Insidious fans, get ready to astrally-project with joy: the horror series is back, and it’s returning to the source. When the first film launched in 2010 (blimey, has it really been that long?), it summoned up some signature James Wan scares – including that all-timer with the red demon – and introduced the idea of ‘The Further’, a spectral realm crawling with lost souls and malicious entities. Then, its sequel doubled back on the first film in fascinating ways – all while unspooling a story of young Dalton (Ty Simpkins) and dad Josh (Patrick Wilson), a father and son with a hereditary ability to shake their souls loose from their bodies, and travel into that spooky plane of existence. While (the underrated) Insidious: Chapter 3 and fourth film The Last Key moved away from those original characters, they’re both back in fifth entry Insidious: The Red Door – directed by Wilson himself, in his directorial debut. Watch the trailer here:
Doesn’t that just hit all the (unsettling) nostalgic buttons? We have spooky demons, glowing handheld lamps, a reprise of ‘Tiptoe Through The Tulips’ and more as Dalton and Josh head back into the Further. And if you thought Ty Simpkins was all grown up in Avengers: Endgame, then he’s a proper young adult here – in fact, the plot involves Josh taking Dalton back to college, where his traumatic childhood memories flare up once more. Also back is Rose Byrne as Renai, and Lin Shaye as medium Elise. With Wilson behind the camera this time, the screenplay comes from Scott Teems – with a story by Insidious co-creator Leigh Whannell, and Jason Blum back as a producer.
Will it create some all-timer scares of its own? How will Josh and Dalton deal with their unenviable cosmic inheritance a decade later? And how will things turn out for what is being billed as the final chapter in the Insidious saga? We’ll find out this summer, when Insidious: The Red Door hits UK cinemas on 7 July.