2013 · horror · thriller · supernatural
Insidious: Chapter 2
Directed by James Wan1h 46m2013
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Our read: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
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