Insidious: The Red Door
Director: Patrick Wilson
Writer: Scott Teems, Leigh Whannell
Sequel to: Insidious, Insidious: Chapter 2, Insidious: Chapter 3, Insidious: The Last Key
Cast: Ty Simpkins, Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Sinclair Daniel, Hiam Abbass, Andrew Astor, Juliana Davies, Steve Coulter, Peter Dager, Justin Sturgis, Joseph Bishara, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Lin Shaye
Seen on: 7.7.2023

Plot:
Dalton Lambert (Ty Simpkins) is starting college, the scary past he shared with his father Josh (Patrick Wilson) in the Further forgotten through hypnosis. His relationship with Josh is strained, especially since Josh separated from Renai (Rose Byrne). Dalton is looking forward to a little more distance from his parents at college, but his art teacher’s challenge to delve deeper into his inner life brings forth old horrors.

Insidious: The Red Door is a pretty good sequel that doesn’t quite reach the best of the movies in the series, but is definitely good enough to be worth seeing.

I am a fan of the Insidious movies, especially the first two. But it’s been a while that I had seen them, so it was pretty nice that Insidious: The Red Door does excellent work recapping what happened before so you’re caught up with the most important plot points without it feeling redundant or tiring. That was pretty impressive.

The rest of the film may not be that impressive but it is absolutely solid. There are some good scares, the characters are still strong and relatable, making it easy to be invested in their story, even when said story is a little too much of what we’ve seen before. Visually it’s still quite striking, and Wilson’s directorial effort is admirable for a first timer but he doesn’t quite have James Wan’s knack for it.

The film is supposedly the last Insidious movie, and even if that doesn’t turn out to be true, I assume that it will be the last movie with the Lamberts, rounding things out quite nicely for them. I have to say that I wouldn’t mind if it will be the last film, though I would probably show up for a sixth outing as well. In any case, The Red Door is a decent, entertaining horror film that is never boring even when it does have a few stale moments. And that’s more than many other horror films manage.

Summarizing: If you liked the Insidious movies so far, don’t skip this one.