Insidious: The Red Door (2025)

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Why did Insidious: The Red Door get bad reviews? ›

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.

Insidious: The Red Door (2023)

"You better see this Insidious, it's the last one!" He told Discussing Film. "To give a more serious answer, [The Red Door] is going to be the last we're going to see of Insidious for a while. It may not be a forever rest, but it's certainly going to be a very long rest.

The demon chases them to the red door and Josh stays behind to keep it shut so Dalton will be safe. Dalton returns to his body and paints over his red door painting with black paint, which in turns seals the real door and The Further. Josh meets his father's spirit, who guides him back to the living world.

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Since Josh doesn't remember that he has the ability to astral project he assumes that his dad ended his own life in order to protect his son from the consequences of his mental illness. After a run-in with his dead dad in one of the movie's best jump scares, Josh assumes he is also suffering from schizophrenia.

Dalton, we learn, has grown up hating his father, because he felt abandoned by him.

While the first two films follow a connected story, the third and fourth Insidious films serve as prequels to the Lamberts' story. In theory, you could watch the films in chronological order, finishing up your watchlist with the Lamberts and their trials.

Elise Returns As A Ghost In Insidious: The Red Door's Ending

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.

What happens to Josh and Dalton in Insidious: The Red Door ending? Josh and Dalton Lambert survive the events of Insidious: The Red Door and escape The Further. Before the credits, Elise Rainier visits Josh and tells him he and his son will live happily.

How did Elise know Josh was possessed? ›

Elise notices something off about Josh and takes a picture of him. At that point, she learns that Josh is actually being possessed by the Bride in Black.

Josh & Renai's Divorce Is Caused By Insidious 2

Although the Lamberts ultimately succeed at saving Josh, there is damage that he does that cannot be undone. Namely, his attempted murder of Renai and the children is too overwhelming for them to ever be the same again.

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.

The Lipstick-Face Demon, also known as the Man With Fire on his Face, the Red-Faced Demon, Sixtass, or simply the Demon, is the main antagonist of the Insidious franchise.

It's not going to win any Oscar's or leave you gasping in awe. However, it's certainly not a terrible as some of the reviews suggest. It holds your attention and has some great jump scares. On the negative side, I'm a huge fan of the insidious movies, but this just doesn't feel like it belongs with the others.