Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare
Cinematic Sommelier
5.4
This had such potential… the first 20 minutes or so were really solid horror buildup. Then… it goes off the rails. The narrative loses is grounding and becomes incredibly silly and unnecessarily complex at the same time. Jessica Chastain plays both mommies surprisingly well. I just felt that it overshot the mark and lost the plot (literally) almost out of the gate, sadly. Save yourself the hour and half.
7.5
I haven’t played the games or seen the other movies, so don’t be worried about that here. It still hits just as well. An unbelievable apocalyptic clusterfuck put to film with a tight hour and a half run time. Just enough of a video game feel without getting goofy… just enough humor to break the tension. Perfectly balanced execution of a niche genre that hasn’t been attempted in a hot minute. I had a fun time with this one!
7.8
Elise’s still got it! Who would have thought that the Insidious series would still pack such a punch this far in!
Just enough freshness mixed with the ambiance we all know and love… a recipe for horrific success! The blanket/pillow fort sequence may be one of the scariest in the franchise for me!
6.9
The tension in this one is UNREAL… the cognitive dissonance second to none! Just in time for us millennials raised on “Barney” coming of age. Giving the strange guy who directed the “too many cooks” Adult Swim sketch a feature film budget proves to be a stroke of genius here. Too many one-liners and darkly hilarious laughs to count… definitely going to hell for laughing at this one. More blood than you expect… but also more laughs.
2.5
Save yourself the hour and a half. It felt like 3 hours.
Too violent, and unnecessarily violent. It puts the “Terrifer” series to shame, and not in a good way. It goes too far, and lacks any semblance of a story to even attempt to hold it together. Eli Roth knows better.
Enjoy this instead…
