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Play trailer 1:43 Poster for Insidious PG-13 Released Apr 1, 2011 1h 41m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
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Aside from a shaky final act, Insidious is a very scary and very fun haunted house thrill ride.

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Jim Schembri The Age (Australia) Director James Wan here proves himself very adept at building dramatic tension and making you anxious about the things going on in your peripheral vision. Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 16, 2011 Full Review David Stratton At the Movies (Australia) If the film was attempting to be more than just a horror movie, it doesn't work on that level either. Rated: 2/5 May 12, 2011 Full Review Philip French Guardian A supernatural horror flick by and for horror buffs. May 1, 2011 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Wan knows how to use his familiar bag of tricks to make us squirm and jump at the right moments, and today that’s rare among this brand of haunted house fright movie. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 31, 2023 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy While it’s long been time to call a moratorium on both haunted-house thrillers and creepy-child sagas, Insidious milks a bit of innovativeness from both these sub-genres before self-destructing. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 27, 2023 Full Review Allison Rose FlickDirect There have been far scarier movies that have been made and, while some are better than Insidious, there are many more that are MUCH worse. Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 14, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Hayden C Way too overrated. Throughout the film I just felt bored and gave up watching. They lighting palette they use is way to dull it made me tired. Also it’s a very stereotypical film with it starting with a family moving into a house and the only real original part to me was the demon being in the boy and not the house. Also the jump-scares did not work and the iconic one didn’t grasp like other movies did. I love James Wan but this movie was very bad Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/25/25 Full Review Nicholas S Classic horror movie. Worth a watch, but I actually prefer the second one. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/23/25 Full Review Will L While extremely basic as far as horror movies go (and admittedly a remake of Poltergeist), this movie manages to take hold of the zeitgeist with rememberable jump scare and suspense scenes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/17/25 Full Review Lloyd S I was curious and found myself disappointed. Story is lame, always about demons haunting a house or a family. Nothing new. Not scary and the scenes were too dark and confusing, had to pause to see what was going on. Really terrible. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/24/25 Full Review Paul S This movie was really thrilling and compelling, and it did such a good job producing a terrifying scenario. I definitely recommend it for horror and thriller fans! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review Hector V La vi con mis amigos y la verdad es que nos gusto mucho. La historia es la típica de una película de terror pero los sustos son muy buenos y al menos los personajes son más inteligentes que los típicos personajes de una película de terror. Definitivamente tenéis que verla. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
Director
James Wan
Producer
Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli
Screenwriter
Leigh Whannell
Distributor
FilmDistrict
Production Co
Alliance, Sony Pictures Television, IM Global
Rating
PG-13 (Frightening Images|Brief Strong Language|Terror|Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 1, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$54.0M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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