Insidious: The Red Door movie storyline. Ten years ago, Josh and Dalton Lambert are hypnotized to forget their astral voyage to the Further. On the present days, Josh has divorced Renai Lambert and is estranged from his son.
During the funeral of his mother Lorraine Lambert, Renai suggests Josh to drive Dalton to the university to reconnect with him during the journey. However, when they arrive at the dormitory, they have an argument and Josh returns home. Dalton is an Arts student and his Professor Armagan asks her students to go deeper in their inner fears and Dalton discovers a red door. Soon he is haunted by demons from the Further.
Insidious: The Red Door is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by Patrick Wilson (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by Scott Teems based on a story by Leigh Whannell and Teems. It is a direct sequel to Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), and the fifth installment in the Insidious franchise. Original director James Wan serves as a producer, as does Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner. Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Andrew Astor, Steve Coulter, Joseph Bishara, Whannell, Angus Sampson, and Lin Shaye reprise their roles from previous films; Sinclair Daniel and Hiam Abbass also join the cast.
After the release of Insidious: The Last Key in 2018, Blumhouse opted for possibilities to produce future films in the series, including a crossover with the Sinister series. In October 2020, the studio announced that Wilson would direct and star in the new film, with Teems writing the script based on a story written with Whannell. With a production budget of $16 million, filming took place in August 2022 at the Morris County and Madison locations around New Jersey City.
Insidious: The Red Door was theatrically released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on July 7, 2023. The film has received mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial success, having grossed $185 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of the series.
About the Story
In 2019, nine years after his possession, Josh Lambert’s memories of his experience in The Further have been repressed. He is divorced from his wife Renai and his mother Lorraine has recently died. His relationship with his son Dalton has become strained, and he attempts to heal things between them while dropping him off at college but it ends with them in an argument.
In his first art class, Dalton ends up drawing a picture of the red door used to enter The Further. Meanwhile Josh begins being haunted by the spirit of a man, eventually discovering that it is his father Ben Burton who he believed abandoned his family when he was young. Dalton attends a frat party with his roommate Chris, where he sees the ghost of a student that is constantly vomiting. After accidentally going into The Further again, Chris shows Dalton a YouTube video by Specs and Tucker, explaining how astral projection works, which leads to a clip of Elise Rainier talking about The Further.
Dalton attempts to astral project again while Chris watches over his body, Chris is then attacked by an unseen entity and her screams alert Dalton, who rushes back to his body and sees that it is the red-faced demon that tormented him as a child. After being warned by Chris to stop using his abilities, Dalton receives a call from his brother Foster who tells about a recurring dream he used to have of Josh trying to kill them.
This spurs Dalton’s memory and he finishes his painting, which shows a possessed Josh in front of the red door. A distressed Dalton is pulled into The Further, back to when a possessed Josh attacked them in the basement. He tackles Josh as he attempts to kill his younger self and ends up transported back to the red-faced demons lair.
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
Directed by: Patrick Wilson
Starring: Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Sinclair Daniel, Hiam Abbass, Andrew Astor, Juliana Davies, Steve Coulter, Peter Dager, Justin Sturgis, Joseph Bishara, David Call
Screenplay by: Scott Teems
Production Design by: Adam Reamer
Cinematography by: Autumn Eakin
Film Editing by: Derek Ambrosi, Michel Aller
Costume Design by: Dajia Milan
Set Decoration by: Beth Kushnick
Art Direction by: Abraham Chan, Zebah Pinkham
Music by: Joseph Bishara
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, terror, frightening images, strong language and suggestive references.
Distributed by: Sony ScreenGems
Release Date: July 7, 2023
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