Upon my first viewing I was mildly surprised. If you're expecting blood,gore or hard violence don't see this movie because it doesn't include of that, however what it does is mess with your head. The more the movie progresses forward the more conspicuously darker it becomes and the loud,eerie music tone makes it even more suspenseful. Something that caught my eye in particular are the jump scares. They're real. Not once in this movie does everything go silent while the suspense builds up and then it turns out it was just a cat or a broom... Every single jump scare is a proper jump scare. The subtle camera movement (besides the musical score) makes Insidious's creepiness increase tenfold. That is what makes this movie operative without using any violence. As previously mentioned it isn't perfect and that's because of its heavy reliance on sound effects and the musical score. Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson don't exactly give the most straightforward performances and Wan's sense of direction and Whannell writing makes them look like an inferior early 2000s M. Night Shyamalan. Insidious is not a perfect film but not a lazy one either like a big majority of today's horror.

7.6/10 A bit of a repetitive bore, until it embraces its delightful goofiness. There is a certain amount of relief, when you find out that the movie is not taking itself too seriously, and it allows wonkyness to work in its favor. Aside from the magnetic Lin Shaye, the enthusiasm of the actors seems to reach only the pointy ends of a dollar bill, which is neither offensive nor surprising. Plenty of fun jump scares likely to cause popcorn explosions and otherworldly scenarios riding the fine line of enjoyable ridiculousness will keep you entertained.

Thrillers these days leave a lot to be desired and aren't very memorable, mostly because of the acting, which, in turn is made horrible because of the script. Considering this, I went into this movie with low expectations (despite going onto IMDB to gather the overall score and skipping the reviews). But...The film was brilliantly written and cast really well! It was suspenseful with low lighting (brilliant) and had me jumping out of my seat at every turn, if not turning my volume down! If you like a good and truly scary movie, then this is it!I can't wait to see the sequel, though sequels are generally known to be worse than the original. But I will give it a go and see how I like it (I'm expecting big things from it, so it'd better no disappoint!)

I got to see this movie just recently on BR at a video night with friends. All of them had already seen it but were up to see it again... so i guess for them there was value in a 2nd viewing.Now, the positive - i liked the characters .. even the kids, a rare thing. There was actually good chemistry and a good storyline somewhere... the movie itself felt quite "by the numbers" though. There were jump scares, but not too many or too annoying ones .. little shaky cam and overall a suspenseful atmosphere .. quite appreciated.There is not much i outstanding i can say about this movie, but also nothing dreadful. It was a good time that did not disappoint. But was it scary? .. Maybe i am a bit numb for those horror movies (i am more affected by suspense and "strangeness" than outright scares) .. so no.. it was not scary .. at all. But i do not feel scared by "demons" or "ghosts" at all.I can recommend this movie for a video night as a "filler" .. but not as a main feature.