Why was the red door so bad?

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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Why was Insidious Red Door so bad?

The script was... poor. It felt like an amalgamation of every cliché line and trope you have ever heard in a horror movie put into one script. I audibly laughed at certain lines because they were just too much to handle lol. Also the characters were just plainily not super relatable or enjoyable.
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Why does Dalton hate Josh?

Dalton, we learn, has grown up hating his father, because he felt abandoned by him. Josh, divorced from Renai (Rose Byrne), has been living in a fog, his wiped-out memories just out of reach.
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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.
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What's the plot of Insidious: The Red Door?

In his first art class, Dalton ends up drawing a picture of the red door used to enter The Further. Meanwhile, Josh begins being haunted by the spirit of a man, eventually discovering that it is his father Ben Burton who he believed abandoned his family when he was young.
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Which Insidious is the scariest?

And now, we're raking the Insidious movies by Tomatometer!
  • #1. Insidious (2010) 67% #1. ...
  • #2. Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) 56% #2. ...
  • #3. Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) 39% #3. ...
  • #4. Insidious: The Red Door (2023) 38% #4. ...
  • #5. Insidious: The Last Key (2018) 33% #5.
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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.
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Is Josh dead at the end of Insidious Red Door?

Josh is able to travel beyond the Red Door and frees his son, but the red-faced demon isn't willing to let Dalton just walk away. In order for Dalton to safely escape the Further, Josh must use his body to block the Red Door, sacrificing himself for his son, not unlike what his own dad did.
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What does the ending of Insidious: The Red Door mean?

The Insidious: The Red Door ending proves that it was smart to focus on Josh and Dalton. They feel determined to help save each other, and that emotion powers their final battle with the demon. Dalton is possessed by the demon and Josh saves his son and makes sure that Chris survives, too.
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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.
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Why did Josh divorce Insidious?

Josh & Renai's Divorce Is Caused By Insidious 2

It is then revealed that Josh is being possessed by a demon that stalked him as a child. Therefore, Insidious 2 sees the Lamberts trying to get Josh back. Although the Lamberts ultimately succeed at saving Josh, there is damage that he does that cannot be undone.
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Who possessed Dalton in Insidious?

Soon after, Dalton is captured by The Red Face Demon, who chains him up, leaving Chris to deal with a possessed Dalton back in the real world.
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Who killed Elise in Insidious?

As she packs up for the night, Josh hands her his childhood photos, but as she takes them, she gives Josh a strange and startled look, whips out her camera and snaps a photo of Josh. Furious, Josh goes in a rage and violently strangles Elise, killing her.
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Who is the most powerful entity in Insidious?

The demon is the only entity not to die in the series. He appears in all five films. He is said to be the strongest entity in the series.
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Why does Insidious sound weird?

All of the instruments and sounds create a non-linear and dissonant sound which evokes fear and horror through the music. The high pitch of the glissando replicates the sound of a scream adding more depth to the theme of fear and horror in the music.
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Who is the creepy boy in Insidious?

"Ben Woolf played him, and he is a small guy but my feeling always was that it kind of had to be something that was from the early 20th century, so anywhere from, like, 1900 to 1912, in that range." As she explained, the hope was that if the audience had seen photos or images from that time period, The Dancing Boy ...
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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.
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What scene in Insidious is the scariest?

The Scariest Moments in the Insidious Franchise
  • Tiptoe Through The Tulips - Insidious.
  • The Hidden Room of Bodies - Insidious Chapter 2. ...
  • The Woman In White - Insidious Chapter 2. ...
  • Suitcase - Insidious: The Last Key. ...
  • Police Interview – Insidious: The Last Key. ...
  • Knock Knock, Who's There? - Insidious Chapter 3. ...
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Why did Elise leave the red door open?

These red doors, we learn, are controlled by the Keyface Demon. Elise inadvertently leaves the red door to the Lamberts' attic open, suggesting that she's accidentally responsible for kicking off the events of the first film.
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Who is the guy with the hammer in Insidious: The Red Door?

During Chapter 2, a possessed Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) chased his family around the house with a hammer and tried to kill them, but young Dalton (Ty Simpkins) ventured into the spirit realm that they call The Further, found Josh's spirit, and brought him back to his body.
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Is there any post-credit scene in Insidious Red door?

In The Red Door's post-credits scene, we find out that even though Dalton may have painted over the door to The Further, there's still a very real chance that the nightmare isn't really over because the light above door suddenly flickers back on.
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Where are Ed and Lorraine in Insidious Red door?

He is divorced from his wife Renai and his mother Lorraine has recently deceased. His relationship with his son Dalton has become strained and unpleasant, and he attempts to heal things between them while dropping him off at college but it ends with them in a conflict.
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Why doesn't Josh like his picture taken Insidious?

The more photographs taken of Josh, the closer the shadowy woman begins to get to Josh until she is inches away from him, explaining his fear of photos. Elise suggests that Josh should use his ability to find and help return Dalton's soul, to which Josh agrees.
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Why does Elise wear that mask?

In the first Insidious, the most memorable scene was when Elise wears the gas masks to communicate with the spirits.
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Does Josh go to jail for killing Elise?

Josh was arrested for Elise's murder.
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