I confess that I initially picked up the film Insidious purely on the strength of it featuring Rose Byrne. And she definitely doesn't disappoint as the terrified mother in this excellent Haunted House horror film. Boy, she really does terrified brilliantly.
Credit must also go to Patrick Wilson as the hapless father and Lin Shaye as the creepy psychic (with her 2 comic helpers).
The real strength of the film though is in the direction and writing of James Wan and Leigh Whannell. There is all the cleverness of Saw without the gore. I loved the intro in the style of Hammer House of Horror and the numerous nods to old Hitchcock movies. The pacing is brilliant; there are just the right number of jumps! in just the right places. And there are plenty of surprises.
I also really liked the avoidance of most of the traditional horror clichés like people walking backwards towards the bad things and tripping over nothing so the monster can catch up with them.
All in all, a very good horror suspense thriller movie... with Rose Byrne too.
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