Insidiousest

Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) is another sequel to the Insidious saga - or prequel rather, since the protagonist dies in the first entry. This entry will be the origin of Specs and Tucker.

Stefanie Scott is a normal teenage girl who’s mother has died. Her father, Dermott Mulroney is coping by working too hard and ignoring everything. Scott starts taking up Ouija and eventualy visits Elise, Lin Shaye, the psychic from the other movies. But Elise’s husband has died and she has quit the business.

But evil spirits are hunting Scott, and she winds up with broken legs and a bad haunting. So her younger brother gets her father to hire YouTube ghostbusters Specs and Tucker. This pair’s comic relief is my second favorite part of the series, next to Shaye’s desolate spiritual strength.

This is where we get Elise’s classic working style, where she goes into the spirit world while Specs and Tucker record her.

Like the second entry, this doesn’t match the intensity of the first - although at least it doesn’t try to use “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” as a scary effect. We’re ready for the final entry.