Written And Directed by Leigh Whannell
Elise: "Time spent in conversation is never wasted."
After two movies with the Lamberts, it was time to park them as a unit and put the focus on the true star of this franchise - Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye). Oh and Specs (Leigh Whannell) and Tucker (Angus Sampson).
Their talents were needed for the Brenner family. At the start of the movie we had teenager Quinn (Stefanie Scott) contacting Elise in order to talk to her dead mother, Lily (Ele Keats). Needless to say that Quinn was advised not to talk to her dead mother. This was advice that Quinn didn't take.
Throw in a neighbour named Grace (Phyllis Applegate) who had her own demonic encounters and a testy family dynamic with Quinn and her father, Sean (Dermot Mulroney). It's a different enough dynamic from the Lambert family in the previous two movies.
In fact, Quinn's aspiration of getting into acting resulted in her being in a car accident and being possessed by The Man Who Can't Breathe (Michael Reid MacKay). I'll admit the names for these evil spirits in these movies have been rather amusing.
Once again, there's a trip into The Further as well as an insight into Elise's past life. Her relationship with former husband, Jack got some exploration, in particular when Elise knew that The Man Who Can't Breathe was using his appearance to manipulate Elise into killing herself. Obviously that didn't work.
As a break away from the Lamberts, I didn't mind the Brenners. They're sympathetic enough and I also didn't mind Quinn's snarky friend, Maggie (Hayley Kiyoko). I also liked learning more about Elise's life prior to meeting the Lamberts as well.
- Leigh Whannell has written all these movies so far and has appeared as Specs. For a directorial debut, he did good here.
- James Wan popped up briefly as a theatre director. We also saw a younger version of Josh Lambert as well.
- Standout music: Deep Dish's Sacramento.
- Chronology: This was set in 2007, three years before the events of the first two movies.
Insidious: Chapter 3 marked the first of two prequels for this franchise. It's a good departure from the first two movies with a sympathetic family with the Brenners and a nice look into Elise's past.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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