Insidious

Insidious

“Insidious” an American horror film written by Leigh Whannell and was directed by James Wan There were some twist and interesting perspectives to the common horror films in the story which I found to be very appealing. Having spent the entire day watching a documentary about ancient magic and ritual and then turning on the television to “Insidious”.

I think it is rather strange how I came upon the movie. Perhaps it has something to do with the mystery surrounding me that seems to suggest I have some latent qualities within me. In any case, however, apart from the more mystical overtones that speak of some core of the unknown me, and which are plenty, I am satisfied with my viewing experience and thereby presenting it here.

The film is not in any way a deficient slasher film. Not a single moment passes whereby one gets to hear the cast, who was over the top, getting such a framed critique. There are definitely never any restrictions with reference to the countless possibilities that the writer wrote and the director brought to life. It is quite effective how the actors worked harmoniously with each other and told an extraordinary story from the ordinary which was all engaging and enthralling.

As though a professional sorcerer chanting the magic words, over time, the characterization engages to an increasing degree the sense of mystery surrounding the ambience. It evokes a sense of the otherworldly at the central point of the ritual when the time seems ripe for demons or higher beings to manifest.

There is no debating the magnetic pull of the movie’s plot on the character Elise, as if Lin Shaye was meant to play it. She made me start thinking of psychics in a different way; rather, who wouldn’t want to meet this sort of woman and even work for her part time? Elise is like the wise Cumaean Sybil who, in Aeneas’ Greek mythology, lets Trojan exile Aeneas descend into the Underworld to see the spirit of his long lost father.

But what she does goes beyond the conventional definition of a ‘psychic’ and tries to help people as a mystic. Deep psychological issues that are of a spiritual nature in origin she resolves with the method of scientific analysis of her clients’ problems. And she does it gracefully, as any good witch performing white magic magic to which, I believe, even priests would be jealous.

As for what makes the movie comparable to the classic supernatural film, it is the shared theme of a world that exists beyond our sensing and our religious doctrines. It’s the realm of ‘Further’ in which wayward spirits roam and malevolent s**t hides in the murky places at the crossroads. Elise assisted the lost spirit of the boy in the further and helps him return to Here and goes beyond where she ought to go to protect innocent lives from the dark force even if it is at her cost.

“Insidious” is a bit of a thought provoking film where it presents supernatural themes that one assumes is much more easier to think about in the minds eye than actually illustrate on screen. The impression the movie leaves is quite disturbing and as fascinating as watching a car crash.

It is the kind of feeling that formats the associative memory and is almost impossible to remove. If one needs an old fashion good British horror film without millions of severed body parts and obnoxiously loud screams, but rather just specters of some sort or demons, this movie may work.

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