am a real sucker for tech in a haunted, spiritual setting. A big shout out to Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures and all those shows on the cable networks that are fascinating, check them out, really cool stuff. By the time the climax came around you had a crew, a spiritualist, a young woman being tormented by a demon, what's not to like about this film. A strong horror film that brings us to the last character, the evil incarnate, the demon itself. Yes, the antagonist is the heart of the film, the story, protagonists, are the ventricles of the film. They all work together, unless you want a sub-par film. The entity was not only cool, but terrifying in some of the scenes. Good horror elements, an established straight forward film, that closes the Insidious films, at least it does in my opinion.
Horror films have there own scare moments, some more than others, with that being said Insidious Chapter 3 uniqueness is what makes the film a quality horror film. The fact they made this film into a prequel, is amazing. A 10,000,000 (estimated) budget, opening weekend was 22,692,741, with an overall gross of 109,500,504. The numbers do not lie, this film was a huge success. The first film had a budget of 1,500,000. Grossed at about 53,991,137. Chapter 2 budget was about 5,000,000, a gross of 92,869,831. The films only got better, each with a bigger budget, but the box office numbers estimated a huge amount of earnings for the weekend on the films. Remember my site is only opinion, the main difference between other sites and mine in comparison is i will be 100 percent honest about the review. The Reeltime aims at giving you an in depth review, good or bad i will review the film. Old or new, dated or just released. Insidious: Chapter 3 is a really good horror movie, from story to quality scare moments. The film will be a classic, one of many, and it should be owned.
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