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"Insidious" Blu-ray Review

It’s fairly rare these days to find a horror movie that relies more on atmosphere than on buckets of blood and guts to get its scares. It seems INSIDIOUS was trying to break the mold. I find this interesting considering the movie is brought to us by the director and writers that started the SAW franchise. If ever there were two polar opposite movies in a genre it would be these two. Here we have a film that stuck to basics and really ditched the buckets of blood & gore angle and instead focused on its atmosphere and timing. The style and theme reminded me a lot of DRAG ME TO HELL and the spooky atmosphere and poltergeist scares really brought me back to PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. In fact, this will feel A LOT like PARANORMAL ACTIVITY to many of you. Everything from the demon angle to the priest to the spooky poltergeist shenanigans were pages taken right out of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY book. None of this is terribly surprising considering Oren Peli, who directed PA, is the producer of this movie. Rather than relying on imagination, the ghouls and spooks are right out in the open for us to see. I find that to be quite a bit less scary than movies that don’t put the monster out there very much or even not at all. By the end, I wasn’t terribly disturbed. At times it felt more like a walk-through of a horror wax museum than whatever horrid things you can conjure up in your own mind. That’s not to say it wasn’t still without its scares. INSIDIOUS does an outstanding job of conveying a general sense of dread and anxiety. I just think that could have been achieved without showing so much of the baddies.

The movie plods along in the beginning, but once it picks up steam, it is non-stop. I really dug the first act which felt like a classic haunted house movie. I even had a blast through the possession portion. I think if INSIDIOUS loses anyone it’s going to be in the third act: the full blown monster movie portion. I will give it credit for taking a different perspective in the latter portion than any other movie I have seen.

The acting here is surprisingly competent for a horror movie. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne seemed to have a natural chemistry with each other that really made their feelings and reactions seem genuine. Casting child actors can be a tricky thing and has always been very hit or miss in my book. Luckily the kids here do a fine job.

Blu-Ray Specs:

Picture : 2.40:1 in 1080p HD with AVC encoding. The picture is crisp. A lot of color was taken out of the movie to give it a cold, dark feeling. For being such a dark movie it looks remarkable. The colors that are present are very deep and stand out exceptionally well against the bleak backdrop.

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8. Open Water

This film released in 2003. The story is about a couple that is left behind in the sea when they go for a diving expedition. Initially they think that someone will come looking out for them, but when that doesn't happen, they begin to panic. All through the movie, they suffer from hunger and mental exhaustion before they finally become a meal for the sharks in the sea. The plot of the movie is simple and it doesn't even involve too many characters. Yet, this movie is enough to give you jitters each time you watch it.

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