Insidious

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Insidious

PG-13

Released Apr 1, 2011

1h 41m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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Philip French

Guardian

A supernatural horror flick by and for horror buffs.

May 1, 2011

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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

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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

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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

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Lars N

It's awful and awful-looking. Apart from a couple of cheap scares and some instances of solid tension buildup there's not much here substance wise.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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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

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Nicholas S

Classic horror movie. Worth a watch, but I actually prefer the second one.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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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

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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

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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

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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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