Most horror film sequels cannot live up to anywhere near the level of the first installment in the franchise, however Insidious Chapter 3 is not as good as Insidious, it isn't a bad sequel (well technically prequel) and gets a lot more hate than deserved.
It immediately interested me knowing it was a prequel, not just because it was set before Insidious and Insidious Chapter 2 but because it focuses on a different family.
Whereas the first film has no reason to suspect anything paranormal, the film begins with a teenage girl named Quinn turning up at Elise's (the psychic from the other Insidious films) house, asking if she could contact her deceased mother. When things start to go bad for Quinn, getting hit by a car and tormented by something strange she immediately suspects something paranormal.
The film has some cliche jump scares and the really loud music compared to the dialogue is very opposite and can cause a cheap jump scare, but it also contains some creepy scenery (the waving man in the beginning for example) and some jump scares land.
Not a great film, but a decent prequel to Insidious which for me ranks above Insidious Chapter 2
It immediately interested me knowing it was a prequel, not just because it was set before Insidious and Insidious Chapter 2 but because it focuses on a different family.
Whereas the first film has no reason to suspect anything paranormal, the film begins with a teenage girl named Quinn turning up at Elise's (the psychic from the other Insidious films) house, asking if she could contact her deceased mother. When things start to go bad for Quinn, getting hit by a car and tormented by something strange she immediately suspects something paranormal.
The film has some cliche jump scares and the really loud music compared to the dialogue is very opposite and can cause a cheap jump scare, but it also contains some creepy scenery (the waving man in the beginning for example) and some jump scares land.
Not a great film, but a decent prequel to Insidious which for me ranks above Insidious Chapter 2