in the chapter 3 part you were confused as to why we see the red face demon at all, it's because he's a higher up in terms of the power level of entities in the further, the other demon we see, the man who can't breathe, gets defeated by elise right? So not only is that part of the further that the man who can't breathe had control of/ruled over/controlled now open to be claimed by another demon, like red face, but elise could have potentially taken out one of red face's partners or subserviants way before he ever knew about dalton basically i'm trying to say that red face has every reason to go after elise after she helps quinn take out the man who can't breathe
There are some prequels who do great even when the ending is known. Rogue One as recent example comes to mind. We knew they would succeed in getting the plans to the Rebellion and now we know at what cost. But i agree it takes alot of work and dedication to make a good prequel that is not just a prequel in name only.
I think the reason why they showed that jump scare of the red face demon is become she has dreams about her cases and she had a dream about her next case (Dalton) in the 4th one. She knew his name at the end of the 4th one because she dreamt of him twice knowing she’d helped him next. Dalton was already dreaming of the red door and able to astro project and because she left the door open at the end of the fourth one. The spirts were able to get through the door and Dalton was able to travel to the further thinking it was a dream realm before being trapped by the red face demon. That’s just my theory though, take it with a grain of salt 🫶🏼
@Husckle2 Agreed...when I saw it, I was not impressed. All this cool stuff going on throughout the movie and the big bad, jump scare, is, a guy in bad cosplay
In my opinion the scariest shot in the whole franchise is when Josh’s mum is reciting her ‘dream’ and she asks what the Demon wants , and he slowly points his claw towards Dalton’s body…
The reason the third movie has that jump scare with the Lipstick Faced Demon is because its showing where it came from. The demon was originally attached to Elise i think and the reason that scene where she opens the door and sees Dalton fall off the ladder is explaining how the Lipstick Faced Demon even got to Dalton in the first place. Dalton hears that creaking noise which is the noise that the demon makes and that's how it got through. It was stalking Elise and went through the door she opened once it saw Dalton and thats what leads up the first movie.
The Further and the way spirits show themselves in this franchise, is very realistic--I feel like I've been there a few times, too! Can't wait for Chapter 5!
It seemed pretty obvious that the reason the prequel showed Dalton's door opening is because the door was left open. The whole movie constantly speaks about how Elise inadvertently opens doors for these demons and the demons can't enter without having the door opened for them. Her opening that door and leaving it open is just yet another of her pattern of accidentally bringing demons into the world and into people's lives. Was a really interesting and subtle way of showing _why_ the first movie happened in the first place. I guess if you got it then you got it and if you didn't, well...
I’m SO happy you covered the scenes in Chapter II where Josh affects his past in the further. My 13 year old brain was totally blown when they added all that context
I think the idea of Elise leaving the red door open is a cool as fuck idea. I see it as she obviously opened that red door by accident. In leaving it open, she's let spirits from the further go through it and get Dalton. So I see it as she's responsible for Dalton going through what he went through in the first film by leaving the door open on accident. I think it's a fucking cool scene.
It is a sign that humanity still may be redeemable that Elise is the main star of this franchise. She's not your typical young, glamorous movie star but still carries these films with her charm and charisma.
I am in the camp that is too scared to watch the movies, but every excerpt I have seen makes me think she's a compelling character. Her comic-relief pals are charming as well. (And, while we're at it, the Lambert family seems like a largely relatable bunch).
What’s crazier than the insidious story line is the fact that Jenna Ortega was secretly in EVERYTHING before she was in scream/Wednesday. I can’t be the only one way who says “wait she was in ________ too?” Any time she shows up in an older movie or show.
Blair witch never showed the monster not because they were being clever but because of a complete accident. When heather is screaming “what is that” as she’s running, she was originally supposed to show a creature running towards her, but the actress didn’t know that was supposed to happen and got truly scared and missed the shot.
@@gabrielparanormalchildhood7559 that’s exactly what that is a theory. Not confirmed. I think it’s supposed to be ambiguous over all. Makes the movie more terrifying
I have not seen the other Insidious films besides the first two, but I love how the first two tie up all the loose ends. The first film ends in a scary cliffhanger, and the sequel makes the first one make much more sense
Excellent analysis... very excited that Patrick Wilson is directing the next one. Truly an underrated actor... he knows these kinda movies so well... I think it'll be a great movie.
I think the way they justify the jump scare ending of 3 is meant to be symbolised that the red demon followed Elise after her trip to the further in that movie. We know that he wants to possess the living so he could be hoping for a chance to try and possess Elise but since she tries to avoid going to the further, he just continues stalking her. When she opens that door, he realises that Dalton also harnesses the gift of astral projection and since he's a kid, it would be easier for the red demon to possess him, which is where the events of the first movie take up
This was the first horror movie I ever watched on my own and I remember being so shocked because it was an actual good movie and I rewatched it over and over due to all the Easter eggs even as a kid lmao
I know he doesn't cover The Red Door in this video since it wasn't out at the time, but Dalton's painting of his dad carrying him at the end of The Red Door made my wife and I legit tear up lol
15:06 Anyone on the father's side throughout this movie is strange to me...His daughter is a teenager trying to get on with her life. He should NOT have been throwing his dead wife's responsibilities onto her (and no he wasn't trying his best - he was too lazy to search for a frying pan to make breakfast lmao). It's not like Quin was a bad child making life harder for her father. She was literally a good kid who missed her mother and wanted to go off to college. What's un-likable about that??
Insidious 1 and 2 have many east Asian influences on them. That's why they feel off, weird or dated. I think most East Asians can agree to this. In many east Asian myths, beliefs and culture it is believed that entities can take the form of your loves one's and come live at home with you. The astral plane that Dalton and his father goes to is a parallel to shamanism. I think James Wan just changed a couple things to make it more palletteable to western audiences. Some things are original, but I'd say at least half of parts 1 and 2 were heavily influenced by east Asian myths and beliefs. After insidious 2 James Wan stopped working on the series. It became more mainstream and a more western style or horror. More jump scares and cliche horror movie tropes, etc. The east Asian horror makes you feel like the demon is slowly invading your life and taking your loved ones away one by one. It's supposed to make you feel like you can't trust anybody. You don't know if you're just thinking too much or if a demon is actually in your presence. It should leave you you a sense of dread. It will not always end with a happy ending, but with more a lesson. If we're comparing these movies like it's food then east asian horror is like Wasabi where you don't taste the spice in the front of your mouth but when you swallow it then all of a sudden it's burning the back of your throat Western horror is more up in your face, plot twists, dramatic effects, but typically always ends up with everybody happy. Compared to the east asian horror tropes, this is a sour patch kid where it's sour at first but the more you chew on It the sweeter it becomes.
This is one of my favorite horror franchises--I love Elise and how she teaches others to reclaim their personal power & to defeat their demons/fears. Elise and her team meet those terrifying baddies head-on and with style!!❤
21:50 That's exactly how I took it, and that's why the Lipstick-Faced Demon's appearance at the end of Chapter 3 makes sense and how to prequels more directly tie into the Lambert story. After Elise helps Quinn, she's followed back from the Further by the demon (Chapter 3), then while dealing with her childhood haunting, she opens the door to the attic (The Last Key), with the demon already following Elise, it was able to discover Dalton this way, and was able to lure and trap him in the further (Insidious) while leads to Josh being possessed by the Bride in Black (Chapter 2). I actually loved the subtlety with how they were tied in that way
One of the most scariest things in Insidious is the black bride watching this movie for the first time I always got nightmares from it when I was younger and being older I still get a little scared seeing it now
With regards to 3 and 4: the aspects most focused on seemed to be the themes of grief and generational trauma. The 4th ESPECIALLY considering Elise's father's influence over her hesitance to continue her trade; the disconnect between her and her brother; the way her father was possessed by a demon that seemed intrinsically linked to the penitentiary attached to his home, at which he worked as a CO. The headier concepts he started going into were VERY valuable to horror stories in this era of broken families and excessive death.
This series is by far my favorite horror movies other than the Saw franchise & Dead Silence....the interconnectedness and the back story explaining everything is freakin outstanding!!
Dude this is an AMAZING video. You literally described all the movies in like 5 minutes. I understand the timeline better now. Keep this kind of content up!
I actually like the Last Key and chapter 3. To me they are unique to the other two films. Now that I think about it, I think Insidious could be a great anthology tv series, but it would need done right and the Further would need to be used in a clever way.
I just watched chapter 5 and I'm reminded of how time works in the further when in the 2nd movie, possessed Josh almost killed Dalton with a hammer and was pushed by some entity, in the latest installment we realized the person who pushed Josh was actually college Dalton.
Josh was never pushed in chapter 2. Re-watch the movie, it was the hammer that was positioned by dalton that the possessed josh used to nearly kill child dalton.
I think it was following Elise and then switched to dalton. Doesn’t make sense but it does. Demons are known to attach to children more often than adults because they’re generally more vulnerable and easier to manipulate. Just a possibility
i watched the first insidious movie when it came out and i think i can easily say that this was my real introduction to horror, and as a huge fan of horror anything now, i'm both excited and terrified to know there will be a new installment. on one hand it's gonna be so cool to see the lambert family again, but if they mess it up i'm gonna have to have a chat with bloomhouse :/
I first found out about your channel bc of the Rick became worse than Shane video that popped up on my feed. But your channel was everything thing I needed about cinema you have really good in depth analysis on movies and characters and you go into so much detail with every video you make and do your best to explain everything and just man you should be recognised more, fr you a goat 💪🏻
The Darth Maul jump scare never scared me sadly. My first reaction when I watched it as a teenager, was "Damn, he looks just like Maul". His extreme resemblance to Maul made it hard for me to find him scary, but cool instead
The childhood home lighting is very specific! You can always tell when The Further is somehow involved or prevalent in the scene because of the red lighting. This theme is throughout all the films and it's quite clever! 😀
I've got this info from czsworld's horror history. The reason that the red face was in the cliffhanger in the third movie because the red face seen an opportunity to take Elise's body and it seem to him that it is much easier since she has the ability to astral project and stuff so he followed her around but after she left that door open, the red face realize that Dalton is a much easier target and can astral project as well. I think its pretty cool but i should also admit that it is quite very convenient reasoning hahaha
i think cos elise was able to go in the realm when she wanted to the red face demon just gave up bc she can ignore it etc like she’s not scared. so yea maybe he realised dalton is an easier target
As to why insidious 1 scored so low I have a possible explanation. IMO The movie's downfall was putting so much focus on the actual rescue mission itself at the end where the movie stops being a subtle fantasy horror and it just becomes an action movie. We now see the demon crystal clear and it's so goofy now when earlier on we saw him in a dream as a shadow pointing at dalton and it was genuinely so scary. In the ending it's just naked darthmoul in its studio. We see some reeaaaaal crappy special effects too even for back in the day in a movie that didn't need them at all. In general, the further also overstays its welcome a little too much as well. I actually thought the explanation of what's happening to dalton was fantastic, it's one of the few times a movie explains the supernatural so well (another favorite being the shinning) because they don't do the over professional explanation, which often comes off as ridiculous (the vagul from sinister). It's just "I call it the further, the place you go when you dream" it's bonechilling and mystical and so scary. But when the entire final sequence takes place in the further it just stops being that interesting, again, especially when we see darthmoul's chilling in his studio. The second one is just the story of the spooky lady, no one cares man. It was okay but far less interesting.
Favorite horror franchise for 1 and 2. (Didn't like 3 or 4. You could feel James Wan's absence.) -The woman or bride in black is a thousand times creepier than the red demon. -Favorite jump scare was the face behind the curtain when the mother goes to check on her baby. -The other frightening scenes were in The Further: e.g., The woman who shoots her family and then freezes with that smile on her face. No one in the movie Smile can compare.
I think bringing back the whole OG fam and focusing on them again is the way to go, like you said it could flop but I missed them and I’d like to see how it goes. I’m hoping for the best and I bet Patrick will kill it I’m just hoping rose is shown as much as possible
Maybe the red demon could be Jack? Since Elaine thought Jack put the top on her bed and there’s no real explanation to why the red demon showed up last second, so maybe it could be Jack, who knows
i think the reason the sequal works so well is because it feels like the sequal was planned with the first one, like they knew they were going to make the sequal. ie the random creep moments in the first being josh from the second movie. everything else though.... random shit.
Honestly, the sound effects on these movies carried it. Just the opening of Insidious made my skin crawl just by listening to it during a sleepover with my college friends. We all loved Horror Movies. Its just a letdown that we never are going to see a cross-over of both movies. How I wish :(
I binge watched the movies in chronological order 3,4,1,2 and then went to the movies to see the 5th one and it made way more sense doing it that way. Also yeah that jump scare got me, but nothing scared me more than the Sinister jump scare with “Bughuul”
@@shan.69 omg same! It’s something about the soundtrack that just plays with my mind. But I give it 10/10 because it just WENT with the movie. Every scene, especially the tapes, the score was amazing. Whoever the composer was did their thing on that!
I haven't seen anyone talking about this but I think in the third movie Elise explains to Quinn that the 'Bride in Black' will someday kill her, and low and behold she does, but through Josh.
The reason why in the third the lipstick demon pop out in the ending of third one was because In the fourth it was a prequel of third one and it shows that she let the door open
i really think the idea of the red demon, and the red door in the 4th movie is the Red demon attaching itself to elise. Then when she opened the red door found a naive kid he could take advantage of. Someone like elise would never have made the mistake that Dalton did. Just my thought on the matter.
The second one was my absolute favorite!! James Wan is a genius!!! And he’s proven that over and over. All of the actors are amazing and play this role so well!! Definitely iconic roles for them all!! But I couldn’t believe that it has been 10 years since the first one! When I saw that a new one was coming out I was so excited! And then shocked when I realized that Dalton is played by the same kid…that’s when I was like what!!?? It’s been 10 years!!? Doesn’t seem like it’s been that long!
Might just be me but I honestly enjoyed The Last Key way more than chapter 3, it actually felt like an insidious movie again and the twists it gives throughout really gets you invested in the story, even if the stakes aren’t that high, chapter 3 felt like a total departure and just disconnected from what we grew to love about the first 2, The Last Key felt like it did as good of a job as it could giving us a movie that didn’t have to rely on pointless jump scares to keep you watching, hopefully insidious 5 does a good job continuing the story because a follow up with the characters from 1 and 2 feels like what chapter 3 should’ve been
Made this video at the right time... the trailer for Insidious 5 just came out! 😂
aged well
no you know why at 22:04 its a red door. It was to hint out the 5th sequal XD
in the chapter 3 part you were confused as to why we see the red face demon at all, it's because he's a higher up in terms of the power level of entities in the further, the other demon we see, the man who can't breathe, gets defeated by elise right? So not only is that part of the further that the man who can't breathe had control of/ruled over/controlled now open to be claimed by another demon, like red face, but elise could have potentially taken out one of red face's partners or subserviants way before he ever knew about dalton
basically i'm trying to say that red face has every reason to go after elise after she helps quinn take out the man who can't breathe
ITS STILL GOING ON? THIS IS GREAT
Specs is played by Leigh wanell he’s a producer of many of the James wan films
One of the biggest plot holes that wasn’t touched on is how Josh was able to afford such nice houses on a teachers salary.
And in California, too! (At least I think their in Cali, correct me if I'm wrong:/)
I mean he was a college professor with tenure, but even then it is mystery lol
Credit? Down payment?
LMAO
and all the while paying for his son's medical bills
I was always so scared for Karl in the movie! I liked his character a lot!
There are some prequels who do great even when the ending is known. Rogue One as recent example comes to mind. We knew they would succeed in getting the plans to the Rebellion and now we know at what cost. But i agree it takes alot of work and dedication to make a good prequel that is not just a prequel in name only.
one of my favorite horror sagas, insidious, i loved your video.
I'll give the Insidious franchise a 7.8/10 & The Conjuring franchise a 8.9/10. Brilliant work James Wan!
I think the reason why they showed that jump scare of the red face demon is become she has dreams about her cases and she had a dream about her next case (Dalton) in the 4th one. She knew his name at the end of the 4th one because she dreamt of him twice knowing she’d helped him next. Dalton was already dreaming of the red door and able to astro project and because she left the door open at the end of the fourth one. The spirts were able to get through the door and Dalton was able to travel to the further thinking it was a dream realm before being trapped by the red face demon. That’s just my theory though, take it with a grain of salt 🫶🏼
The Conjuring and Insidious are awesome
Actually Elise was being hunted by the bride in black and the red faced demon. I suggest you watch CZ'sworld
it’s so crazy because I used to think insidious and the conjuring where in the same universe just because of the actors 😭
Same!!!
ME TOO it had me so confused
Same
The red demon jump scare is probably the most scared I have ever been in a movie.
I hate that guy lol
I laughed at it Ngl, I just said to my friend eh yo who let darth maul in a movie tbh tho not much scares me
@Husckle2 Agreed...when I saw it, I was not impressed. All this cool stuff going on throughout the movie and the big bad, jump scare, is, a guy in bad cosplay
@@Husckle2 wow you’re so cool
@@tinasnow_ you’re cringe bro
In my opinion the scariest shot in the whole franchise is when Josh’s mum is reciting her ‘dream’ and she asks what the Demon wants , and he slowly points his claw towards Dalton’s body…
Definitely up there. Maybe one of the scariest shots ever for sure.
HES GOT YOUR BABY HES GOT YOUR BABY
Omg that was so eerie!!
@@scoutinglegion8601 I know! It traumatised me when I was younger 🤣
Guys what about the part where parker mom pops up & says "DON'T YOU DARE" and slaps Josh wife scary pop up lol
The reason the third movie has that jump scare with the Lipstick Faced Demon is because its showing where it came from. The demon was originally attached to Elise i think and the reason that scene where she opens the door and sees Dalton fall off the ladder is explaining how the Lipstick Faced Demon even got to Dalton in the first place. Dalton hears that creaking noise which is the noise that the demon makes and that's how it got through. It was stalking Elise and went through the door she opened once it saw Dalton and thats what leads up the first movie.
I like this explanation.
He's literally just stalking her waiting for an opportunity.
That’s not true she just happened to leave the door open by accident
Yes, and the chapter 3 jump-scare establishes that lipstick face has been freed and is at large.
It's a far better explanation than what that clown (TH-camr) went through.
im glad someone understood.
This is my favorite horror franchise ever. It me the shivers every time. I love your theory about Elise leading by accident the red demon to Dalton.
It makes the most sense to me. Hopefully insidious 5 gives us some answers!
The Further and the way spirits show themselves in this franchise, is very realistic--I feel like I've been there a few times, too! Can't wait for Chapter 5!
It seemed pretty obvious that the reason the prequel showed Dalton's door opening is because the door was left open. The whole movie constantly speaks about how Elise inadvertently opens doors for these demons and the demons can't enter without having the door opened for them. Her opening that door and leaving it open is just yet another of her pattern of accidentally bringing demons into the world and into people's lives. Was a really interesting and subtle way of showing _why_ the first movie happened in the first place. I guess if you got it then you got it and if you didn't, well...
I’m SO happy you covered the scenes in Chapter II where Josh affects his past in the further. My 13 year old brain was totally blown when they added all that context
I think the idea of Elise leaving the red door open is a cool as fuck idea.
I see it as she obviously opened that red door by accident. In leaving it open, she's let spirits from the further go through it and get Dalton. So I see it as she's responsible for Dalton going through what he went through in the first film by leaving the door open on accident.
I think it's a fucking cool scene.
It is a sign that humanity still may be redeemable that Elise is the main star of this franchise. She's not your typical young, glamorous movie star but still carries these films with her charm and charisma.
Sometimes Hollywood loves great actresses instead of beauty, brainless actors
I am in the camp that is too scared to watch the movies, but every excerpt I have seen makes me think she's a compelling character. Her comic-relief pals are charming as well. (And, while we're at it, the Lambert family seems like a largely relatable bunch).
ikrr
She's adorable I love her
What’s crazier than the insidious story line is the fact that Jenna Ortega was secretly in EVERYTHING before she was in scream/Wednesday. I can’t be the only one way who says “wait she was in ________ too?” Any time she shows up in an older movie or show.
Yeah man, it's crazy
Me while watching X.
Yes she had a small cameo in iron man 3
she’s talented ash
Wait she was in insidious ??
In my opinion, the red lipstick demon looks like some cool Darth Maul cosplay. The first movie really stood out compared to it's sequels.
I love Darth Maul but the demon freaks me out. Fuck that guy. I might be biased towards Maul though.
I love Insidious 3 more than Insidious 1
@@Rico401Provinteresting. The first one is easily my favorite one followed by the 2nd one. I like the 4th one over the 3rd as well
@@takerfan4ever wow you buggin, son but I respect your opinion 💯
Blair witch never showed the monster not because they were being clever but because of a complete accident. When heather is screaming “what is that” as she’s running, she was originally supposed to show a creature running towards her, but the actress didn’t know that was supposed to happen and got truly scared and missed the shot.
That’s why they’re supposed to do a run through
@@karmabutterfly7985 the whole production of Blair witch was a mess. A lot of the stuff in the movie was improvised.
@@gabrielparanormalchildhood7559 that’s exactly what that is a theory. Not confirmed. I think it’s supposed to be ambiguous over all. Makes the movie more terrifying
@@Childishxmarkeeloo I would’ve fired her on the spot if I was director
@@Rico401Prov dude Blair witch was already hell and a mess to develop as a film. It’s a surprise any of it worked out
I have not seen the other Insidious films besides the first two, but I love how the first two tie up all the loose ends. The first film ends in a scary cliffhanger, and the sequel makes the first one make much more sense
Excellent analysis... very excited that Patrick Wilson is directing the next one. Truly an underrated actor... he knows these kinda movies so well... I think it'll be a great movie.
Yeah he’s the star of two of the most successful horror franchises. If any first time director can get the job done, it’s him.
@@thethriftytypewriterHe's come a long way since Lakeview Terrace
@@JQUE94 he’s dead
I think the way they justify the jump scare ending of 3 is meant to be symbolised that the red demon followed Elise after her trip to the further in that movie. We know that he wants to possess the living so he could be hoping for a chance to try and possess Elise but since she tries to avoid going to the further, he just continues stalking her. When she opens that door, he realises that Dalton also harnesses the gift of astral projection and since he's a kid, it would be easier for the red demon to possess him, which is where the events of the first movie take up
This was the first horror movie I ever watched on my own and I remember being so shocked because it was an actual good movie and I rewatched it over and over due to all the Easter eggs even as a kid lmao
I know he doesn't cover The Red Door in this video since it wasn't out at the time, but Dalton's painting of his dad carrying him at the end of The Red Door made my wife and I legit tear up lol
15:06 Anyone on the father's side throughout this movie is strange to me...His daughter is a teenager trying to get on with her life. He should NOT have been throwing his dead wife's responsibilities onto her (and no he wasn't trying his best - he was too lazy to search for a frying pan to make breakfast lmao). It's not like Quin was a bad child making life harder for her father. She was literally a good kid who missed her mother and wanted to go off to college. What's un-likable about that??
Insidious 1 and 2 have many east Asian influences on them. That's why they feel off, weird or dated. I think most East Asians can agree to this. In many east Asian myths, beliefs and culture it is believed that entities can take the form of your loves one's and come live at home with you. The astral plane that Dalton and his father goes to is a parallel to shamanism. I think James Wan just changed a couple things to make it more palletteable to western audiences. Some things are original, but I'd say at least half of parts 1 and 2 were heavily influenced by east Asian myths and beliefs.
After insidious 2 James Wan stopped working on the series. It became more mainstream and a more western style or horror. More jump scares and cliche horror movie tropes, etc.
The east Asian horror makes you feel like the demon is slowly invading your life and taking your loved ones away one by one. It's supposed to make you feel like you can't trust anybody. You don't know if you're just thinking too much or if a demon is actually in your presence. It should leave you you a sense of dread. It will not always end with a happy ending, but with more a lesson. If we're comparing these movies like it's food then east asian horror is like Wasabi where you don't taste the spice in the front of your mouth but when you swallow it then all of a sudden it's burning the back of your throat
Western horror is more up in your face, plot twists, dramatic effects, but typically always ends up with everybody happy. Compared to the east asian horror tropes, this is a sour patch kid where it's sour at first but the more you chew on It the sweeter it becomes.
This is one of my favorite horror franchises--I love Elise and how she teaches others to reclaim their personal power & to defeat their demons/fears. Elise and her team meet those terrifying baddies head-on and with style!!❤
Anyone else absolutely hate the static effect throughout the whole video? I’m onto chapter 2 but can’t finish 😢
You forgot to mention how the guy that plays Specs is also a writer of these films. He wrote the Saw films with James Wan as well.
He only wrote the first three Saw films. He also plays Adam in the first Saw film!
That’s bc insidious 3 comes before insidious 1 and the jumpscare at the end of 3 was Elise’s premonition of the demon in the first.
21:50 That's exactly how I took it, and that's why the Lipstick-Faced Demon's appearance at the end of Chapter 3 makes sense and how to prequels more directly tie into the Lambert story. After Elise helps Quinn, she's followed back from the Further by the demon (Chapter 3), then while dealing with her childhood haunting, she opens the door to the attic (The Last Key), with the demon already following Elise, it was able to discover Dalton this way, and was able to lure and trap him in the further (Insidious) while leads to Josh being possessed by the Bride in Black (Chapter 2). I actually loved the subtlety with how they were tied in that way
One of the most scariest things in Insidious is the black bride watching this movie for the first time I always got nightmares from it when I was younger and being older I still get a little scared seeing it now
With regards to 3 and 4: the aspects most focused on seemed to be the themes of grief and generational trauma. The 4th ESPECIALLY considering Elise's father's influence over her hesitance to continue her trade; the disconnect between her and her brother; the way her father was possessed by a demon that seemed intrinsically linked to the penitentiary attached to his home, at which he worked as a CO. The headier concepts he started going into were VERY valuable to horror stories in this era of broken families and excessive death.
This series is by far my favorite horror movies other than the Saw franchise & Dead Silence....the interconnectedness and the back story explaining everything is freakin outstanding!!
Wow someone love Dead Silence!
@@robertdominicceasarsalvill2221 YESSSSSS definitely top 2
Dude this is an AMAZING video. You literally described all the movies in like 5 minutes. I understand the timeline better now. Keep this kind of content up!
So...Dalton's haunting was her fault right? I remember thinking that the moment I watched that scene.
That’s what I took away from it but it’s not very clear 🤷🏻♂️
I think they fucked up killing Elise ... I love her and her 2 helpers.
Honestly a sinister & insidious collab would be insane
I actually like the Last Key and chapter 3. To me they are unique to the other two films. Now that I think about it, I think Insidious could be a great anthology tv series, but it would need done right and the Further would need to be used in a clever way.
My gadd I need this because I've long time forgot the story line
I just watched chapter 5 and I'm reminded of how time works in the further when in the 2nd movie, possessed Josh almost killed Dalton with a hammer and was pushed by some entity, in the latest installment we realized the person who pushed Josh was actually college Dalton.
Josh was never pushed in chapter 2. Re-watch the movie, it was the hammer that was positioned by dalton that the possessed josh used to nearly kill child dalton.
I think it was following Elise and then switched to dalton. Doesn’t make sense but it does. Demons are known to attach to children more often than adults because they’re generally more vulnerable and easier to manipulate. Just a possibility
That’s literally exactly what happened. Not sure why the guy who made the video didn’t catch that
First premiere I’ve caught, great video- you always have really good insight on the material you cover 👍🏻
Thank you very much! Glad you could make the premiere!
i watched the first insidious movie when it came out and i think i can easily say that this was my real introduction to horror, and as a huge fan of horror anything now, i'm both excited and terrified to know there will be a new installment. on one hand it's gonna be so cool to see the lambert family again, but if they mess it up i'm gonna have to have a chat with bloomhouse :/
Make a video on sinister 🥰 this is the second video I’ve watched of yours and I’m hooked
I first found out about your channel bc of the Rick became worse than Shane video that popped up on my feed. But your channel was everything thing I needed about cinema you have really good in depth analysis on movies and characters and you go into so much detail with every video you make and do your best to explain everything and just man you should be recognised more, fr you a goat 💪🏻
Thank you so much!! Very kind of you to say!
The Darth Maul jump scare never scared me sadly. My first reaction when I watched it as a teenager, was "Damn, he looks just like Maul".
His extreme resemblance to Maul made it hard for me to find him scary, but cool instead
PLEASE CONNECT THE INSIDIOUS 5 TOOOOO!!
It was a huge mistake to k1// Elise in the first movie, and then make a franchise. I'd had love to see her alive after Insidious 1.
The thrifty typewriter is the real Top G.☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻
The childhood home lighting is very specific! You can always tell when The Further is somehow involved or prevalent in the scene because of the red lighting. This theme is throughout all the films and it's quite clever! 😀
man, that Jenna Otega jump scare was crazy.
I've got this info from czsworld's horror history. The reason that the red face was in the cliffhanger in the third movie because the red face seen an opportunity to take Elise's body and it seem to him that it is much easier since she has the ability to astral project and stuff so he followed her around but after she left that door open, the red face realize that Dalton is a much easier target and can astral project as well. I think its pretty cool but i should also admit that it is quite very convenient reasoning hahaha
i think cos elise was able to go in the realm when she wanted to the red face demon just gave up bc she can ignore it etc like she’s not scared. so yea maybe he realised dalton is an easier target
As to why insidious 1 scored so low I have a possible explanation. IMO The movie's downfall was putting so much focus on the actual rescue mission itself at the end where the movie stops being a subtle fantasy horror and it just becomes an action movie. We now see the demon crystal clear and it's so goofy now when earlier on we saw him in a dream as a shadow pointing at dalton and it was genuinely so scary. In the ending it's just naked darthmoul in its studio. We see some reeaaaaal crappy special effects too even for back in the day in a movie that didn't need them at all.
In general, the further also overstays its welcome a little too much as well. I actually thought the explanation of what's happening to dalton was fantastic, it's one of the few times a movie explains the supernatural so well (another favorite being the shinning) because they don't do the over professional explanation, which often comes off as ridiculous (the vagul from sinister). It's just "I call it the further, the place you go when you dream" it's bonechilling and mystical and so scary. But when the entire final sequence takes place in the further it just stops being that interesting, again, especially when we see darthmoul's chilling in his studio.
The second one is just the story of the spooky lady, no one cares man. It was okay but far less interesting.
Favorite horror franchise for 1 and 2. (Didn't like 3 or 4. You could feel James Wan's absence.)
-The woman or bride in black is a thousand times creepier than the red demon.
-Favorite jump scare was the face behind the curtain when the mother goes to check on her baby.
-The other frightening scenes were in The Further: e.g., The woman who shoots her family and then freezes with that smile on her face. No one in the movie Smile can compare.
I think bringing back the whole OG fam and focusing on them again is the way to go, like you said it could flop but I missed them and I’d like to see how it goes. I’m hoping for the best and I bet Patrick will kill it I’m just hoping rose is shown as much as possible
Maybe the red demon could be Jack? Since Elaine thought Jack put the top on her bed and there’s no real explanation to why the red demon showed up last second, so maybe it could be Jack, who knows
i think the reason the sequal works so well is because it feels like the sequal was planned with the first one, like they knew they were going to make the sequal. ie the random creep moments in the first being josh from the second movie. everything else though.... random shit.
would you ever consider checking out "dog soldiers" very interesting horror movie. definitely the best werewolf movie I've ever seen (no crappy CGI)
I really love 1 and 2
They should continue this movie and leaving the movies with an open door for the next chapter
Lin Shaye is so good at being f**king terrifying lmfao
Honestly, like so much how you seem to find so much enjoyment out of these films. And that goes for all of your content. Love this channel.
Just watched the entire series, I love Elise. ❤
James Wan is a GOAT of the horror movie
Thrifty: This also goes along with my opinion that all prequels just kinda suck.
Better Call Saul: Am I a fucking joke to you?
Honestly, the sound effects on these movies carried it. Just the opening of Insidious made my skin crawl just by listening to it during a sleepover with my college friends. We all loved Horror Movies. Its just a letdown that we never are going to see a cross-over of both movies. How I wish :(
I binge watched the movies in chronological order 3,4,1,2 and then went to the movies to see the 5th one and it made way more sense doing it that way.
Also yeah that jump scare got me, but nothing scared me more than the Sinister jump scare with “Bughuul”
Sinister's soundtrack leaves me traumatised. I watched all of then when I was a child, even now it still scares.
@@shan.69 omg same! It’s something about the soundtrack that just plays with my mind. But I give it 10/10 because it just WENT with the movie. Every scene, especially the tapes, the score was amazing. Whoever the composer was did their thing on that!
@@Hgirl2101 literally, the movie would not be the same without the soundtrack
@@shan.69 10000% agree with you!!!
James Waan... Sure but,
THIS IS A LEIGH WHANNEL FILM....
the true creator of the SAW franchise
Specks 🎉
Can't wait for us to see a trailer for Insidious 5. The movie is meant to be out in July so a trailer shouldn't been too long now.
Although i loved 1,2 & 4 but the one i really got scared with is Insidious 3! Poor quin, it actually hunt me after watching this prequel
10:30 - THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THIS SCENE! This was the creepiest scene in the entirety of the first 3 movies. possibly the entire franchise.
“All prequels are inherently bad.”
*Better Call Saul has entered the room*
I haven't seen anyone talking about this but I think in the third movie Elise explains to Quinn that the 'Bride in Black' will someday kill her, and low and behold she does, but through Josh.
Bro traumatized me continuously with that insidious 3 jump scare.
The part II connection to the part I haunting literally blew my mind at first
The reason why in the third the lipstick demon pop out in the ending of third one was because In the fourth it was a prequel of third one and it shows that she let the door open
i really think the idea of the red demon, and the red door in the 4th movie is the Red demon attaching itself to elise. Then when she opened the red door found a naive kid he could take advantage of. Someone like elise would never have made the mistake that Dalton did. Just my thought on the matter.
literally the best horror franchise ever, the vibes it gives, i cant wait for 5!!
I have just watched the 5th installment and it was beautiful and a good conclusion to Insidious 1 and 2.
The second one was my absolute favorite!! James Wan is a genius!!! And he’s proven that over and over. All of the actors are amazing and play this role so well!! Definitely iconic roles for them all!! But I couldn’t believe that it has been 10 years since the first one! When I saw that a new one was coming out I was so excited! And then shocked when I realized that Dalton is played by the same kid…that’s when I was like what!!?? It’s been 10 years!!? Doesn’t seem like it’s been that long!
The demon always make me think of Larry David doing a Darth Maul cosplay.
I just realized that Specs is Leigh Whannell…man how did I miss that
😅😅sooooo My garage light clicked off when I started this video 😂😂
It is just me that thinking "last key" is not that good compare to other insidious movies
Lynn Shaye is amazing
Great video! Just one thing. Parker Crane was just a ghost not a demon.
Might just be me but I honestly enjoyed The Last Key way more than chapter 3, it actually felt like an insidious movie again and the twists it gives throughout really gets you invested in the story, even if the stakes aren’t that high, chapter 3 felt like a total departure and just disconnected from what we grew to love about the first 2, The Last Key felt like it did as good of a job as it could giving us a movie that didn’t have to rely on pointless jump scares to keep you watching, hopefully insidious 5 does a good job continuing the story because a follow up with the characters from 1 and 2 feels like what chapter 3 should’ve been
I think you explained it very well. The red demon was following Elise and went to dalton after she opened the door to his world
Why am i just finding out they're making a 5th movie? I'm actually very excited
still wondering about a littleback story of the child dancing on insidious chapter 2
Going to see insidious tonite at a drive in. Just had to get caught back up. Thanks for the synopsis!
The bride isn’t a demon just a spirit. Loved the video!!
This is getting exciting the official trailer of 5 is getting closer can't wait for July ♥️
Im sad you missed the scenes where Parker Crane was in the mental hospital with the Mom.
Hyped for this!
always a great analysis!
12:32 Not sure if it was intentional, but you said “upside down” instead of the further lol
Insidious was good for two movies, then an UFO took it down like Biden falling from the bike.