Insidious: Chapter 2 has been released
on Blu-Ray this past Tuesday, December 24, 2013, which is really an odd day for
a film to come out. Why would a film be released on Blu-Ray and DVD on
Christmas Eve? No other films were released then, but that is not the point.
The point is me, reviewing this Blu-Ray. It contains the Blu-Ray Disk, DVD
Disk, and Digital HD Ultraviolet Download. Its special features include Peripheral
Vision: Behind the Scenes and Ghostly Transformation. Its Blu-Ray Exclusives
include Haunted Hospital: On Location, Leigh Whannell’s Insidious Journal, Work in Progress, On Set Q&A, and “Insidious: Spectral Sightings:” 3-Part
Webisode.
Insidious: Chapter 2 is directed by James Wan and mainly stars
Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, but also stars Ty Simkins, Lin Shaye, and
Barbara Hershey. It is about the Lamberts after the events of Insidious (this film’s predecessor) who
realize that as one problem was solved, another has arisen that, again, puts
the family in grave danger but also leads them on a search the find out the one
family secret that has been causing the family to experience all of these
things.
In my
theater experience of this film, I loved it and thought it was a great horror
movie, mainly due to the fact that I expected little from this movie. My rating
at that time was a 9.2/10 (also and A- and my rating “I’ll Probably Buy This”).
My rating has, of course, changed, and is now an 8.9/10 (A- and “I’ll Probably
Buy This” are still the same). Upon my second home viewing of the film, I agreed
with myself that it is does deserve the rating 8.9/10 (and the A- and “I’ll
Probably Buy This”).
BRIEF COMMENTS ON FILM
It has not
one dull moment and it remains consistent throughout the whole running time. It
balances great horror and great intrigue very well. While the film has less
elements of horror than a given horror film, it was still a solidly creepy
movie that has scary elements to it. Though, this is a new type of horror
movie. We have had horror movies that are somewhat spoofing the horror genre
before, but this is not a spoof. We have had horror movies that are just meant
to be fun, but this one balances horror on the scale, too. This is a great look
into The Further and a very fun and very creepy thrill ride which has a third
act that ends up being an intense, but humorous, thriller, rather than a horror
movie. That is what I noticed upon my first (and again in my second) viewing.
In the second I noticed how good the cinematography is and how well James Wan
directs the film in his unconventional style. Though, I also noticed the amount
of jump scares in the film, and the silliness of the film. Though, I still
thought it was great.
LOOK OF BLU-RAY CONVERSION
It does help
that the cinematography and direction of the film are very, very good, but the
look of this film on Blu-Ray is very good. It really captured the great
cinematography of the film and put it into a state of which it stands out to
viewers while viewing this film. I am glad that it pays respect to the cinematography.
The colors are transferred in an unconventional style that really works. My
only flaw would be that The Further looks fantastic, but the real world does
not stand out as much, but they could not do as much work on the real world to
make it stand out as much as The Further, so I understand why it looks so much
better.
AUDIO OF BLU-RAY CONVERSION
The audio
for this film has a very creepy score that needed to be treated with care to be
creepy for the Blu-Ray. Though, it was pulled off very well. The score seems to
be loud enough when it needs to be, and soft enough when it needs to be. It
makes sure that the sound is loud enough during a jump scare to make the
audience jump, and when it is supposed to be a small creepy moment, the score
is introduced quietly. The soundtrack is handled very well, too. It does not
overpower the speakers. It stays the same, but just gets louder, as it should. It
also generally sounds very good.
This was a
very good conversion to Blu-Ray and a great Blu-Ray film. The film is great, so
it definitely makes the Blu-Ray better, but the material given to the people
who convert was handled with care to make it better than it already was.
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