The Conjuring vs. Insidious

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16 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

I don’t even remember the second half of Insidious… but unsettling ambiance & jump scares of the first half have stuck with me all these years later.

The whispering/yelling on the baby monitor, the house alarms repeatedly going off/front door opening at night, the younger kid describing how the comatose kid walks around, that giant man casually pacing back & forth on the balcony (until he… isn’t), the face behind the baby bassinet, the dancing kid hidden beneath the coat rack, Barbara Hershey describing her dream…

& of course (arguably one of the most effective scares ever)… the sudden face behind Patrick Wilson

The Conjuring is evergreen as a franchise/source for spin-offs because of that married couple, but none of their stuff has ever been as effectively upsetting as the first Insidious (for me)

 

Honestly, I think the only time I felt afraid during a Conjuring movie was the nun's first appearance (before she became oversaturated as a horror icon)

"Mom... who's that?"

Yes the first half has a lot of these scares that are subtle but effective. Second half is when the dad goes to the other side, which is also good for the story but you get to see everything now and it doesn't feel as scary. This was my problem with Insidious 2, it had a lot of the other side scenes from the start.

This is also one of my favorites shots of the first one:

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That red ****ing demon actually gave me a nightmare 

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1 hour ago, NewUsername said:

Some of these are sooo good. But too me it's also kinda funny that you would call The Conjuring and Insidious overrated, but list Hereditary and The Substance 

 

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Ok, Toni Collette was amazing in Hereditary, especially in that scene, but still.

 

I think they're just more my kinda horror. The artistic way they're filmed, the big emphasis on aesthetics and atmosphere, the extreme emotional complexity and layers of depth. The overall originality....

The first Conjuring film and Insidious are good, fun films, but they're more like going to the fun fair - they're not elevated horror - whereas Hereditary and The Substance are like going to the theatre or a modern art gallery.