Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Directed by James Wan
Produced by Jason Blum
Oren Peli
Screenplay by Leigh Whannell
Story by James Wan
Leigh Whannell
Starring Patrick Wilson
Rose Byrne
Lin Shaye
Ty Simpkins
Barbara Hershey
Music by Joseph Bishara
Cinematography John R. Leonetti
Editing by Kirk Morri
Studio IM Global
Entertainment One
Blumhouse Productions
Distributed by FilmDistrict
Stage 6 Films
Release date(s)
September 13, 2013[1]
Running time 105 minutes[2]
Country United States
Canada
Language English
Budget $5 million[3]
Box office $71,497,012[3]
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Insidious: Chapter 2 is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. It is a sequel to 2011's Insidious. The film stars Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne reprising their roles as Josh and Renai Lambert, a husband and wife who seek to uncover the secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. The film was released on September 13, 2013.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Casting
3.3 Filming
3.4 Music
4 Distribution
4.1 Marketing
4.2 Theatrical release
5 Reception
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
6 Sequel
7 References
8 External links
Plot
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In 1986, a medium named Carl calls upon his friend Elise to help discover what is haunting Lorraine Lambert's son, Josh. After hypnotizing Josh, Elise attempts to find the location of Josh's "friend" (an old woman who appears in photographs of Josh) through playing Hot or Cold. After warnings from Josh, Elise makes her way to his bedroom closet and is scratched along the arm. As a result, Lorraine, Carl, and Elise agree that making Josh forget his astral projection abilities is the best thing to do.
Twenty-five years later, Josh's wife Renai is under questioning by a police detective about the death of Elise. Unsettled by the theory that her husband is a killer, Renai rejoins with her family as they relocate to Lorraine's house. As everyone goes to bed, Renai begins witnessing strange occurrences throughout the house. Josh, who is suspected by Renai to be inhabited by the old woman, tells her not to worry and that everything will be okay.
The next day, Renai sees a woman wearing a white dress sitting in the living room. Following the cries of her baby throughout the house, Renai comes face-to-face with the woman in white and is knocked unconscious. During this time, Lorraine visits Elise's colleagues Specks and Tucker to seek an explanation behind the strange events. In doing so, they call upon Carl, who listens to Lorraine's story and attempts to contact Elise on the other side using word-dice. Through the dice, they are told to find answers at the "Our Lady of Angels" hospital (the former workplace of Lorraine). Led through the hospital to the ICU, Lorraine recounts a story of a patient named Parker Crane, who committed suicide by jumping off the roof many years ago. The four decide that Elise is leading them to this man's house. After breaking into Parker's home, they find a black gown and veil as well as newspaper clippings about a man referred to as "The Dark Bride" who kidnapped and murdered several people while dressed as a woman. It is then revealed to them that it was not Elise speaking through the dice, but actually Parker's mother.
After Renai recovers with Josh at her side, Lorraine arrives home and insists that she, Renai, and the kids get away from Josh. In the car, she explains the origin of "The Dark Bride" and the theory that the real Josh is trapped in the Further. At this same moment, Carl arrives at the house to drug the possessed Josh while Specks and Tucker monitor from their van parked outside. The plan fails, however, and Josh incapacitates Carl, Specks and Tucker. After receiving a message saying everything is okay, Lorraine and Renai return to the house only to be ambushed by Josh. Locking Lorraine in the closet, Josh attempts to choke Renai but is knocked over the head with a bat by Dalton, who has returned home with Foster. Renai and the children then escape to the basement where they barricade themselves in the laundry room. Lying down in a corner with a tin can telephone, Dalton falls asleep and returns to the Further to rescue his father. Simultaneously, Josh begins making his way into the room by hammering through the drywall.
Meanwhile, in the Further, the real Josh stumbles upon Carl and the two look for Elise, finding her at the Lambert's previous home. The three then proceed to Parker's house where they witness his mother, the woman in white, abusing him as a child in attempt to convince him that he's a girl. The mother notices the group observing and locks Carl and Elise out of the room. When Josh turns around, the room is dark and filled with standing bodies covered by sheets. Upon finding Parker's mother amongst the bodies, the two engage in a fight. Just as the mother is about to choke Josh to death, Elise enters the room with the help of young Parker and saves Josh by hitting the mother from behind with a rocking horse. After the three escape the house, they are met up by Dalton who assists Carl and Josh in returning to real time by following the string from the tin can telephone.
Josh, who collapsed in real time after Parker's mother was hit by the rocking horse, and Dalton wake up as themselves, a feeling of relief encompasses the room. Carl then hypnotizes Dalton and Josh to forget their astral projection abilities and everything that happened with it. The screen fades to white and Specks and Tucker are shown knocking on the door to another home. As they speak with the parents of the house about their daughter Allison, Elise walks in to speak to a comatose Allison. A creaking noise and shadow rises behind the girl just as Elise shockingly exclaims, "Oh my God".
Cast
Patrick Wilson as Josh Lambert
Garrett Ryan as young Josh
Rose Byrne as Renai Lambert
Ty Simpkins as Dalton Lambert
Lin Shaye as Elise Ranier
Lindsay Seim as young Elise
Barbara Hershey as Lorraine Lambert
Jocelin Donahue as young Lorraine
Steve Coulter as Carl
Hank Harris as young Carl
Leigh Whannell as Specs
Angus Sampson as Tucker
Andrew Astor as Foster Lambert
Danielle Bisutti as Mother of Parker Crane
Tom Fitzpatrick as Bride in Black / Old Parker
Tyler Griffin as young Parker
Michael Beach as Detective Sendal
J. LaRose as Long-haired fiend
Brooke Peoples as Neighbor Jessica
Edwina Findley as Front Desk Nurse Hillary
Stephanie Pearson as Dark-haired woman
Jorge Pallo as Brian
Priscilla Garita as Natalie
Jenna Ortega as Annie
Dannay Rodriguez as Allison
Production
Development
"It’s a direct continuation from the end of the first film, so it’s the same characters, same actors coming back. But where the first movie plays like a classic haunted house film, the second one plays more like a domestic thriller with supernatural elements to it."
—Wan, on the shift in genre[4]
After the financial success of Insidious in April 2011, discussions for a sequel soon followed. With producer Jason Blum insisting on the return of director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell, a treatment script did not arrive until nearly a year later. "As long as there was a chance that James and Leigh were gonna write the second movie and direct the second movie, I didn’t want to do it with someone else," said Blum. "They kept saying they might do it, they might not do it, which was why there’s quite a bit of time between the two movies."[5] On February 2, 2012, it was announced that director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell were in talks to return for the sequel.[6]
While promoting The Conjuring (2013) at New York Comic Con in October 2012, Wan described how he and Whannell were working closely on developing the story and the script for the follow up to Insidious, explaining to ShockTilYouDrop.com, "I think the sequel to Insidious is kind of my reaction to Saw where for my own reason I wasn't as involved in the sequels, and so I felt with Insidious, think it would be good to shepherd it and keep it more in track to the version I had when I made the first film so that it doesn't detour too far."[7]
The film received the title of Insidious: Chapter 2 because it is a direct continuation of the first installment.[8] However, the tone of the film was to be more grounded than in the first film, with Wan citing his work on The Conjuring as an influence to how he and Whannell approached Insidious: Chapter 2.[4] "I pulled things from Insidious that I applied to The Conjuring, and what I learned from The Conjuring I applied to Insidious 2," said Wan. "So for me, I feel like it’s a cumulative filmmaking experience that I’ve gathered over the years."[9]
Casting
On November 19, 2012, it was officially announced that Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, and Ty Simpkins will reprise their roles from the first film.[10] The following month it was announced that Barbara Hershey will also be returning.[11] In February 2013, Jocelin Donahue and Lindsay Seim rounded out the cast as younger versions of Hershey and Shaye's characters, respectively.[12][13] It was also confirmed that the film's screenwriter Leigh Whannell and actor Angus Sampson will reprise their roles as Specs and Tucker, respectively. When asked about the return of the two characters, Whannell explained, "There was this hatred that spewed out from fans saying 'I hated those guys! They sucked! They ruined the movie!' so there will probably be a lot of people out there who will be disappointed to hear that the Specs and Tucker characters will be coming back."[14]
Filming
Principal photography for Insidious: Chapter 2 began on January 15, 2013 in Los Angeles.[10] Having a slightly higher production budget than its predecessor, the film was captured over the course of 25 shooting days.[15] A bulk of the film was shot at a house in Highland Park, Los Angeles,[8][16] which served as the location of Lorraine Lambert's house. Another location used for filming was the former Linda Vista Community Hospital, which was redressed as a hospital setting and used for the construction of interior sets (including recreations of sets from the first film).[17][18] "I’ve never shot in Linda Vista," said Wan about the location. "It's kind of funny because Leigh and I have always heard so much about it. For research on the first one [Leigh] came here to do a bit of ghost-hunting. And I think a lot of that inspired us when we needed a hospital set."[18]
Music
The musical score to Insidious: Chapter 2 is composed by Joseph Bishara,[19] who previously collaborated with director James Wan on the first installment as well as The Conjuring. "Finding the right range and tone for the feeling is an important part," described Bishara on generating tension through sound. "James is very particular with sting placement along with Kirk, our editor on both Insidious films and Conjuring. Silence can create a listening space, where rather than give you something else to listen to it enables you to hear things."[20]
A soundtrack album for the film was released digitally on September 10 and will be released on CD and Vinyl on October 8, 2013 by Void Recordings.[21] Additional songs featured in the film include:[22]
"Waiting For You" by Alan Ett
"Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 35, 2nd movement" by Frédéric Chopin
Distribution
Marketing
Prior to being official announced, Sony Pictures Entertainment registered various domain names on November 28, 2011 for Insidious: Chapter 2.[23] On January 30, 2013, the first picture from the set of the film was released via writer Leigh Whannell's Twitter account.[24] Additional behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the film were released the following month.[25] In April 2013, the first promotional poster for the film went on display at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.[26] The first theatrical trailer for the film was screened to a live audience on location at the Linda Vista Community Hospital on June 4, 2013, with an online release the following day.[27] On August 10, 2013, it was announced at the convention Scare L.A by producer Jason Blum and Universal's creative director John Murdy, that a maze attraction entitled "Insidious: Into the Further" will featured at the 2013 Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.[28]
Theatrical release
While originally intended to be released on August 30, 2013,[10] Insidious: Chapter 2 was rescheduled for a September 20 release date.[29] The film's release date was later moved again to September 13, 2013,[1] which "happens" to be the infamous "Friday the 13th".
On the night prior to its theatrical wide release, the film was shown in select theatres as part of a double feature with the first installment.[30] A red carpet premiere for the film was held in Los Angeles on September 10, 2013.[31]
Reception
Box office
Preliminary reports have the film tracking for a $32–$35 million debut in North America.[32][33] The film earned $1.5 million from its Thursday night showings,[34] and reached a $20 million Friday total, making it the biggest opening day in September box office history.[35] It then went on to be the number one film during its opening weekend, taking $41 million at the box office.[36] The film has since grossed a worldwide total of $71,497,012.[3]
Critical response
Insidious: Chapter 2 has received generally mixed reviews. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes sampled 80 reviews and judged 36% of the reviews to be positive.[37] Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 41 (out of 100) based on 23 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[38]
Robbie Collin of The Telegraph gave the film a positive review, stating that "the scares are mostly very scary indeed, and that means the film does its job."[39] Scott Foundas of Variety praised the "artfully eerie" cinematography work of John R. Leonetti and the "pervasively unsettling atmosphere" constructed by sound designer and editor Joe Dzuban. Foundas further wrote that "where so many sequels seem like mere remakes of their predecessors, with bigger budgets and less imagination, Insidious: Chapter 2 feels like a genuine continuation of characters we enjoyed getting to know the first time around, and wouldn’t at all mind returning to again."
Conversely, Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times commented, "After the pleasurable free fall into old-fashioned nightmare artistry that was last summer's The Conjuring, this busy-yet-dull sequel feels like Wan robotically flexing his manipulation of fright-film signposts, an exercise more silly than sinister."[40] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Setting aside the movie’s tediously lame dialogue, self-conscious performances and frequently predicable scares, the narrative’s compulsively shifting chronology intermittently manages to engage, although it does little to obscure the distracting shortcomings of both plot and character development."[41]
Sequel
On September 16, 2013, a third film in the series was announced with Leigh Whannell signed on to return as writer while Jason Blum and Oren Peli are also set to produce.[42] When asked about returning for another sequel, actor Patrick Wilson went on to say that he "[doesn't] know where else it could go", and that "[Josh Lambert has] been through the ringer, and I think the movie sets it up well at the end [...] And that's great, that's how it should end."[43]
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