A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
There's little new here. And what is new isn't well done.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
1 Apr 2011
rotten:
Insidious isn't scary. It's laughable. And kind of sad.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
1 Apr 2011
fresh:
If there's a complaint to be made about Insidious, it's that the film's second half is unable to live up to the impossibly high standards set by the first half.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
3 Apr 2011
fresh:
Wan and Whannell have, in effect, ripped pages from the "Poltergeist" playbook and stripped the formulas down to old-style gothic scares.