Wednesday, August 10, 2011

THE INSIDIOUS SASHA SLAUGHTER By: SASHA SLAUGHTER

EGADS!
Oh oh oh oh...oh hi there!!! Glad you stopped by Dead End Horror to get your mind blown by how damn good we are! Sasha Slaughter here with you yet again to bring your more randomness in honor of mixed bag O shit month. I'm gonna be going a little new school on your asses today. And I mean NEW NEW school. Ever hear of the film Insidious? Yes? No? Well I'll be reviewing that for you today. Insidious was released in the US on April 1, 2011. It was written by Leigh Whannell and directed by James Wan (The same guy that brought us Saw and Paranormal Activity). It runs a little over an hour and a half long, it was rated PG-13 and is a suspense/thriller. And heres a fact for you, the budget for this film was $1.5 and it grossed $91,923,029...WOW!!

Renai and Josh Lambert recently moved into a new home with their three children Dalton, Foster, and Callie. Renai and Dalton are going through an old picture album when he asks why there are no pictures of his father, Renai tells him that he doesn't like to have his picture taken. Foster comes downstairs and tells Renai that he is scared of his new room and asks if he can have a new one. Renai thinks nothing of it and tells him it will be fine. Later that evening Dalton hears something in the attic and goes to investigate. He sees what is referred to as the "Lipstick Demon" *signified by bones cracking* and falls off of the ladder he was on. His parents rush to attic and take Dalton to his room. The following morning Josh tries to wake Dalton for school when he realizes Dalton won't wake up. They take him to hospital and the doctor tells them that Dalton is in some sort of coma.

After three months of being a coma, Josh and Renai decide to bring Dalton home so they can care for him. While Renai is playing the piano, she hears some whispering on the baby monitor and someone yelling "I want it now" and then the baby starts to cry. She goes upstairs and doesn't see anyone but the baby is visibly shaken. More disturbing events occur and Renai suggests to Josh that the house may be haunted. At first he doesn't believe her and then she showed him the sheets from Dalton's bed with a bloody hand print on them. Later on that night Renai is almost attacked in the bedroom which repeatedly triggers the alarm in the house. Josh runs upstairs and can't find anyone in the house but Renai insists that there a man there. Renai begs them to move out of the house and Josh finally agrees.

Upon moving into their new home, new and increasingly violent things begin happening. While doing chores Renai sees little English boys running up and down the hall giggling and hiding in Dalton's room. Josh's mother Lorraine, believes the things that Renai is seeing and calls on her longtime friend/psychic Elise Reiner. Elise shows up at the Lambert home with two of her assistants and asks to do a walk through. They enter Dalton's room where Elise asks that the lights stay off. She appears to see something on the ceiling and is describing the thing to an assistant as he draws it. Renai grabs the sketch pad from the assistant and sees that he drew a demonic looking figure with a red face, yellow eyes, claw-like fingernails and hooves.

Elise then explains to the Lambert's that Dalton has the supernatural ability of astral projection. She tells them that this means he can wander around the parallel spirit world. She then tells them that Dalton has wandered to far away from his physical body to a place she calls "The Further" and he can't find his way back. She says that Dalton is interacting with other lost souls of the dead and also demons, because he believes he is dreaming and thinks he can't get hurt. She reveals to him that Dalton's astral projection has attracted the powerful demon in the drawing. She tells Josh and Renai that the demon lured Dalton in "The Further" in hopes of taking over Dalton's physical body. Josh is skeptical until he sees drawings of the demon that Dalton had made before his coma three months earlier.

Josh finally agrees to let Elise come back and help them get Dalton before it's too late. Upon returning to the home Lorraine and Elise reveal to Josh that he is also able to astral project and that's how Dalton got his ability. Elise tells him that when he was younger the spirit of a malevolent old woman befriended his astral projection and attached herself to him in hopes of taking over his body. Elise suggests that Josh once again astral projects to go into "The Further" to free Dalton's soul. Josh agrees and Elise instructs him on what to do. He finds himself in a black abyss where he meets his childhood self. Without speaking, the young Josh points him in the direction of the house. Josh searches the house for his son and along the way meets several other demons and lost souls. He finally finds Dalton chained in a room behind a red door that Josh had seen in one of Dalton's drawings. He enters the room and frees Dalton. They notice the demon watching them as they run out of the house to find their physical bodies before it's too late.

Dun dun dun!!! WOW! I actually really liked this movie. I mean, it was rated PG-13...whatever! So there was none of the 3 B'S, no cussing *OK maybe like 3 cuss words* and barely any blood, who cares! I'll admit, this creeped me out hardcore. I love horror and I love being freaked out by movies, unfortunately this rarely happens. Insidious did it for me! It creeped the bejesus out of me! The demons and lost souls where AMAZING! They looked so real and just scary. I had someone tell me this movie was bad and it looked fake...WTF were they watching?? And WTF do they know, besides theft of Mexican food?? This movie was pretty good if you ask me. Overall I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5...YEAHH!! The lack of blood, gore, and sex was whatever. This movie didn't need any of that to be good. The plot was great, the acting was amazingly believable and I'm telling you, the demons and lost souls were hella creepy. After the movie I found myself a little jumpy when I was in the dark. I haven't had a movie do that to me in a long ass time. And while you're here, how about you gives Zane's articles a peek too!! He's just as awesome as me, so I know you'll like it. And thanks for stopping by!                                                                                               
SASHA SLAUGHTER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              





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