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Haley Center Basement / Re: Kaos' way behind movie reviews
« Last post by Kaos on Today at 02:36:00 PM »Insidious: Behind the Black, Very Black, Deep Black Door of Darkness
Blumhouse, of course.
Zero scares. Lots of creepy-ish music that swirls around things that aren't even mildly frightening. Plus of course, the big Blumhouse calling card: All "action" takes place in a palette so dark that it's almost impossible to tell what's going on. There's a black girl in it and as awful as it is to say? During the action sequences she appears in the overlay is so inky black the only thing you can make out is the whites of her eyes and her teeth.
You can't hide bad horror in a total blackwash, but goodness knows the Blums certainly try. This is bad horror made worse by the jet blackness that envelops every scene. If it was good horror? It's not, but if it was? You'd never know it because everything that may or may not occur takes place in such deep darkness you have no idea what's happening. I got a headache from squinting at the screen trying to figure out if anyone or anything was there.
The only thing worth seeing in this movie at all are a few scenes that include Rose Byrne. She's not nudie or anything, but her face is pretty.
Insidious needs to change its name to Insipid.
Blumhouse, of course.
Zero scares. Lots of creepy-ish music that swirls around things that aren't even mildly frightening. Plus of course, the big Blumhouse calling card: All "action" takes place in a palette so dark that it's almost impossible to tell what's going on. There's a black girl in it and as awful as it is to say? During the action sequences she appears in the overlay is so inky black the only thing you can make out is the whites of her eyes and her teeth.
You can't hide bad horror in a total blackwash, but goodness knows the Blums certainly try. This is bad horror made worse by the jet blackness that envelops every scene. If it was good horror? It's not, but if it was? You'd never know it because everything that may or may not occur takes place in such deep darkness you have no idea what's happening. I got a headache from squinting at the screen trying to figure out if anyone or anything was there.
The only thing worth seeing in this movie at all are a few scenes that include Rose Byrne. She's not nudie or anything, but her face is pretty.
Insidious needs to change its name to Insipid.