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| Credits | |
| Title: | Insidious: The Red Door |
| Director: | Patrick Wilson |
| Writers: | Scott Teems; Leigh Whannell |
| Producers: | Jason Blum; Leigh Whannell; James Wan; Ryan Turek; Brian Kavanaugh-Jones; Oren Peli; Charles Layton; Jon Romano; Steven Schneider; Derek Ambrosi; Howard Young; Jennifer Scudder Trent |
| Composer: | Joseph Bishara |
| Cinematography: | Autumn Eakin |
| Editors: | Derek Ambrosi; Michel Aller |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Blumhouse Productions Alliance Films Screen Gems Stage 6 Films Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Distributed by: | Columbia Pictures |
| Released: | June 27th, 2023 |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 107 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Insidious: The Red Door is an American feature film of the supernatural & demonic thriller subgenre of horror. It is the fifth and purportedly final installment in the Insidious film series. The movie was directed by and stars Patrick Wilson in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Scott Teems based on a story treatment by Leigh Whannell. It was produced by Blumhouse Productions, Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, Alliance Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment, and was distributed through Columbia Pictures in the United States. It premiered in New York City, New York on June 27th, 2023. It opened to nationwide release in the United States on July 7th, 2023.
Plot[]
The Lambert family attend the funeral of family matriarch Lorraine Lambert. It has been nine years since the Lamberts suffered their harrowing experience with The Further, but the years have not been kind. Josh and Dalton have undergone hypnosis to make them completely forget about everything that had happened. Josh and Lorraine have since divorced and an intense riff exists between Josh and Dalton. Josh volunteers to drive Dalton to college where he is majoring in art, but the tension remains strong between them, despite Josh's efforts to bridge the divide.
At school, Dalton becomes roommates with a strange extroverted girl named Chris Winslow. The hypnotic curtain that had blocked both Dalton and Josh's memories begins to erode, and Dalton begins once again dreaming of The Further. Dalton externalizes his experiences by painting images of a red door in art class. As he tries to explain things to Chris, she shows him a Spectral Sightings YouTube video hosted by Steven "Specs" Fisher and Tucker Croft.
As supernatural influences begin to wash over him, Dalton convinces Chris into standing guard over his body while he attempts to navigate The Further via astral projection. This brings the Lipstick-Face demon to the forefront, and Dalton's soul is once again in danger.
Meanwhile, Josh is likewise awakening to small bits of memory as he begins to slowly recount spectral images of a man who turns out to be his father, Ben Burton. Like Josh and Dalton, Ben Burton also possessed the ability to astral project, but his own experiences in The Further drove him insane, and he ultimately took his own life. Josh reaches out to his ex-wife Renai, who tells him the truth about having his memory blocked. She reveals that she could never overcome the knowledge that it was Josh's corporeal form who killed Elise Rainier and tried to murder Dalton and she.
Josh's youngest son Foster shows his father one of Dalton's paintings that he had texted him, and Josh realizes that Dalton's life is now in danger. Renai aids Josh in once again accessing the dark recesses of The Further.
In The Further, the Lipstick-Face demon takes possession of Dalton and tries to use him to kill Chris Winslow. Josh's spirit appears and frees Dalton from the demon's influence. The demon chases them through the red door and Josh stays behind to keep it shut so Dalton will be safe, Dalton returns to his body and paints over his red door painting with black paint, which in turns seals the real door and The Further permanently.
Josh meets his father's spirit, who guides him back to the living world. Once back, Josh agrees to have dinner with Renai and the kids, hinting at a possible reunion. As he leaves, he unknowingly meets Elise's spirit, who tells him he has a bright future ahead of him. Josh then drives to Dalton's college, where father and son reconcile as Dalton presents a painting of Josh carrying a young Dalton out of The Further.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ty Simpkins | Dalton Lambert |
| Patrick Wilson | Josh Lambert |
| Rose Byrne | Renai Lambert |
| Sinclair Daniel | Chris Winslow |
| Hiam Abbass | Professor Armagan |
| Andrew Astor | Foster Lambert |
| Juliana Davies | Kali Lambert |
| Steve Coulter | Carl |
| Peter Dager | Nick the Dick |
| Justin Sturgis | Alec Anderson |
| Joseph Bishara | Lipstick-Face demon |
| David Call | Smash Face/Ben Burton |
| Stephen Gray | Sick kid |
| Robin S. Walker | Supervisor Robbins |
| Leigh Whannell | Steven "Specs" Fisher |
| Angus Sampson | Tucker Croft |
| Lin Shaye | Elise Rainier |
| Bridget Kim | Sorority girl #1 |
| Logan Wilson | Paige |
| Kasjan Wilson | Young Dalton/Young Josh |
| Mary Frances Looram | Mourner |
| Adrian Acosta | Frat boy #1 |
| AJ Dyer | Frat boy #2 |
| Kal Wilson | Server frat boy |
| E. Roger Mitchell | Doctor Bower |
| Dagmara Dominczyk | Priest (voice) |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Insidious film series was created by writer Leigh Whannell and director James Wan.
- The tagline for this film is "It ends where it all began". Another tagline is "Face your demons".
- There are a total of twenty-six credited cast members in this film.
- This movie was filmed in parts of Atlanta, Georgia and Morristown, New Jersey. Scenes of Dalton's college were filmed at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.
- This movie marks the directorial debut of Patrick Wilson, who has starred in three of the five instalments in the Insidious film series as well as starring in the Conjuring film series.
- Actors Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Andrew Astor, Steve Coulter, Joseph Bishara, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson and Lin Shaye all reprise their respective roles from previous installments in the series.
- Actress Mary Looram, who plays a mourner, is credited as Mary Frances Looram in this film.
- Actor Kalin Wilson, who plays a server frat boy, is credited as Kal Wilson in this film.
- This is the second film in the Insidious film series directed by one of its primary actors. Insidious: Chapter 3 from 2015 was written and directed by Leigh Whannell, who also plays Steven "Specs" Fisher in the series.
- As of July, 2023, Insidious: The Red Door holds a star-meter rating of 6.0 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database based on more than 13,000 user ratings.
- On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Insidious: The Red Door has a Tomatometer rating of 38% based on 101 approved critic reviews. It has 38 positive reviews and 63 negative reviews, averaging 4.90 out of 10. The movie has an audience score of 69% based on more than 1,000 verified user ratings, averaging 3.8 out of 5. There is a 31% variance between the critics' score and the audience score.
- On Metacritic, Insidious: The Red Door has a Metascore of 45 out of 100 based on twenty-three critic reviews. It has 6 positive reviews, 4 negative reviews, and 13 mixed reviews. It has a user score of 5.2 out of 10 based on thirty-seven user ratings.
- On Letterboxd, Insidous: The Red Door has a weighted average of 2.54 out of 10 based on 58,412 user ratings (as of 7-22-2023).
- This is Derek Ambrosi's first film work as a producer.
- Cast members Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson are the only actors who have appeared in all five installments in the Insidious film series.
Recommendations[]
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External Links[]
- Insidious: The Red Door at IMDB
- Insidious: The Red Door at Trakt TV
- Insidious: The Red Door at Wikipedia
- Insidious: The Red Door at Metacritic
- Insidious: The Red Door at Letterboxd.com
- Insidious: The Red Door at Themoviedb.org
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