#insidious

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Im new on tumblr, so heres my letterboxd for starting; lelersecin3ma

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What are you looking at?

I saw this movie the other day, kinda good

[louthesawgirl]

Why the fuck is Patrick Wilson / Ed Warren / Josh Lambert on The One Show? 😭

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Insidious: The Last Key

After years of minor roles in major films and major roles in minor ones, Lin Shaye became a cult star at the tender age of 67 when she first played the role of psychic researcher Elise Rainier in INSIDIOUS (2010). She was, in fact, one of the few good things about a film so stupid I dubbed it “Insipidous.” Not realizing what a treasure she was, writer Leigh Whannell killed Elise off in the first film, then brought her back as a spirit in the 2013 sequel. From there, he had to move to prequels to keep her in the franchise, with her role expanding in INSIDIOUS 3 (2013) and moving into the lead in Adam Robitel’s INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY (2018, HBO Max). As welcome as her presence is, however, it’s hard to generate suspense when you know your leading lady and her assistants — Angus Simpson as Tucker and Whannell as Specs — are going to survive so they can eventually turn up in films set later in the timeline.

The action starts in the past, with a child Elise trying to hide her psychic gifts from her disapproving, abusive father (Josh Stewart) only to unwittingly release a demon, Keyface, who kills her mother. The teen Elise runs from her abusive father, leaving behind a younger brother. Years later, Shaye gets a call from the house’s new owner (Kirk Acevedo, who wants her help with the demon still haunting the place. That forces Elise to confront her childhood traumas, revelations about her father and a brother (Bruce Davison) still bitter about her leaving him years earlier.

Whannell is not the most logical writer. He’s one of those “the supernatural means I can write any shit I want” kinds of horror scribes. There are no set rules for the hauntings or even for Elise’s psychic powers. At one point, the teen psychic grabs her father’s head and makes him see all the hauntings she’s experienced, as if she had suddenly turned into the X-Men’s Phoenix, Professor X or Emma Frost (yes, I know my comics). And the story’s resolution comes about mainly be creating a whole new set of rules for how to deal with Keyface. It’s sloppy writing. The script also gets downright creepy in the wrong way when Specks and Tucker try to pick up two young women they’ve just learned are Elise’s nieces. It’s meant to be comic, but the humor feels forced and rather tasteless. Fortunately, Robitel has a strong visual sense and good rhythms. The film moves pretty well and has sequences that look more fascinating than the script.

And it has Shaye. When she returns to her childhood home, Robitel keeps her in closeup as she takes in the place again, and it’s a marvelous piece of acting, reminiscent of Bette Davis’ homecoming in WATCH ON THE RHINE (1943). It’s not just that Shaye’s face has weathered beautifully and unashamedly —she wears her age like a badge — but the actress also has superb technique. She’s so far inside her character that she brings out values that aren’t in the words. The film ends with Elise getting the call that will send her into the first film and her death (I don’t think that counts as a spoiler). Shaye’s scheduled for another INSIDIOUS film, and I’d be happy to see her do more prequels as long as she wants to.

[chainedloser]

Random study of the hospital room dalton is in for two seconds in the first insidious

I just like the room and need to do more none people studies bc I simply don't do that,, I want to draw more buildings and such,, also this room is shown for such a short amount of time I had to edit two shots together to get a better view of the room

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