When the movie ‘Insidious’ was released in 2010, it stirred up a lot of excitement amongst horror fans around the globe. While many movies are touted as being amongst the ‘scariest ever seen’ it seemed that this movie, directed by James Wan, actually did have a unique and frightening twist, making it a box office hit in next to no time. Audiences around the world flocked to cinemas in order to enjoy the thrill of this movie, which saw a young family, the Lamberts, try to stop evil spirits from trapping their son in another realm that was referred to as ‘The Further’.
The success of the first ‘Insidious’ movie meant that it was inevitable that a second would follow, which indeed it did in 2013 when ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ was released. This movie, also directed by James Wan, starred most of the actors from the original movie, including Patrick Wilson, Barbara Hershey and the talented Rose Byrne. In this version the family, believing that they were safe following the rescue of their son from The Further in the first movie, faced more terrors as they realised that they were anything but safe and still had dangerous connections to the world of evil spirits.
With the enormous success of the first two movies, ‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ was soon on the books, and a trailer has now been released for this highly anticipated film, which is directed by Leigh Whannell. This movie is actually a prequel that looks at the early days of the psychic Elise Rainier prior to the haunting of the Lamberts. Audiences can enjoy learning how and why the spychic decided to start using her abilities in order to help a young girl who was being haunted by spirits.
Merchandise relating the to the ‘Insidious’ movies
Over the decades, horror movies have become increasingly popular with movies such as the ‘Insidious’ franchise stirring up a lot of excitement amongst movie fans. As has been the case with many other popular horror movies, many fans of this franchise do not just stop at enjoying the films themselves but also splash out on merchandise based on the ‘Insidious’ movies such as posters and t-shirts, which is in addition to the sales of DVDs and Blu-Rays. This demonstrates just how the profits from horror movies such as this can rocket. With many other horror movies, people buy horror merchandise online via sites such as eBay, with items such as horror character figurines, t-shirts, posters and much more selling like hotcakes and often at very high prices.
Another area where horror has become popular is in the games industry, with online casino sites such as Spin Palace offering exciting games such as the Boogie Monster slot and a variety of Halloween based slots. There are even a number of board games based on the horror genre such as the City of Horror and the Ghost Stories board games.
With so many different industries now embracing the horror genre, it is little wonder that it has become increasingly popular amongst people of many different ages. This also demonstrated why films such as ‘Insidious’ have people flocking to the movies in their droves to sit back and thrill at the dark and creepy story that unfolds on the big screen.
