James Wan directed "Paranormal Activity" as well as the original "Saw," both known horror films that were successful in the box office. Wan's newest production by the name of "Insidious" came out this past week and stirred up a little controversy. No other than the Huffington Post can give us the inside scoop into the minds of critics such as NPR'S David Edelstein. Also, giving us the feedback from several anonymous individuals in response to these crticics' critique.
Pete Travers felt as though viewers were well overdue for "a scary flick that could fry nerves and tickle funny bones in high style. Being that I saw "Insidious" and I totally agree is besides the fact that Travers provided no solid evidences or scenes from the movie to back up his argument. Unlike Edelstein who says that " he is a sucker for those bumps in the night and flickering lights, and simple no effects scenes. For example the one where Byrne locks the front door, checks another room and returns to see the door wide open." Following this statement Edelstein wrote that the explanation for these ghostly happenings came in the next scene along with "special effects reminiscent of poltergeist ."etc
Clearly, Travers lacked the necessities such as actual scenes from the movie that made it a scary flick in order to tickle funny bones. Especially when he wrote that the film did this in high style, that accusation provided him with the perfect punch in order to draw in his audience with illustrations from the movie. If I had never saw the film, Edelstein would persuade me to do so before Traver due to the scenes his critique pointed out from "Insidious" because they paint an horrific picture.
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