Insidious: The Last Key

Name: Insidious: The Last Key
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: January 5, 2018
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Aleque Reid, Angus Sampson, Ava Kolker, Bruce Davison, Caitlin Gerard

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 5, 2018 | PG-13

Starring: Aleque Reid, Angus Sampson, Ava Kolker, Bruce Davison, Caitlin Gerard, Hana Hayes, Javier Botet, Josh Stewart, Kirk Acevedo, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Marcus Henderson, Spencer Locke, Tessa Ferrer

Summary: Dr. Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), the brilliant parapsychologist, faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet: in her own family home.

Director: Adam Robitel

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 103 min

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Alonso Duralde

Jan 3, 2018

Hardcore horror audiences won’t find much that’s frightening in Insidious: The Last Key — there’s not even that wonderfully unsettling shriek of violins under the title this time — but as a delivery system for more great work from Lin Shaye, it more than accomplishes its mission. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jan 5, 2018

Really, whatever you do, don't watch "The Last Key" without the emotional support of a buddy who can confirm that you're not just imagining this: these movies are still getting incrementally better. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Jan 3, 2018

The fourth installment of the Insidious series has deft scares and some nifty twists, all of which don’t entirely distract from how strangely inconsequential The Last Key ultimately feels. Read full review

David Lewis

Jan 4, 2018

In the end, it’s left to Shaye to carry the film, and she does so with aplomb. The “Insidious” franchise may be running out of places to go, but Shaye appears to be just getting started. Read full review

Brent McKnight

Jan 4, 2018

n the hands of director Adam Robitel, The Last Key hits all the haunted house markers. Lights flicker, flashlights die at inopportune moments, floors creak, and shadowy figures scuttle across the background. But mood is all the film has going for it. Read full review

Randy Cordova

Jan 4, 2018

It's not a total wash. Shaye's performance is reliably good and the sequences set in The Further (the netherworld of the "Insidious" films) have a kicky charge. Read full review

Henry Stewart

Jan 4, 2018

The fourth film in the Insidious franchise, directed by Adam Robitel, is lazy and sometimes even loathsome. Read full review

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hkdestiny

Jan 5, 2018

Love it!!!!!! Elise is back in her role once again!!!!! And she is the heart of this film which is why I truly can say this is AN AMAZING HORROR FILM!!! How many 74 year olds do u see taking charge of a franchise??? And this is a horror franchise which is just brilliant! Excellent story andLove it!!!!!! Elise is back in her role once again!!!!! And she is the heart of this film which is why I truly can say this is AN AMAZING HORROR FILM!!! How many 74 year olds do u see taking charge of a franchise??? And this is a horror franchise which is just brilliant! Excellent story and acting especially the second half of this film!!!! Go watch it!!… Expand

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TryASummersault

Feb 5, 2018

3.7/5 I really don't understand the low ratings and negative reviews for this. It's easily the best entry since the original and showcases the best performance from Lin Shaye, as well as the most hauntingly powerful demonic entity in "Keyface" perhaps of the whole franchise. Sure there are3.7/5 I really don't understand the low ratings and negative reviews for this. It's easily the best entry since the original and showcases the best performance from Lin Shaye, as well as the most hauntingly powerful demonic entity in "Keyface" perhaps of the whole franchise. Sure there are some horror cliches left and right, but they work and the story does too in developing a background for Elise's character and how her career came to be. I actually appreciated the bizarre twist midway through and thought it added an even more sinister aspect to the already dark subject matter. Some of the attempt at comic relief were miserable i will say, but it could have been worse. The jump scares were thoroughly enjoyable and once again the make up and performance of Javier Botet as Keyface was flawless though some was cgi. Regardless a very good entry into a solid horror franchise that apparently people despise for no reason now. If they come out with more films, i would definitely go see them and i advise anyone that enjoys effective horror to do so as well.… Expand

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Diptanshu

May 23, 2020

Scary one time watch!Amazing music and sounds.acting was good Lin was literally amazing through-out the series.the nerds were awesome and fun to watch,the family and the brother were great specially at the end they were amazing.the screenplay was good,story was decent although as per seriesScary one time watch!Amazing music and sounds.acting was good Lin was literally amazing through-out the series.the nerds were awesome and fun to watch,the family and the brother were great specially at the end they were amazing.the screenplay was good,story was decent although as per series prequel it just messed the whole time-line without any explanation of the time-travel and the red ghost story,i was expecting this to be continuation of the 2nd part with the hint in that movie at last about the red ghost ,but it was another prequel,its like only 1st one was fresh and 2nd one was different with unique time-travel and other awesome things.3rd one was amazing prequel with another mess-up of time-line and as per this last one this need to be concluded and cleared the whole things but certainly it messes up even little extra but as per origin of Elise it was decent movie the ghost was forgettable and the key and door thing went un-explained and pointless at last with connecting it to the 1st one,as per scares it was a terrifying and amazing horror,the tunnel scene was like teasingly impressive it was like its coming now.....then suddenly the jump scare it was surprising and amazing.the nieces of Elise and the Flirts of the Nerds was amazingly fun.every time the nerds say anything it was hilarious.the last act was amazing although the impact is missing it was like its just happening although love the parents in that scene and rescue mission.the hospital closing scene was amazing and the last tease was like here we go again.Overall it was a messy movie as per timeline of series and it felt like running same formula of prequels but Fun and scary movie!… Expand

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superbhub

Jan 8, 2018

it's so scaring more than previous Insidious: Chapter 3 and Insidious: Chapter 2

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CineAutoctono

Aug 26, 2018

"Insidious: The Last Key" turned out to have the least impact that fans had to receive, although the characters have had a very good development, both the story and the development of it ended up being less convincing, with missing parts of the plot and a little more annoying, something that"Insidious: The Last Key" turned out to have the least impact that fans had to receive, although the characters have had a very good development, both the story and the development of it ended up being less convincing, with missing parts of the plot and a little more annoying, something that the Insidious franchise has lost with it.… Expand

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MoviezNP

Mar 7, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Insidious: Chapter 3 wasn't enough of an unnecessary addition to the franchise, so we got this one. .
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Good : What this film does good is it adds some more depth to the character of Elise. They give the back story and all, along with some "origins" of Elise. Her character moments are quite good. Some jump-scares, particularly one or two, were good ones. And that's it. .
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Bad : The remaining of the film, just like the third one, felt more like a typical "haunted house" story, rather than an "Insidious" film. The concept of astral projection they brought in the first film has been turned into a mere plot device ever since the third one, this fourth installment clearly isn't an exception. Honestly, I feel that is the thing that made the first two films what they were. And the way "The Further" works has been quite a bit ludicrous ever since the second one, the ludicrousness increased in the third one and now in this one, everything convenient to the plot can be done in "The Further". Just like astral projection, this is just a plot device now. And nothing is explained about how the things work to stop that demon. It was just "you're watching a horror film, so anything that we do for our convenience, you should accept it, no matter we build it or not" sort of **** The jokes that the two "sidekicks" of Elise crack were CRINGE-WORTHY. Just some perverted moments time and again, some unnecessary **** most of the comedic parts feel out of place and did not match the tone of the film. And even though the jokes and all that stupid stuff felt out of place, this film felt like a comedy more than horror. Speaking of horror, it just had jump-scares, none of which made a real sense. Remove them, nothing is "horror". Also, some predictable and obvious "Insidious" twists at some places, which no longer feel appealing. Also, "The Last Key" ..... I am still wondering what was so special about the key, except for Elise giving the demon the last key. It was just a demon who manipulated Elise's father and had fingers made up of keys which served some vague purpose not explained in the movie. The demon when appears in some jump-scares, it scares (at least). But when it really shows up, nothing is speacial about it. So, where's the horror? Scaring and terrifying are different things, and for a good horror film, most of us prefer the terrifying stuffs. The presence of demon serves no purpose? And he's the only demon?!! And how is that blowing a whistle calls Elise's mother to rescue her and a single kick kills the demon? (If only it had some purpose and some story added to the part of the demon like in the first two, it might have worked.) Also, what's with her Elise's dad's spirit dying in "The Further"? There are many such questions unanswered by the film and this is not obviously an "Inception-themed" or "Memento-themed" movie, this was just an incomprehensible mess of a movie. Then, there's a scene of Elise opening the boxes to realize the killings her father committed, where we were teased of jump-scares, and we didn't get a jump-scare at the first time, and after a couple of stupid teasings we get a jump-scare. And if the makers thought we won't be able to predict what they were doing in this scene, they're fools. See? A scene committed to an unnecessary jump-scare, but nothing done to give some actual horror. Doesn't that prove that horror film makers don't know what horror is? And where's that man dressed as bride in a black dress trying to kill Elise, which was supposed to follow her every time she went into "The Further"? The film ties up with the events of the first one, which clearly creates some plot holes as the entire film was about astral projection but the way this film ties it up shows as if it was something similar to this film, making this more of a nonsense. In fact, the best part of this film is that it had some scenes from the first Insidious film, which reminded me how good the first two were. Rest of all, unnecessary crap. .
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Conclusion : This one does have some good elements in it, and definitely more of the bad ones. All in all, the film felt like a below average "horror" film. This film really felt underwhelming to me, and I already had very less expectations. If the franchise is to proceed further (no pun intended), they need to change the direction or reboot it. But the best thing would be to stop it right here. .
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Score : 4.1/10
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Gavsonmeleck

Jan 13, 2018

It was horrible I can't even say enenything good don't WATCH IT THE ACTING suck

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