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Insidious

(No longer in theaters)
  • Rating: PG-13 — for thematic material, violence, terror and frightening images, and brief strong language
  • Director: James Wan   Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson, Ty Simpkins
  • Running Time: 102 minutes
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Genre

Horror

Producer

Jason Blum, Oren Peli, Steven Schneider

Distributor

FilmDistrict

Release Date

Mar 29, 2011

Release Notes

Sneaks

Official Website

Review

In the spook chiller Insidious, the Saw guys join forces with the Paranormal �Activity guys for some low-tech haunted-house high jinks with a patina of Poltergeist slickness. The thing is scary as hell when it’s all creaks and thumps and doors swinging open. Then come the explanations, the special effects, and the inevitable feeling of been-there-been-�bombarded-by-that. It’s gore-free, which means they spare your eyes but batter your ears. Fear not the r�eaper�only tinnitus. — David Edelstein