Insidious: The Last Key is the fourth movie in the Insidious horror franchise, which focuses on paranormal investigator/psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) and her sidekicks. A young girl is whipped and locked up by her father, and women are kidnapped, chained, and locked up. A woman is smacked across the room by a monster, and a man's skull is smashed by a falling bureau (he also gets a blow to the back of his head). There's some blood, and a gun is brandished, with one shot fired. Other violent events are mentioned. Language includes a use of "f--king," as well as "hell" (spoken by a child). There's a little flirting and a brief kiss. A bottle of whisky is shown, and a character drinks from a bottle of beer. This installment is less inspired than its predecessors, but it's not terrible and has some decent scares.The film is directed by Adam Robitel who made his directorial debut with the short documentary "Inside the Asylum: The Making of 2001 Maniacs" (2006), about the horror film in which he himself participated as an actor. Robitel also directed the short comedy "Love Your Customers" (2007). His move to the film came from the hand of The Taking (2014), a horror film about possessions shot as a mockumentary. In addition to directing it was also responsible for developing the script. Robitel also collaborated in the script of "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension" (2015), sixth installment of the Paranormal Activity franchise.
WHAT'S THE STORY? In INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, psychic/paranormal investigator Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) has recently wrapped up the Quinn Brenner case (from Insidious: Chapter 3), but nightmares are plaguing her sleep. Memories of her dark childhood in Five Keys, New Mexico, with an abusive father (Josh Stewart), keep coming up. Before long, Elise gets a call from a terrified Ted Garza (Kirk Acevedo), who lives in her old house and is being terrorized by malevolent spirits. Joined by her intrepid/knucklehead sidekicks Specs (Leigh Whannell) and Tucker (Angus Sampson), Elise begins her examination. More dark secrets from her past turn up, including memories of her younger brother, guilt over her mother, a lost whistle, and a gaggle of ghosts. But Elise makes a startling discovery: There's something different about these ghosts.
MOVIE INFO Rating: PG-13 (for disturbing thematic content, violence and terror, and brief strong language) Genre: Horror Directed By: Adam Robitel Written By: Leigh Whannell In theaters: January 5, 2018 Runtime: 103 minutes Music: Joseph Bishara y Florin Alexandru Stan Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios Cast: Lin Shaye, Josh Stewart, Javier Botet, Spencer Locke, Kirk Acevedo, Tessa Ferrer, Caitlin Gerard, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Davison, Hana Hayes, Jerrika Hinton, Ava Kolker, Amanda Jaros