It's revealed early on in Insidious: The Red Door why Lorraine is nowhere to be seen — she passed away. Part of the opening scenes of the final Insidious movie sees the Lambert family all grown up attending a funeral together, which happens to be Lorraine's.

What happened to Lorraine in Insidious: The Red Door?

At the same time, Josh's mother Lorraine (played in the earlier films by Barbara Hershey) has passed away. She was instrumental in helping the Lamberts deal with the supernatural events by calling her old friend demonologist Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) who also helped Josh battle his demons as a child.

What happened to Josh's wife in Insidious?

Ultimately, the events of Insidious 2 are the reason why Josh and Renai got divorced. At the end of Insidious, it seems as though Josh has successfully rescued Dalton from The Further, however, in a shocking twist, he murders paranormal expert Elise.

Why is Elise not in Red door?

Given when the movie takes place, Elise can only appear at the end of Insidious: The Red Door as a ghost. She's already been dead over a decade after Josh strangled her when he was possessed by the Black Bride at the end of Insidious.

Why didn't people like Insidious Red door?

Insidious: The Red Door is a hot mess attempting to shoehorn in a plot between Father and Son. We get to waste time watching scenes while the Son is screwing around in college and going to frat parties. It completely misses what made the first three films great and feels like a flat and boring film.

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What happened to Lorraine in Insidious 5?

In 2019, nine years after his possession, Josh Lambert's memories of his experience in The Further have been repressed. He is divorced from his wife Renai and his mother Lorraine has recently deceased.

Is Josh stuck in the further?

His spirit was trapped in the Further at the end of the movie, and his body taken over by the Old Woman, who had been trying to take over his body years before.

How did Elise know Josh was possessed?

It's revealed that what Elise saw was Josh's old and dirty hand and nails, similar to the old woman's, implying that she has possessed him.

Is Lorraine Josh's mom Insidious?

Synopsis. In flashback, we see Josh (Patrick Wilson) Lambert, as a kid, is having trouble with the old lady with blood red lipstick, who killed Elise at the end of the first film. Elise and a man named Carl, are summoned to help with the problem, because Josh's mother, Lorraine, is worried.

Are the Lambert's divorced in Insidious: The Red Door?

Where Does 'Insidious: The Red Door' Pick Up? A decade later after hypnotizing their memories away, the fogginess that Josh and Dalton are experiencing from this period has caused problems in the family. Josh and Renai (Rose Byrne) have gotten a divorce, while a rift has grown between Josh and Dalton.

How did Elise survive in Insidious?

Elise is killed at the end of the first movie by the Bride in Black, who has successfully possessed Josh. She reappears in the second movie as a spirit in the Further, where she helps Josh get back to his physical body and stop Parker from killing his family.

How did Elise come back to life?

Elise is killed at the end of the first movie by the Bride in Black, who has successfully possessed Josh. She reappears in the second movie as a spirit in the Further, where she helps Josh get back to his physical body and stop Parker from killing his family.

Is Insidious: The Red Door bad?

Insidious: The Red Door is a very underwhelming finale to the once promising franchise. They start off with making Josh and Dalton forget the events of Insidious 1 & 2 which makes their relationship very awkward.

Is Insidious connected to Ed and Lorraine Warren?

Several movies created by James Wan have been connected to the Warrens and their work in some way, including The Nun and the Annabelle and The Conjuring movies. As such, many guessed that the Australian film director also based Insidious on the couple. However, the film franchise is not based on the Warrens at all.

Why did Josh divorce Insidious?

Renai reveals that this has all happened before, and Josh and Dalton have both had their memories suppressed. She divorced him because the children were scared of him, remembering that he had tried to kill them and not understanding that he was possessed at the time.

How did Josh get his body back in Insidious?

Elise saves Josh and appears to destroy Michelle's spirit, which stops the possessed Josh from murdering his family in the real world. Carl and Josh escape and Dalton leads them back to the living world, allowing Josh to finally regain control of his body.

Does Josh go to jail for killing Elise?

Josh was arrested for Elise's murder.

Is Elise killed in Insidious?

The further Josh and Dalton travel into the Further, the harder it is to come back alive. When Josh travels deep into the Further in Insidious to save Dalton, his body is taken over by a demon that kills Elise and nearly murders the entire Lambert family.

Why doesn't Dalton like his dad?

To make matters worse, he abhors Josh, who surprisingly is living away from them. The reason being for Dalton's anger is that his parents Josh and Renai got divorced after the mind-wipe that took Josh and Dalton's memories away at the end of Insidious II.

Did Elise leave the door open?

Insidious' Elise Left the Red Door Open

In 2018's Insidious: The Last Key, the prequel to the Lamberts' tragedy had her venturing into The Further to save her niece, Melissa. But as they fled the supernatural prison, Elise made a massive error at her old New Mexico home.

Is Insidious based on a true story?

The Big Picture. Insidious is not based on a true story, so you don't have to worry about real-life hauntings like in The Conjuring series. The inspiration for Insidious came from Wan and Whannell's desire to make a horror film about astral projection.

Is Insidious 1 Scarier than 2?

The movie has a few really good scares of course but overall the first movie was a lot creepier and more disturbing. In fact, you happen to know what is going on if you have seen the first movie and that's why you aren't that shocked or surprised anymore.

Which is more scarier Insidious or sinister?

They have similar themes I guess, and both of them are quite scary. I was more impressed with Insidious at the time, but since then have learned to respect Sinister a lot more. There are some genuine scares however in both films.