Insidious: Chapter 3

Name: Insidious: Chapter 3
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: June 5, 2015
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Angus Sampson, Dermot Mulroney, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Stefanie Scott

2015

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Focus Features | Release Date: June 5, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Angus Sampson, Dermot Mulroney, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Stefanie Scott, Tate Berney

Summary: This chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl (Stefanie Scott) who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

Director: Leigh Whannell

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 97 min

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Andy Webster

Jun 4, 2015

Ms. Shaye gives Insidious more than sufficient reason for a Chapter 4. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Jun 5, 2015

It wants to scare the hell out of you, and it does that quite effectively with several serious jumps. About a half-dozen times, I’d say, Whannell creates moments that are legitimately surprising and frightening because he uses silence so well in contrast. Read full review

Katie Rife

Jun 4, 2015

The motif of grief runs throughout Insidious: Chapter 3, which is surprisingly thematically rich for the third installment of a horror franchise. This emotional undercurrent informs the fright scenes, which otherwise lean rather heavily on jump scares. Read full review

Katherine Pushkar

Jun 4, 2015

You jump out of your skin the first few times the skeleton pops out at you. By the end of the ride, you’ve gotten a good look and it’s not so much scary as hokey. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Jun 5, 2015

This is so often the problem with this genre — scary setups, followed by dopey resolutions — that you sort of want to give the movie a pass. But given its distinguished forebears, Insidious: Chapter 3 doesn’t quite live up to expectations. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Jun 3, 2015

In lieu of advancing a view of the dead's dominion that doesn't abide by the law of "just becauses," Chapter 3 is often content to wink at the ways the first two films spooked audiences. Read full review

Michael Ordona

Jun 4, 2015

Insidious: Chapter 3 is simply not scary. Not a bit, not a whit. Except that the audience will be terrified of the next stabbing of their eardrums, at generally predictable intervals. Read full review

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skadosmen

Jun 5, 2015

The creepiest of the insidious film series! just awesome! good acted and fantastic atmosphere! i liked it! easily is the second best horror movie of the year...!!!!

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PRAJEE

Jun 20, 2015

AWESOME ONE ........... STORY MODE IS LAGGY ONE ,,,,,,, BUT ITS ENOUGH 4 A HORROR MOVIES .. AS COMPARED TO OTHER HORROR RELESES IN THIS YEAR
HORROR SCENES IN THIS MOVIE R AVERAGE TOO ..
FINALLY ,,, A AVERAGE HORROR MOVIE AND ALSO 3RD PLACE IN INSIDIOUS SERIEs

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GinaK

Jun 14, 2015

I think this was the best Insidious film I have seen. It was more intense that the previous two, and was actually quite emotional because the personal relationships between the characters were so real. This is very rare in a horror film, where you may find the characters interesting and careI think this was the best Insidious film I have seen. It was more intense that the previous two, and was actually quite emotional because the personal relationships between the characters were so real. This is very rare in a horror film, where you may find the characters interesting and care about them (as in The Innocents, for example), but not as intensely and personally as in this film. Much of the credit for this must go, I think, to Lin Shaye and also to Dermot Mulroney, both of whom were completely believable while all hell broke loose in the “spirit world.” And it is always great to see our old friends Tucker and Specs again, for both the humor and seriousness they bring to the film.… Expand

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michael1208

Jun 6, 2015

Taken over by writer Leigh Whannell to direct the franchise, the theme does not divert too much from the previous two sequels, maintaining the usual plot development that James Wan did previously except a little bit surprising easy solution final act. Composer Joseph Bishara returns with hisTaken over by writer Leigh Whannell to direct the franchise, the theme does not divert too much from the previous two sequels, maintaining the usual plot development that James Wan did previously except a little bit surprising easy solution final act. Composer Joseph Bishara returns with his usual eerie, loud, noisy and irritating scores that help to boost the scare and the spooky effects, though not as terrifying as Conjuring and Insidious, it is still consider passable for its PG-13 ratings. Even though the performances from other casts are not really up to expectation, characters development are still fine while Lin Shaye's outstanding portrayal as Elise has given her sufficient room to be the lead role. It might not offer any fresh ideas to the franchise, but this warm-hearted frightening chapter stressing on the note of love and loss owns its moment that is not found in previous installments.… Expand

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Urbanlistener

Nov 20, 2015

A little bit of fresh air in the franchise, the movie is acceptable, better than 2, but still easily forgettable. Its well constructed, well acted, but on the scare part; not so impressive... There is two or three creepy moment, but most of the time its only jumpscares and loud sounds. ForA little bit of fresh air in the franchise, the movie is acceptable, better than 2, but still easily forgettable. Its well constructed, well acted, but on the scare part; not so impressive... There is two or three creepy moment, but most of the time its only jumpscares and loud sounds. For those who enjoyed the first one, I have to say you will like the ending a lot.… Expand

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TheRussianator

Dec 18, 2017

Insidious: Chapter 3 is directed by Leigh Whannell, the writer of the first two movies. Unfortunately, its refurbished script just repeats the previous two, with really no surprises or twists, the third chapter of this horror franchise hints at the fact that it is time to end the adventuresInsidious: Chapter 3 is directed by Leigh Whannell, the writer of the first two movies. Unfortunately, its refurbished script just repeats the previous two, with really no surprises or twists, the third chapter of this horror franchise hints at the fact that it is time to end the adventures of Elise Rainier.… Expand

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MPBeb

Jun 20, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Diminishing returns on a franchise abandoned to whatever soundtrack scares go bump in the night and a premise wearing thin through each successive iteration. After the transgender hate crime of chapter 2, Insidious returns with a prequel that shifts our attention to another imperiled family. Though the entire film focuses on a convoluted teenage girl prone to occult spirituality as she mourns the passing of her mother and attempts to contact her spirit. Instead of slowly developing the web of relationships and anxieties between this new family we focus on the barely present stereotypical outlines of her perpetually distracted and stressed out working father and the pest younger sibling. Quinn becomes a quasi-maternal center in a family that resents or ignores her coercing her to seek the ideal dead mother who is defined by an interest in vinyl records and the adulation of her daughter (but nothing else). When Quinn calls out to one dead person, one with a more Insidious purpose responds. Sadly the presence of this "parasite" or "demon" or geriatric ghost in a hospital gown and oxygen mask is far from frightening unless the grim specter of aging is the greatest fear our generation possesses. Watching all three movies makes me question what laws govern "the further" (time is not linear as we saw in Chapter 2) there are malevolent spirits, demons and haunted places defined by trauma or violence (but was the red-faced demon in the first movie in the attic of the old house because of the murder that continued to haunt the house in the other realm or was the demon responsible for instigating that uncanny act, just like was the house of the Black Bride near Josh's childhood bedroom because of a connection made when he witnessed the death of the castrated old man?) I realize a supernatural horror film using astral projection as a plot point does not need to conform to logic, but the films are content with telling us a story we already know (like how Chapter 2 combines every gender confused serial killer from Silence of the Lambs to Psycho except with a domineering ghost mother that dresses like a Victorian Vampire and has a vicious right hook). This movie uniquely offers insight into the antagonistic relationship between the murderous Black Bride and psychic Elise and also fabricates a tragic background story about a spouses suicide, it also explains how she teamed up with the technologically savvy ghost hunters who added comic relief to the first Insidious though were less interesting in the second and were ultimately con artists relying on blogs and computer editing to establish a cult reputation as ghost chasers in Chapter 3. So if you are prone to jumping at loud sounds, are afraid of the elderly, find mysterious black footprints that climb the walls unnerving and have spared yourself from seeing the trailer in order to be genuinely startled by the limited soundtrack manipulation of this movie it is well within your rights to see it in the theaters. For those who are more reluctant to part with hard earned money, it will probably be on Netflix in a matter of months.… Expand

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