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*Insidious* is a 2011 horror and thriller film directed by James Wan, who also served as the film editor. Leigh Whannell wrote the screenplay, while Oren Peli, Steven Schneider, and Jason Blum produced the project. The cast includes Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, and Barbara Hershey. Joseph Bishara composed the music, and John R. Leonetti was the director of photography. The film is in English and was filmed in California.
The movie has a runtime of 102 minutes, though some sources list it as 103 minutes. It was produced by IM Global, Stage 6 Films, and Alliance Films, with distribution handled by FilmDistrict and Netflix. The production budget was $1,500,000, and the film generated box office revenue of $97,009,150. It is part of the *Insidious* series and features themes of supernatural events and haunted houses.
The film received a rating of 6.8 on IMDb based on 367,498 votes, and a 6.94 average from 7,303 votes on TMDb. It was released on March 31, 2011, in the United States and Canada. The tagline for the film is "It's not the house that's haunted."
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Film · TMDB
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.
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
Themes
- supernatural
- medium
- haunted house
- evil spirit
- house warming
- demon
- new home
- aftercreditsstinger
- other dimension
- insidious
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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
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5 million
- Box office
- $100.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
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