It's more of a suspense movie than a horror movie

Lola 2022-03-20 09:01:42

The first is a question, the second is an answer, halfway through, I was thinking, why didn't the director re-edit the two films into one. Whether it is from the film structure or the plot, under a complete world view (the soul is separated from the body, separated from the spiritual world and the human world), it tells the story of the father-son, mother-son two lines between two families, intertwined, and left behind. More white space for the audience to imagine. Or maybe the director just wants to tell a story well, has no time to care about it, and abandons the dark line of Parker Curran being forced to kill by his mother, and just brushes the background. If this line is dug deep, it will be A richer, terrifying, crazy story.
At the end, Elis showed the horrified expression when he saw the corner devil in the first part. Is this laying the groundwork for the future story of the two cute psychics, hahaha, the two cute psychics and Will the soul of Elis or the story of exorcism continue with Carl, will it become a new series, tell a more brilliant story, and leave it to your imagination.
Looking at the two parts of Lurk 1 and 2 together, the deeper you understand the director's intention to express, you will find more blanks, such as the purpose of Parker Curran and her mother's crazy murder (the target of serial murder is limited to women), such as the murder case of the previous generation in Josh’s house, such as the scar-faced ghost who wanted Josh’s youngest daughter, such as the terrifying picture seen by Elis at the end of Insidious 2, these clues can actually be more fleshed out, It enriches the whole story, but if you really want to tell a lot of clues, it is beyond the ability of a good director of ordinary skill to control it.
It is this kind of blank space that makes these two films even more memorable.

Four-star recommendation

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Extended Reading
  • Lottie 2021-12-01 08:01:25

    Although it is still not scary, it is much better than the first one. It has a time loop, which is good. The first is really a hypnotic film.

  • Lottie 2022-03-23 09:01:51

    Wen Ziren Jianglang is exhausted

Insidious: Chapter 2 quotes

  • Josh Lambert: I know what happened. I went in that place to get our son back and something evil followed me, who killed Elise.

  • [first lines]

    Young Elise Rainier: Hi. I'm Elise. You must be Lorraine.

    Young Lorraine: Yes. Nice to meet you. I'm sorry it's so late. My day job kind of makes raising my son a night job.

    Young Elise Rainier: Don't worry about it. In my line of work, things tend to happen when it gets dark.