Insidious: Out of the Further

*Insidious: Out of the Further* isn't reinventing the wheel on its sixth go-around, but it delivers enough legitimate chills to earn its keep. Directed by Jacob Chase, the film shines brightest when it leans into surreal visual set pieces—including a nauseatingly tense dental-chair sequence and a claustrophobic, spatial-warping couch fort. Amelia Eve gives a strong, grounded lead performance, and Lin Shaye’s return as Elise Rainier provides the usual warm, ghostly nostalgia that ties the franchise together. Movie relies a bit too heavily on loud, predictable jump scares though. It doesn't reach the heights of James Wan's original films, but with solid lead performances and a few standout sequences, it’s a fun, spooky ride that lands at a comfortable 7/10.

We discover from fairly early on that the young "Gemma" (Charli Penton) is usually left to her own devices by her clearly distracted mother, so it's no surprise when we spin forward a generation and discover that she (now Amelie Eve) has had to deal with a fairly traumatic experience before going on to becoming a dentist and raising her own daughter "Maya" (Island Austin) in the very same house. She's been dating, on the quiet, the hunky cop "Nick" (Brandon Perez) and all in her life seems stable until a visit to the basement with her child unearths some old family memorabilia - and then things start going bump in her dreams. A terrifying experience in a pillow fort and an even more gruesome one in her own dental practice encourages her to seek advice from "Clare" (Maisie Richardson-Sellars) who acts as a conduit to the world of the benign "Elise" (Lin Shaye) who explains something of...