Insidious: Red Door, the fifth installment in this long-running horror series, brings star Patrick Wilson to new heights. This is his first film as a director. In many ways, it’s an ideal situation, especially for Wilson.
He starred in the first two Insidious films, both put together by director James Wan, and Wilson also worked with Wilson on the first two Conjuring films and both Aquaman films. If it’s your first big screen directing job, having one of the best filmmakers on speed dial is probably going to be very helpful.
But more than that, what we’re talking about is a series that Wilson felt at home with, and a cast and crew who knew him forever, who wanted to help bring his vision to life. about it. And it’s a franchise with a consistent audience. If you can get it, it’s a good job, and you can feel Wilson’s level of comfort while watching the film.
But as a director for the first time, he wasn’t just happy to be on set. He directs the shocking events of his first two films, especially his second, in which Josh Lambert (the character played by Wilson) becomes possessed by the ghost of a serial killer and attempts to murder his family. I wanted to make a new Insidious movie to deal with. . Insidious Chapter 2 ended with Josh and his son Dalton being hypnotized and forced to forget all their haunted adventures with spooky ghosts. But that’s not the end of the story. Even in the real world, repressed traumas often come back and hurt our butts.
“I wanted to unlock my second film and work on my trauma. I did,” Wilson told GameSpot. “Luckily, I had long-time collaborators around me, and I knew they would trust me with questions and help, so of course I took advantage of that.
“Because I think that’s important. It’s a very cooperative, team sport. So, yeah, the reason the first one was such a successful series and had such a huge audience was because “It was a really great gift.” “But it had the creative ability to push the boundaries a little bit and make a different type of film, but it was still respectful of tradition. So I wanted to explore that.”
Given the ghostly nature of the Insidious movies, what he experienced in those movies and in the Conjuring movies could have been perceived as supernatural or eerie. I had to ask if there was a But Wilson said no.
“First of all, these movies, certainly the first two, were made on very tight budgets, so I’m pressed for time, so I have time to think about other things, like there’s something spooky going on. Not much,” said Wilson. “And certainly in this film, you’re trying to scare the audience, but you’re not trying to scare yourself. I’m trying to make something.” No. Nothing really happens to me, no. ”
Considering his extensive background in the Insidious series, we decided that in three Insidious, “Mate, Marry, Murder” (GameSpot’s family-friendly version of that lousy game we’ve all heard of). I decided to have some fun with Wilson by playing the alliteration version of the game. Villains: The Lipstick Face Demon, The Bride in Black, and the Man Who Can’t Breathe in Prequel 3, which Wilson doesn’t appear in.
“Maybe I mate with the Lipstick Devil because he’s a cool guy, Joe Bishara. Because he’s a good friend of mine. So I think it’s good to have a certain amount of darkness in life.” ‘ said Wilson jokingly. By the way, Bishara isn’t just the guy with the scary devil makeup, he’s the acclaimed composer responsible for the film’s score.
“Marry me, I’m not going with the bride because I’m going to kill her,” Wilson continued, speaking of the series’ main antagonist. “I think the reason I’m marrying a wheezing guy is because I’ve never worked with him before. may become.”
To which I joked that the Whezing Demon “can’t be worse than the other two, can it?” But Wilson disagreed.
“Oh, that may be true, but it’s a gamble in marriage, my friend.”
Insidious: Red Door hits theaters on July 7th.
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