The Insidious horror film series has been a successful one for the Blumhouse team, and a fifth one is not-so-shockingly on the way. But what is surprising is the director, as star Patrick Wilson will make his feature directorial debut with the movie.
Announced at Blumfest today, the fifth Insidious will pick up 10 years after the last instalment featuring them as Dalton (a returning Ty Simpkins) heads to college. Will the terrors of his past haunt him? It probably wouldn't be much of a film if they didn't.
"I’m honored and thrilled to be at the helm of the next Insidious installment, which will provide an amazing chance to unpack everything the Lamberts went through a decade ago, as well as deal with the consequences of their choices," Wilson says. "Directing the movie is both professionally and personally a full circle moment for me, and I am extremely grateful to be entrusted in continuing to tell this frightening and haunting story. Into the further we go..."
Scott Teems wrote the script, working from a story by franchise co-creator and veteran Leigh Whannell. As for Wilson's other horror gig, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, due out next year.