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Believe Me, I Know You Work Insidiously

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (10)

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I’d very much like for this movie to be good. It’s got a pretty good cast — Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, and Barbara Hershey (fresh off of blowing our minds in Black Swan). It’s directed by James Wan, who directed the only decent Saw movie (the first one), but since hasn’t really hit the mark. And the plot is interesting, if fairly routine: A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

The trailer, though… is mixed. It’s very effective in some ways, but it’s so hyperactively edited that it detracts away from the overall impact. Would it kill them to have a shot that lasts more than five seconds?

Anyway, take a gander:

(although… the picture in the header is a little Beetlejuice-ishly silly)









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Comments

It's gotten good reviews, for what it's worth.

Posted by: Craig at January 26, 2011 9:48 AM

...and be on the look-out for the soon-to-come sequel: Insidious II: The Furthering.

/J-J-Jaded

Posted by: Rykker at January 26, 2011 9:50 AM

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

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Ohhhhh, I thought that said Fuhrer.

Posted by: zeke the pig at January 26, 2011 9:52 AM

I don't know if I can trust Roy Munson's landlord on the subject of hauntings.

Ghost: Raaaawr. (House shakes)

Ghost expert lady: You really jarred something loose there, tiger.

Posted by: Paultera at January 26, 2011 10:12 AM

James Wan made Dead Silence. For doing something new and different with the all but dead evil doll subgenre, he gets a lifetime pass from me for any other project. I'm not seeing anything particularly new or interesting in this trailer. Wan does know how to pull out really cool and stylized performances from his actors. It has potential with that cast to be good.

Posted by: Robert at January 26, 2011 10:33 AM

I like the direction that these haunting-style horror movies are taking - that it is a person that is being haunted and not a place. It takes away the objection that intelligent horror fans have (to leave the damn house) and makes the creeps much more effective.

Posted by: stardust at January 26, 2011 10:37 AM

Insidious III: Insidiouser

Posted by: Nadine at January 26, 2011 10:53 AM

Yes, I believe I'll watch this movie.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at January 26, 2011 11:09 AM

Insidious IV: Still Insidiousing.

Posted by: Shane at January 26, 2011 9:50 PM

The Further. That's stupid. They wanted something mysterious and shadowy sounding without going too nerdy, and their crack team of crackhead writers came up with "The Further." Go write a Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries and call it a television event.

Posted by: Lucas at January 27, 2011 1:38 AM