Insidious

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Insidious

PG-13

2011

1h 43m

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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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)

Jun 16, 2011

3.5/5

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.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

May 12, 2011

2/5

If the film was attempting to be more than just a horror movie, it doesn't work on that level either.

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Philip French

Guardian

May 1, 2011

A supernatural horror flick by and for horror buffs.

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Aug 21, 2026

While not necessarily scary, the story is completely absorbing and chock full of surprises with an outstanding ensemble cast. It is so far the best looking one in the bunch thanks to director and coeditor James Wan and not one, but two cinematographers

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Dec 15, 2025

6/10

I think one of the reasons Insidious has never quite reached the popularity (or noteriety) of the other Wan-Whannel creations is the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink scattershot approach it takes to genre.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11, 2025

2/5

There's a handful of big, effective scares, but the tonal imbalance between the front half and back half don't really align in a satisfying way.

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Gunner I

@RT64755212 5 hrs ago

This is an excellent movie. I could watch it over and over again. And it's great to watch around Halloween. Lots of jump scares.

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Nolan M

@vyzee 1 day ago

Proof you don’t need gore to make a horror movie terrifying.

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Wayne K

@WayneKelso 3 days ago

It’s taken me a long time to get round to watching any Insidious films. Maybe because there are just so many in the series it feels like a chore to watch them. This first instalment might fall into a lot of the traps that modern horror films do, but it also does a great job of building suspense, creating a creepy atmosphere and catching you off guard with its scares. I found Patrick Wilsons’s acting to be pretty wooden, with a permanent expression of ‘My bank card just declined for some reason’, but the rest of cast do a great job, with the exception of the Tucker & Specs comedy double act that feels completely out of place. It has its problem, including a haphazard, overwrought 3rd act, but it manages to do a lot right, and mostly delivers on it’s soul wandering premise. It’s easy to see why Blumhouse keeps coming back to the Insidious well time and time again.

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Ben T

@Ben_T 6 days ago

This one wasn’t too bad. The second movie might actually outdo the first

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Kirsty B

@RT74457854 6 days ago

I will forever love this movie, start to finish.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 13, 2026

Insidious = a 3.5 star Movie!

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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 43m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

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