The Insidious series doesn't follow common sense at all, the sequel is a mess, but it's a wonderful mess, the director is a genius, and the future is promising.
Looking at Wen's other films, the recent "The Conjuring" and the previous "Dead Silence", "Chainsaw", etc., are all very popular. As a horror film director, James Wen has indeed jumped out of conventional horror films. Route, out of its own style.
The plot of Insidious2 is expanded from Insidious1, the characters are gradually full, the story is extended, and various questions from Insidious1 are gradually answered. For example, ghosts can go back to the past without time limit. He has his own interference. For example, in the first movie, the person who broke the door and caused the alarm to sound is actually the male protagonist himself!
Looking at Insidious 2 again, I feel that it is classic and creative, and ghosts appear in residential life close to life. Although the ending is still a family-style ghost movie, it is a happy comedy, but in the process of watching the movie, it is completely unpredictable. The direction of the plot is a selling point.
In traditional ghost movies, exorcists, psychics and other people are basically reduced to cannon fodder who sacrifice their lives to make others happy and sacrifice themselves. This was also the case in Insidious 1. When the male protagonist was possessed at the end, the psychic old lady was almost scared to pee, and then she was murdered. When it came to Insidious 2, the psychic old lady felt that she suddenly became awesome. She played with a stool to the fullest, but the strength of the old man in disguise decreased because of the possession. When the white-clothed old lady was smashed by the psychic old lady. , I think many viewers should feel a sense of ill will, although I don't quite understand why the ghost mother can kill the ghost son, but if you follow the line of 1, which is a happy reversal of tragedy, I think many people should not I will pay for it. For a series, everyone can guess the ending. Like "Death is Coming", then there is no meaning at all, and the word of mouth will inevitably decline one by one. It's a good feeling, attracting others to watch it step by step.
Director Wen, as a rising star, hopes to make persistent efforts. The emergence of Insidious3 may bring a new horror mode.
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