Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

The Lambert family temporarily deceive themselves that the father of the family is who he claims to be.

'Insidious: Chapter 2' continues where the first film left off, with a shocking cliffhanger. And yet it seems that death is not permanent in the Insidious universe. The second part is a much desired follow-up, made with roughly the same style and ideas, and it lacks the stylistic freshness felt with the first. But is still worth seeing.

Director:  James Wan     

With: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey,  Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Steve Coulter

Rating: 7/10

Insidious (2010)

The son of a desperate family gets stuck in the spirit world in his dreama, and a psychic who's familiar to the father comes to help.

'Insidious' is a horror film from the new horror movement, where big investments are finally risked on a genre mocked for far too long. With good acting, with clumsy but efficient and perfectly timed horror effects, Insidious gave birth to an acclaimed franchise and (along with The Conjuring) to a wave of higher level horror films that no longer have to copy Asian originals (like The Ring , The Grudge, Pulse and many others).

Director:  James Wan     

With: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson

Rating: 9/10

The Grudge (2020)

A single mum policewoman is intrigued by the story of the house where she moved into and its connection with an old case of her new detective partner.

'The Grudge' is a horror film that simply continues the legend and curse of the original films rather than trying to make a remake. The idea is not bad, but the implementation leaves much to be desired. Many talented names got put together (Bichir, Riseborough) but not so much for the screenwriters' side, with them throwing in a random heap: cheap jump scares, time jumps without warning or purpose, questionable character choices and dramatic scenes without an anchor, and they just put that on repeat. Made no sense whatsoever

Director:  Nicolas Pesce     

With: Demián Bichir, Tara Westwood, Andrea Riseborough, Junko Bailey, Lin Shaye, David Lawrence Brown, Zoe Fish, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Jacki Weaver

Rating: 6/10