The structure has a new resident, but the same sprite who has lived there since the 1950s.

Executions next door provided a ready supply of troubled souls zooming around. This time, the dwelling is the one - on the grounds of an abandoned New Mexico state prison, no less - where Elise spent most of her childhood with her brother, Christian (Bruce Davison), and their physically abusive father, who beat her whenever she saw troubled spirits. As always, Lin Shaye plays Elise, a compassionate parapsychologist who uses her gift to help others - or at the least, shoo those pesky spirits out of their houses, with the help of Specs and colleague Tucker (Angus Sampson). Working from a script by returning screenwriter Leigh Whannell, who’s back in the frame as well as ghost-hunter Specs, director Adam Robitel does the best he can with tired material. The rest of the story can be aptly summarized by the classic World War II-era lyric “I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places.” Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents strongly cautioned. Lin Shaye stars in a scene from the movie “Insidious: The Last Key.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-III - adults. And, since there’s essentially only one way for a wraith to leap out of the dark to frighten someone, that reliable trope is dispensed with in the opening minutes. There’s not even a smoke machine to mist up the proceedings. On that score, “Insidious: The Last Key” (Universal), the fourth installment in the franchise, does not disappoint, since it opens in one.Ī low budget, however, confines the plot to just a few spectral, gloomy creatures who inhabit this series’ signature imaginary locale: To wit, the astral plane, somewhere between here and the hereafter, known as The Further. NEW YORK (CNS) - The easiest way to judge the quality of an “Insidious” film is to gauge how quickly the actors get into a poltergeist-haunted house.

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