Insidious: The Last Key
2018 · Directed by Adam Robitel
Original language: English
- horror
- thriller
The story
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
What it’s like
Dim, cluttered interiors lit by a single practical lamp, flashlight beams cutting through dust and the hard glare of a desert afternoon outside, the film keeps moving between those two worlds. The palette is murky browns and sickly greens in the house, with bleached sunlight and washed-out adobe in New Mexico, and the camera drifts through corridors and locked rooms in long, slow glides that wait just a beat too long before the scare. Sound does much of the work: a cello-like drone, sudden stingers, and the rasp of a child's whisper against near silence. Its vibe is gloomy, eerie and nostalgic, a haunted-house ride with a sense of family history pressing in. Best for a Halloween night or a late, lights-off watch when you want jump scares and a creeping sense of dread rather than gore. Violence is moderate, mostly threatening encounters and a few sharp frightening moments, with little blood. Fans of the series and of classic supernatural hauntings will find it suits them most.
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