Insidious

Insidious, from the original Saw team, lacks thrills and originality.

"...Insidious is the haunted-house genre's equivalent of one of those..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Insidious: Chapter 2

All the same gang's back for this follow-up to the hit spooker.

"...rejoiced ever since. (Peli, by the way, produced both Insidious films.)..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Insidious: The Last Key

Ghostly goings-on continue in franchise's fourth part

"...fans such as yours truly – is that the Insidious movies are getting better with each installment, much like..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Insidious: Chapter 3

The original screenwriter of the horror franchise assumes the direction of this supernatural prequel

"...be running out of ideas for new frights, since Insidious: Chapter 3 only lays claim to its horror bona..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Insidious: The Red Door

Time to tiptoe through the tulips once again

"...bulb about to burn out: It’s time for another Insidious film...."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Insidious Discrimination

"...8] do fantastic work, but she also illustrates the insidious nature of marginalization as a form of discrimination. I..."

July 16, 2016 Postmarks

An Insidious Ideological Trap

"...Dear Editor, Neo-leftism is an insidious ideological trap. Louis Black’s recent “Page Two” piece is..."

April 14, 2008 Postmarks

Innocuousness That's Insidious

Pat Boone

"...white bucks and chinos? The surface innocuousness is perfectly insidious. Why, Boone was even vicious enough to put one..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

The Women’s Balcony

An Orthodox community gets embroiled in gender politics

"...Additionally, The Women’s Balcony sounds an alarm about the insidious creep of extremism and its divisive and ruinous effects..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Still Alice

In an otherwise tepid film, Julianne Moore delivers a terrific performance as a woman beset by early-onset Alzheimer's.

"...Is there a more insidious disease than Alzheimer’s? Leaving the body intact but obliterating..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Things That Go Bump in the Blumhouse

As "Oculus" opens, producer Jason Blum on suburbs and franchises

"...house. "That's not true," barks distributor chief Jason Blum. "Insidious. I've broken my golden rule. It's my favorite thing...."

April 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of a teen rampage killer who has a complicated relationship with her son.

"...like Nick Cave, loverman. Miller's portrayal of an amoral, insidious teen from hell is pitch-perfect. He's lovely to look..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brideshead Revisited

It's a film, not a miniseries, but this rendition's attention to the steep divides of class and religion in prewar England remains as sharply etched as ever.

"...when it puts the frolicking aside to explore the insidious sway of Sebastian’s homestead of Brideshead, which is as..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All the King's Men

Despite an A-list cast and director, it's astonishing how bad this movie is.

"...All the King's Men is a story about the insidious dangers of demagoguery, a morality tale about absolute power..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fun With Dick and Jane

The original version of this comedy was a little countercultural, a lot class-conscious, and a touch subversive; this remake is all farce when what is needed is satire.

"...and Téa Leoni, but the movie is missing any insidious edge: There is nothing subtle or understated about this..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...emerges with a darkly paranoid thriller whose villains are insidious multinational corporations, self-serving political power mongers, and one particular..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Recess: School's Out

"...skipping rocks, sing-alongs with the gang, and thwarting the insidious plots of nefarious villains with plutonium turbines and electron..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Saint Clara

"...school's perpetually crimson-suited Headmaster Tissona (Naor) of organizing an insidious cheating ring. It's not her fault, though: Clara's a..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elevator Game

Goofy horror-comedy transitions to ghoulish chiller at the flick of a switch

"...I must admit is a weird gripe about the Insidious films. It's that one of the main tricks used..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Escape Room

Six actors in search of an exit

"...January is not particularly kind to studio horror films. Insidious: The Last Key underwhelmed in 2018, as did The..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Malignant

Homage to giallo is fun, but is it good?

"...bleed with humor, from his wise-cracking ghost hunters in Insidious to his “Ocean Master” in Aquaman. In true spirit..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Grudge

A new haunting from the J-horror franchise

"...the studios clearly had high hopes (The Bye-Bye Man, Insidious: The Last Key, The Forest) but instead threw away..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Scene

Jones' town

"...carefully timed offers of white pizzas and curly fries. Insidious, Alamo Drafthouse! Insidious and shameful! Insidious, shameful, and delicious!..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

It Lives Inside

Familiar horror tropes make scary use of Hindu mythology

"...from The Creature From the Black Lagoon and the Insidious Lipstick-Face Demon. His large, looming presence is staggering in..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Don't Look at the Demon

Malaysia-set horror film employs skill and style to scare

"...the footsteps of contemporary horror filmmakers like James Wan (Insidious, The Conjuring). With a few exceptions, the action in..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fantasia Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw

A nightmare in nineteenth century New York

"...of the love between farmer's daughter Mary (Stefanie Scott, Insidious: The Last Key) and her family's maid, Eleanor (Isabelle..."

Aug. 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saint Maud

Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction

"...humanity, but here writer-director Rose Glass suggests a more insidious form of demonic influence. Maud believes with all her..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Collective

Terrifying documentary exposes how graft turned a disaster into a national scandal

"...Insidious political corruption may be ubiquitous in modern society, but..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Irresistible

"Can't we all just get along?"-style political comedy from The Daily Show veterans

"...the highest level? Goddammit, why not go after the insidious connection between religion and politics? Want to be relevant..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Invisible Life

Brazilian drama divides sisters from each other

"...commodities, Invisible Life is a profound example of the insidious and continuing effects of tyranny against women. But that..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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