Insidious (2011)

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. (via IMDB)

Insidious (or the movie with haunted Justin Bieber on the poster) is Saw and Dead Silence director James Wan's new paranormal horror film about malevolent spirits haunting a young boy.

In recent years, paranormal films have been, well, they've been terrible. Movies like A Haunting in Connecticut and An American Haunting are just so bad that they have given people a bias view of all paranormal films. Even Paranormal Activity couldn't really save the genre of paranormal horror, instead it prompted some bad knock offs and a god awful sequel.

However, I have faith in James Wan. The original Saw is an amazing stand alone film (also with a few god awful sequels) and to be honest, I didn't mind Dead Silence.

Insidious looks like it has great potential to be exactly what the paranormal horror genre needs. The trailer is exceptionally creepy and if you manage to catch it (it goes by pretty quickly) there's a part with a super cool looking red demon bad guy standing behind Patrick Wilson's character. (fig. A).

Fig A.

The only thing that I do worry about with Insidious is the PG-13 rating. On a personal note, I was drawn to horror movies initially because it's a genre that always pushes the boundary. Whether it be with blood and gore, graphic violence, social commentary, or taboo themes, horror movies never hold back. A PG-13 rating in horror movies is always a bit of a turn off. Some films, like Drag Me to Hell and 1408 manage to pull it off perfectly, but you can't always assume that others movies will be able to do the same.

However, the PG-13 rating could in fact be a good thing as well, especially for a movie like Insidious. This rating will mean that it's a film that doesn't run on shock value, but actual scares and terror.

So we'll have to wait and see how James Wan manages to pull it all together this April in Insidious.

Release Date: April 1st 2011

Director: James Wan

Notable Actors:  Patrick Wilson

Official Wesbite: Insidious Official Website

Official Trailer: