The Insidious series has always embraced different horror traditions with open arms: its mythology blends the spectral and the demonic; jump scares are valued just as much as more subtle effects, like a macabre image hidden in plain-sight. That willingness to combine traditions has allowed its creators to put a new spin on the haunted house, one of the most used horror tropes. Insidious: Chapter 3 is a slight departure for the series in terms of continuity, taking place before the haunting of the Lambert family and the traumatic events of the first two films. But that hungry approach to horror – an evident love of both high and low traditions – remains firmly in place, and with its stripped-back story, it’s arguably the most focussed film in the series to date.
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