Insidious Movie Blog: Psychological Aspects of Horror

What make Insidious a successful horror movie? Director James Wan did a good job of submerging the viewers into the movie. The movie slowly build up the intensity by introducing what seem to be an ordinary family, but as the movie progress, the viewers learn that there's more. Insidious also raises curiosity for the viewer through presenting an unexplained scenario that happened to Dalton (Ty Simpkins). The main thing that kept my interest throughout the movie was the use of sound tracks. Track 20 "Their Coming Through" is a good example. This sound track played at 1:32:27 in the movie. The reason this sound track caught my attention is because it helps create intensity. Patrick Wilson (Josh) and Ty Simpkins (Dalton) were running for their lives to cross the realm of the dead and into the realm of the living. The sound causes my heart to race while giving me goose bumps at the same time. Below are a few sound tracks I've found on YouTube that you can check out to see what I mean.