Insidious 3

Ratings 7.3/10

Film Class: B

Genre: Horror (Comedy)

Scare Factor: 3/5

I didn't catch the first 2 installments, but since this is the prequel, I knew I wouldn't miss out too much on the plot linkage. 

Quin Brenner is haunted by a supernatural presence, thinking that it's her late mother, she went to seek the help of a psychic so that Quin could communicate with her mum. However, the supernatural presence wasn't her mum but a malicious spirit out to claim her soul. 

The first half of it was pretty scary, thanks to the unrealistic reactions and actions of the female lead. Despite knowing that the evil presence was lurking around a corner, she would always pop her head out looking for it. Silly, if you ask me. Either that or she's a seriously curious bunny. You kinda see it coming, but the scares would still get to you. 

It was a good touch of handicapping the female lead, greatly affecting her mobility and making it more scary in a sense seeing how helpless she was. 

The massively CG-ed apparitions and their total on-screen time lulled the scare factor a little, seeing too much of them in CG just wasn't that scary after a while. To make matters "worst", the scriptwriter brought in 2 comic characters... Who infectiously dumbsify the psychic grandmother turning her into a kickass monster slayer. Well, that's the 2nd half of it, where the heaviness and seriously of the first part was stolen, transforming the genre into a horror comedy. The demon in the last scene even reminded me a WWE wrestler (apparently from Insidious 1)... 

Despite sounding lame, it was actually a rather entertaining movie. I dreadfully liked it. Insidious 3 does stay true to its title... it was... horrifying, yet insidiously funny...