‘Insidious’ will have you jumping in your seat

De’Arbreya Lee
Staff Writer

Horror films are back with a vengeance with the release of films such as Paranormal Activity and Saw.  Fans seem to be intrigued with unexplainable, paranormal phenomenon and the April 1, 2011 release of the horror film “Insidious,” is just more proof of this.

Written by Leigh Whannell, produced by Oren Peli and directed by James Wan, the movie pulled in a weekend gross of $9,740,000 during the first weekend of its release.

The movie, a tale surrounding the mysteries of out of body experiences, stars Patrick Wilson (Watchmen), Rose Bryne (Troy), Ty Simpkins (The Next Three Days), and begins with the Lambert family adjusting to life in their new home.

With her husband Josh Lambert (Wilson), a high school teacher away at work for most of the day, Renai Lambert (Bryne), songstress at heart, gets to spend the majority of her days settling into the house, getting to know her new home and dealing with the raising her young children. The oldest of their two sons, Dalton Lambert (Simpkins), embarks on a journey into the attic that results in a long, deep slumber that changes his life, and his family’s lives as they know it.

After the accident, weird occurrences and strange sights are spotted in the couple’s new home and fear that they have settled into a haunted house causes the couple to relocate. A call from Josh’s mother, Foster Lambert (Barbara Hershey), to psychic exorcist Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) will cause both Josh and Renai to question Dalton’s sweet, childhood fantasies and to consider an option of treatment that neither of the two thought possible. In order to save his son’s future, Josh must first visit an awful past that he has strived so hard to forget, or risk losing Dalton forever.

I’m personally not a fan of blood, constant screaming and falling down and get captured films, so Insidious was just the movie for me. With little blood, haunting characters, and creepy music, the film offers both the thrill that will make viewers scream, but allows room for laughter in twisted scenes that I wouldn’t recommend watching right before bed.

With a running time of 1 hr and 42 minutes of jumping in your seat and watching the scenes through your fingers, I’m sure that “Insidious” will be a good watch, over and over again.