Stevieboy666 I recall feeling somewhat disappointed with the original movie. I didn't like the "comedy" paranormal investigators or the silly looking demon with the red face. Sadly, this being that film's prequel, we have here those same elements. But that's not to say Chapter 3 is a bad movie. It's well filmed, has decent acting - especially the ever reliable Lin Shaye - and packs in plenty of jump scares in it's fairly modest running time, even if they tend to be of the predictable variety (with the exception early on involving the motor accident). In my opinion part 2 is the best out of the first 3.

Coventry I suppose Leigh Whannell earned the right by now to further exploit and benefit from the commercially successful horror franchises that he co-created himself. After all, Whannell co-wrote the original "Saw" as well as the previous two "Insidious" installments, but James Wan took most of the credit for those being also the director. With Wan moving on towards mainstream stuff, like "Fast and the Furious", Whannell was entirely solo to take credit as writer, director and supportive actor for this third episode. Good for him because, let's be totally honest, in case this particular story was released as a stand-alone horror film - rather than as a sequel (or prequel, whatever) in the "Insidious" series - it wouldn't have stand a change at success. "Insidious: Chapter 3" is watchable, but completely mundane and unremarkable. It's a tale of ghosts and spiritual possession like there are thirteen in a dozen; relying mostly on a handful of foreseeable "boo"-moments and a more elaborated role for actress Lin Shaye. A teenage girl, Quinn Brenner, seeks the help of retired spiritual medium Elise Rainier to get in contact with her deceased mother. Elise warns her that calling out to one specific dead soul can be overheard by all deceased souls, including the malignant ones. Later, near the apartment building where she lives, Quinn is lured into a vicious accident by an unidentified evil spirit and she breaks both her legs. While tied to her bed, the same spirit attempts to take possession of Quinn's body as it turns out to be the ghost of a former resident of the building who committed many vile acts when he was alive. There isn't a lot more to write about this film, honestly. I wasn't particularly bored when watching "Insidious: Chapter 3", but it's never at one point atmospheric or genuinely unsettling. The jumpy moments are too obvious and the make-up effects are tame and very PG-13. Part three is a prequel, taking place a year or 2-3 prior to the events in the original "Insidious", and already features brief appearances of ghost and demons that would play far more prominent roles in the other two films. Interesting trivia for the die-hard fans of the franchise, but I must admit they slipped my attention at first. While I'm writing this user-comment, another new installment - "Insidious: The Lasts Key" in the series is about to be released in theaters. Remember the ancient horror rule: sequels are truly becoming awful when they stop numbering them!

Paul Magne Haakonsen As much as I enjoy horror movies and supernatural horror movies, then I never really found much enjoyment in the "Insidious" franchise, being less than impressed with the first two movies in the series. But still, I got around to watch the third movie, which apparently is a prequel.Right, well the storyline was pretty straight forward. Easy to follow and it just basically trotted ahead on a predetermined path. The story was just oozing with predictability at every corner, so there was no surprises to be had here.I hardly think that the story told in "Insidious: Chapter 3" was particularly innovating or original. Actually, if you are a long time fan and follower of the horror genre, then chances are very likely that you have already seen numerous movies with a storyline similar to the one told in "Insidious: Chapter 3".The strongest side to the movie is the cast and the performances that they put on. It is definitely Lin Shaye who carries this movie with a rather solid performance of her established Elise character. Personally, then I also enjoy watching Angus Sampson in the role as Tucker, despite him only having a small role in the movie.The entities that were present in this movie were adequate, not overly impressive in design, but they definitely were vicious. Personally, I would have liked to have had a bit more grotesque and scary appearance on the entities, just for shock effect, as there was little to be scared about with a frail man walking around with a breath mask."Insidious: Chapter 3" is not the most outstanding or entertaining of the movies in the franchise so far. Sure, it is entertaining and enjoyable enough for what it turned out to be, just don't set your expectations too high.

matjoew Don't say I haven't warned you, if you even bother to read this.I was looking for a movie to watch with my girlfriend who hardly has seen any horror flicks. I'm 34 years old, she's 23. After much doubt I went with this one. Remembering the first one was rather good, I thought to myself it can't be that bad. Within the first 15 min it becomes very predictable showing the entity, what bothered me is that my girlfriend was on the edge of her seat, I can relate to the fact she hardly has seen any. So I decided to hang on a bit and see if it would become by any means a bit interesting.The movie uses extremely cliché jump scares, with double volume. Which is the only reason you jump your seat because of the loudness. Not at all from the scenes. There is NO charisma from any character, nor is there any emotion that draws you to the characters itself.I won't go to much in detail about this, since I already wasted an hour of my life trying to like it a bit.. and even wasting more time writing this. I felt that I had to write this review because there are way too much reviews that are kind to this film, even saying that it's the best one yet.. I can understand if you only watched disneymovies in your life, this is a scary movie.. Sadly Gremlins which is a good movie, compared to this would be the mother of all horror-films.If any reviewer who voted more than 4 stars read this, please let me know how much money you made writing it. I suppose it's a decent amount as any more than 4 stars for this movie is an absolute lie and a disgrace to us horror fans. I think it's sad there is no other option on IMDb to call out liars. I cannot fathom at all there is a 4th installment of this utter boring predictable flick. I cannot relate to anyone saying it's close to being an OK film which it is not.I never felt so angry that I had to write a review exposing the lies they feed us on IMDb. Every next scene the entity is there to jump-scare you, I predicted scene after scene. Which made me start making dinner in the middle of movie, simply out of boredom.