Jeri Jacquin
Preparing to bring thrills and chills Friday in theatres
from director Adam Robitel and Universal Pictures is good ole fashion fright
from INSIDIOUS: The Last Key.
Elise (Lin Shaye) is plagued by dreams of the childhood
house she once lived in with a violent father Gerard (Josh Stewart), endearing
mother Melissa (Spencer Locke) and little brother Christian in 1952. When she
receives a telephone call from a man named Ted (Kirk Acevedo) pleading for
help, Elise is shocked when he gives her the address.
It is the house she left so many years ago in New Mexico . Knowing she
must return to face what ever is spiritually infesting the house, Specs (Leigh
Whannell) and Tucker (Angus Sampson) aren’t about to let her go without them.
Almost immediately the house begins to reveal its secrets
that Elise had blocked out for so many years. She also tried to meet up with
her brother Christian (Bruce Davison) and Elise meets two nieces Imogen
(Caitlin Gerard) and Melissa (Spencer Locke). Christian obviously holds hard
feelings toward his sister.
The house wants what the house wants and now it becomes a
family affair when Elise must go deeper into ‘The Further’ than she ever has
before discovering horrifying secrets and to save the ones she loves.
But, will KeyFace allow that to happen!
Shaye as Elise has taken this character in so many different
directions but I’m thrilled that she returned to tell her own story. I have
always been a fan of Shaye as an actress and equally thrilled that the
storyline let her continue to bring us the hauntingly spooky journey of this
parapsychologist who isn’t afraid of much. Not saying her nerves don’t get
rattled but she sucks it up and charges in!
Whannell as Specs also jumps right in and makes sure that
Elise is covered and protected. Thought a little goofy, Specs is more sweet
than nerdy. The hilarious nerd prize goes to Sampson as Tucker because I could
not stop laughing at everything he does. Elise has her hands full reining him
in when he gets sidetracked.
Gerard as Imogen is a little standoffish to meet an Aunt she
didn’t know she had but that changes when stepping inside her father’s house
once again. Locke as Melissa is thrilled to meet Elise and admits that she doesn’t
know the history her father is so upset about.
Davison as brother Christian is holding a grudge and its one
heck of a long grudge. It’s good to see him on screen again and although his
role is small, it works. Javier Botet takes on the role of KeyFace and totally
rocks it. The keys on the fingertips is a little unnerving but hey, it kept the
audience on their toes.
Other cast include Amanda Jaros as Mara Jennings, Marcus
Henderson as Det. Whitfield, Aleque Reid as Anna, Ava Kolker as young Elise, and
Pierce Pope as young Christian.
For the first scary movie of the year, INSIDIOUS: The Last
Key doesn’t disappoint. The audience jumped, yelled, scared each other and even
took time to laugh to shake away the frights. That’s what I love about the INSIDIOUS
films, just having a good time without tons of ridiculous slashing or gore.
Director Robitel keeps the feel that previous INSIDIOUS
director James Wan set up as a successful roadmap to follow. Of course the
title of the film is The Last Key and
I’m hoping, no matter how much I think the films are cool, that there is a
realization that it’s time to stop although I don’t think it will happen. Let’s
go out on a high note shall we?
So after a very busy holiday season INSIDIOUS: The Last Key
is a great film to go and just have some jumpy fun. Grab popcorn (hold with
both hands), a few friends who just want to have a little theatre fun and enjoy
the jolts, jumps and laughs the film will bring.
In the end – fear comes home!
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