Synopsis
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
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Cast
- Lin ShayeÉlise Rainier
- Leigh WhannellSpecs
- Angus SampsonTucker
- Kirk AcevedoTed Garza
- Caitlin GerardImogen Rainier
- Spencer LockeMelissa Rainier
- Josh StewartGerald Rainier
- Tessa FerrerAudrey Rainier
- Aleque ReidAnna
- Ava KolkerElise Rainier (young)
Recommendations
- 70
TheWrap
Hardcore horror audiences won’t find much that’s frightening in Insidious: The Last Key — there’s not even that wonderfully unsettling shriek of violins under the title this time — but as a delivery system for more great work from Lin Shaye, it more than accomplishes its mission. - 63
IGN
Insidious: The Last Key may be somewhat engaging but it’s also sloppy and doesn’t amount to much. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A workmanlike but fan-pleasing picture. - 60
Time Out
Hard-core fans get the loud noises they came for, but true fear vaporizes. - 60
Screen Daily
The fourth installment of the Insidious series has deft scares and some nifty twists, all of which don’t entirely distract from how strangely inconsequential The Last Key ultimately feels. - 58
IndieWire
With Shaye’s performance as its anchor, the movie is often a perceptive character study, at least until it’s hijacked by the same bland trickery that so often fogs up horror movies with more to offer. - 50
Variety
Despite the indomitable Shaye’s best efforts, however, new director Adam Robitel is rarely successful in shaking the cobwebs off this increasingly creaky franchise: The Last Key is wildly uneven, confused and confusing, and it appears to leave the “Insidious” saga written into a corner yet again. - 50
Consequence
Robitel and Whannel are still too bound to the franchise here to make something truly original, but The Last Key will make you grip your armrest, squint your eyes, and prepare for the worst. Sometimes, that’s enough.
