Not as surprising as the first movie but far better then the awful second, part three is a prequel and does a good job in tying into the start of the first movie and linking the fact that the demon is haunting the medium Elise Rainer rather than the family.

What director Leigh Whannell does well here is taking the fact that the biggest sell of this franchise has been the jump scare moments rather then the plot. These hit the spot again in this movie, possibly even more then than in the original, with some great atmospheric settings, creepy silences and eerie music doing a good job of building the tension at the right moment and making the physic the focal point was a great decision.

The family members are the weak point in the movie with the clueless father character, I know he has recently lost his wife but his seeming unwillingness to accept that something unusual is happening borders on idiotic, the son plays a bit part and serves no real purpose and the daughter, who is the best of the three characters, falls into following all the usual horror movie cliché decisions. Although having her crippled and unable to do much but watch the developing horror was a good twist.

Unfortunately a lot will also be lost  on you if you haven’t watched the first two movies as having no knowledge of the mediums actions in the first movie could leave you a little lost as to her directness and scepticism and the internet based ghost hunting duo of Specs & Tucker while playing a key role in lightening the mood in the first two movies do little here than to assist in bringing the series full circle.

There’s nothing new here that you wont have seen before but it’s all done very well amd it’s rare that a third movie in a series puts right the mistakes on the second movie so I’m sure we can expect and Insidious 4 in the near future, hopefully Whannell will be kept at the reins as it will interesting to see where he takes the franchise next.

DJ Speaks Rating: 5 out of 10