Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- foreboding
- disturbing
- tense
- late night horror marathon
- haunted house movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found Lin Shaye's lead performance and expanded role welcome, but considered the sequel formulaic, illogical, and ineffective in its scares.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Elise revisits her New Mexico childhood home while investigating a new haunting connected to her past.
Gerald's violence toward Elise and the family's history of fear are directly intertwined with the haunted house.
Elise's lifelong ability to see ghosts is shaped by childhood punishment but becomes central to helping others.
The New Mexico case unfolds alongside Elise's recollections of living in the same house as a child.
Films like Insidious: The Last Key, and why
The Conjuring
supernatural haunted-house horror centered on a family home and escalating spirit encounters
The Exorcist
parapsychology, demonic entities, jump scares, and a determined investigator confronting an unseen realm
Sinister
franchise supernatural horror blending childhood trauma, haunted spaces, and a return to a disturbing family past
Movie Details
- Director
- Adam Robitel
- Release Date
- 2018-01-03
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (3284)
Cast
- Lin Shaye
- Leigh Whannell
- Angus Sampson
- Kirk Acevedo
- Caitlin Gerard
- Spencer Locke
- Josh Stewart
- Tessa Ferrer
- Aleque Reid
- Ava Kolker
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Insidious: The Last Key about?
- A gifted medium returns to her abusive childhood home and confronts the supernatural evil that has haunted her family for decades.
- What is Insidious: The Last Key like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Insidious: The Last Key as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Insidious: The Last Key violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Insidious: The Last Key as mild.
- What did critics think of Insidious: The Last Key?
- Critics broadly found Lin Shaye's lead performance and expanded role welcome, but considered the sequel formulaic, illogical, and ineffective in its scares.
- Which films are like Insidious: The Last Key?
- Films with a similar feel include The Conjuring, The Exorcist, and Sinister.
- How long is Insidious: The Last Key?
- Insidious: The Last Key runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch Insidious: The Last Key?
- In United States, Insidious: The Last Key streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
