With "Insidious 3", the story of the Lambert family was abandoned for now. This is certainly a good decision, considering the convoluted plot of the predecessor. The only characters that are still present in this prequel are Lin Shaye's medium Elise and her two sidekicks. The new cast around Stefanie Scott and Dermot Mulroney didn't exactly convince me, though. Scott in particular screams a lot but hardly gets any moments to develop her character. Regarding the overall direction, meanwhile, you realize pretty quickly that Leigh Whannell is less talented as a director than James Wan. The creative ideas of the latter are sorely missed here. Instead, you get mostly one-size-fits-all horror that also relies primarily on cheap jump scares. Even if "Insidious 3" is not a total failure, I would describe the film as a forgettable production for the masses. The plot certainly doesn't leave much of a mark in the end.
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With "Insidious 3", the story of the Lambert family was abandoned for now. This is certainly a good decision, considering the convoluted plot of the predecessor. The only characters that are still present in this prequel are Lin Shaye's medium Elise and her two sidekicks. The new cast around Stefanie Scott and Dermot Mulroney didn't exactly convince me, though. Scott in particular screams a lot but hardly gets any moments to develop her character. Regarding the overall direction, meanwhile, you realize pretty quickly that Leigh Whannell is less talented as a director than James Wan. The creative ideas of the latter are sorely missed here. Instead, you get mostly one-size-fits-all horror that also relies primarily on cheap jump scares. Even if "Insidious 3" is not a total failure, I would describe the film as a forgettable production for the masses. The plot certainly doesn't leave much of a mark in the end.