Insidious

Okay so this is one of the few films I will review of the horror genre, mainly because I don't really watch a lot of them. No this isn't because I'm scared; it's actually quite the opposite. I don't jump I don't flinch and I laugh.

In-Sid-I-oust: Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

I couldn't tell you if it's a conventional run of the mill horror film, but the general basis of this movie is about a little boy whose body is one step away from being repossessed by the evil spirits of the astro dimensional plane.

The little boy in question is Dalton Lambert (Ty Simpkins) and he along with his two siblings and parents have just moved to a new home. A while after they have moved in Dalton is playing and hears a sound in the attic, the brave and fearless Dalton goes up to investigate, but it ends in disaster as he falls and knocks his head. Dad Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) convinces Dalton he's fine and they go downstairs. Renai (Rose Byrne) on the other hand seems baffled at what could have led to his fall as she find things in the attic slightly out of place than when she last left it.
Seemingly fine at first, a day later when his dad tried to wake him up for school he is impervious to his calls and shakes. A rush to the hospital confirms that Dalton has slipped into an unexplainable comatose state.

Stay at home mother Renai soon starts to feel as though someone is watching her, and goes slowly and cautiously round corners expecting something but seeing nothing. Though as this feeling escalates she soon starts seeing random figures in or around the house. She can't take it anymore and begs her husband to move, though he has reassured her that it's probably nothing and that everything was going to be fine... Because that response worked so well the last time.

Eventually even he can't deny that the house has its problems so the up and move, thinking that a new house will have much better vibes.

Though they couldn't be more wrong and a shocking revelation from Josh's mother alarms Renai enough to call in a professional (Lin Shaye) who tells them that there's nothing wrong with the house per say, but more with their son. Something that every parent is just waiting to hear from a strange old lady.

I'm going to leave it there because it's too easy for me to slip into telling you the outcome of this movie. All I'm going to say is that things start to get a little freaky.

Sleep with your favourite stuffed toy tonight because this film has an insidious effect.