Insidious (2010)

Directed by

James Wan

Genre

drama film, horror film, psychological horror fiction, mystery film, thriller film, ghost film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7,388 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple's son falls into a mysterious coma. They discover his body has become a doorway for malevolent spirits.

tensecreepyunsettlingslow-burndarkatmosphericnightmarish

What happens

Insidious is a 2010 supernatural horror film directed and co-edited by James Wan, written by Leigh Whannell, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Barbara Hershey. It is the first installment in the Insidious franchise and the third in terms of the series' in-story chronology. The story centers on a married couple whose boy inexplicably enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for a variety of demonic entities in an astral plane. Insidious had its world premiere on September 14, 2010, at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and received a wide theatrical release on April 1, 2011, by FilmDistrict. The film is followed by two sequels, Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Insidious: The Red Door (2023); and two prequels, Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and Insidious: The Last Key (2018). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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