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6.9A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Released: 2011-03-31102 minDir: James WanHorror, Thriller
Cast
- Patrick Wilson as Josh Lambert
- Rose Byrne as Renai Lambert
- Lin Shaye as Elise Rainier
- Ty Simpkins as Dalton Lambert
- Barbara Hershey as Lorraine Lambert
- Leigh Whannell as Specs
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James Wan
- Written by
- Leigh Whannell
- Produced by
- Jason Blum Steven Schneider Oren Peli
- Starring
- Patrick Wilson Rose Byrne Barbara Hershey
- Cinematography
- John R. Leonetti David M. Brewer
- Edited by
- James Wan Kirk Morri
- Music by
- Joseph Bishara
- Production companies
- Haunted Movies Stage 6 Films Alliance Films IM Global
- Distributed by
- FilmDistrict (United States) Alliance Films (Canada) Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom)
- Release dates
- September 14, 2010 ( 2010-09-14 ) ( TIFF ) April 1, 2011 ( 2011-04-01 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 101 minutes
- Countries
- Canada United States United Kingdom
Key dates
- Published
- 21 July 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Insidious
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- James Wan
- Screenwriter
- Leigh Whannell
- Composer
- Joseph Bishara
- Producer
- Jason Blum
- Production company
- Alliance Films
Article
Insidious is a 2010 supernatural horror film directed and co-edited by James Wan, written by Leigh Whannell, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Barbara Hershey. It is the first installment in the Insidious franchise and the third in terms of the series' in-story chronology. The story centers on a married couple whose boy inexplicably enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for a variety of demonic entities in an astral plane.
Insidious had its world premiere on September 14, 2010, at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and received a wide theatrical release on April 1, 2011, by FilmDistrict. The film is followed by two sequels, Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Insidious: The Red Door (2023); and two prequels, Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and Insidious: The Last Key (2018).