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Insidious: Chapter 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Leigh Whannell
Produced by
Jason Blum
Oren Peli
James Wan
Written by
Leigh Whannell
Starring
Dermot Mulroney
Stefanie Scott
Angus Sampson
Leigh Whannell
Lin Shaye
Music by
Joseph Bishara
Cinematography
Brian Pearson
Edited by
Timothy Alverson
Production
company
Blumhouse Productions[1]
Entertainment One[1]
Stage 6 Films[1]
Distributed by
Focus Features[2]
Release date
June 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
Running time
97 minutes[3]
Country
United States[4]
Canada[4]
United Kingdom[4]
Language
English
Budget
$10–11.2 million[5][6]
Box office
$113 million[6]
Insidious: Chapter 3 is a 2015 supernatural horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell in his directorial debut. It is a prequel to the first two films and the third installment in the Insidious franchise. The film stars Dermot Mulroney and Stefanie Scott, with Angus Sampson, Whannell, and Lin Shaye reprising their roles from the previous films. The film was released on June 5, 2015, received mixed reviews and grossed $113 million against a budget of around $10 million.[6]
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Filming
3.2 Music
4 Marketing and promotion
5 Reception
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
6 Sequel
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Several years before The Lambert Haunting, retired demonologist Elise Rainier reluctantly uses her abilities to contact the spirit of teenager Quinn Brenner's mother, Lillith, who died a year prior. However, she urges Quinn not to try and contact her mother again after sensing a malevolent force. After auditioning for a school for the performing arts, Quinn sees a mysterious figure waving to her from the distance on the street. Distracted, she is accidentally hit by a car, having both of her legs broken in the process. Now stuck in her home with her father Sean and brother Alex, Quinn begins to experience increasingly disturbing paranormal phenomena, including seeing visions of a dark spirit wearing an oxygen mask known as the "Man Who Can't Breathe" - the same figure that caused her accident.
Sean later tries to convince Elise, who like him is still grieving after the loss of her husband Jack, to help his daughter, but Elise declines, stating that her previous visits to the dark spiritual world of the "Further" made her realize that an evil spirit is hunting to kill her. However, she is convinced by her friend and former colleague Carl to continue using her spiritual ability, reminding her about her successful case involving Josh Lambert in 1986, and stating that she is stronger than any spirits or demons because she is living and they are not.
Due to Elise's refusal, Alex suggests Sean call on alleged demonologists Specs and Tucker, who have built a following on the internet. During their investigation, Quinn's possession grows increasingly worse as she, now briefly possessed by the demon, breaks through her leg braces and attempts to attack Sean, Specs, and Tucker. Realizing that Specs and Tucker are scammers, Sean prepares to kick the duo out until Elise arrives. Deducing that the demon's goal is to lure potential victims to "the Further" so it can eat their life force, Elise decides to enter the spiritual world with Specs and Tucker recording any activities and words she spells out.
With the help of a spirit who likewise is a victim of the "Man Who Can't Breathe," Elise enters the Further and after a brief encounter with the evil spirit that haunts her (a mysterious "Bride in Black"), she meets with the spirit of Jack, whom she realizes is the "Man Who Can't Breathe" in disguise. After managing to briefly escape him, Elise returns to the material world and realizes that Quinn has to defeat him on her own. Though Quinn is at first at a disadvantage, Elise reads a message that the Brenners' late neighbor had tried to tell Quinn of: that Lillith left her with a letter to read before she graduated High School, but never found it. Lillith's spirit then appears and helps Quinn fully take control of her body and defeat the "Man Who Can't Breathe," after which Quinn is finally able to escape the further for good. Elise leaves after giving parting words to the family, including words of encouragement from Lillith's spirit.
Following the Brenner' successful case, Elise decides to come out of retirement and work with Specs and Tucker. She arrives home and notices a figure watching her from outside. Thinking that it is Jack at first, Elise realizes that it is something malevolent before the Lipstick-Face Demon suddenly appears behind her.
Cast[edit]
Lin Shaye as Elise Rainier
Dermot Mulroney as Sean Brenner
Stefanie Scott as Quinn Brenner
Angus Sampson as Tucker
Leigh Whannell as Specs
Hayley Kiyoko as Maggie
Tate Berney as Alex Brenner
Michael Reid MacKay as "The Man Who Can't Breathe"
Tom Gallop as Dr. Henderson
Steve Coulter as Carl
Phyllis Applegate as Grace
Ashton Moio as Hector
Ele Keats as Lillith Brenner
Tom Fitzpatrick as Bride in Black / Parker Crane
Adrian Sparks as Jack Rainier
Phil Abrams as Mel
Ruben Garfias as Ernesto
James Wan as The Acting School Audition Judge
Amaris Davidson as Nurse
Garrett Ryan as Young Josh Lambert
Joseph Bishara as Lipstick-Face Demon
Production[edit]
Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood (June 4, 2015)
On September 15, 2013, a third installment in the Insidious series was announced, with Leigh Whannell signed on to return as writer, and Jason Blum and Oren Peli set to produce.[7] When asked about returning for another sequel, actor Patrick Wilson went on to say that he "[doesn't] know where else it could go", and that "[Josh Lambert has] been through the wringer, and I think the movie sets it up well at the end [...] And that's great, that's how it should end."[8] On November 13, 2013, it was announced Focus Features and Stage 6 Films would release the film on April 3, 2015. The date was later moved to May 29, 2015.[9][10]
On March 11, 2014, Screen Rant reported that the third film would not focus on the Lamberts, but on a new family and story, and would not connect to the last scene in the second film. It was also reported that both Whannell and Angus Sampson would return as ghost hunters Specs and Tucker, along with Lin Shaye as Elise.[11] On May 7, 2014, Wan tweeted that Whannell would direct the third film, which marks his directorial debut.[12] In June 2014, Stefanie Scott and Dermot Mulroney were cast in the film.[13][14] On September 22, 2014, during the Cinema Diverse Film Festival in Palm Springs, actress Ele Keats said she had recently wrapped an undisclosed supporting role in the film.[15]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began on July 9, 2014,[16] in Los Angeles under the title "Into The Further", on a scheduled 29 day shoot.[17] Several scenes were shot in the San Fernando Valley at the Delfino Studios in Sylmar, where the Brenner apartment's interiors were built.[17]
A first look image was released on July 22, 2014.[18] Filming wrapped on August 18, 2014.[19]
Music[edit]
The musical score for Insidious: Chapter 3 is composed by Joseph Bishara, who composed the music for the previous installments.[20] A soundtrack album for the film was released digitally on June 5, 2015 by Void Recordings.[21]
Marketing and promotion[edit]
A first teaser poster was released online on September 18, 2014, featuring a grey wall with a vent and the red text "The man who can't breathe, the man who lives in the vents, I heard him saying your name last night, I heard him in your room while you were gone, he's in there right now, standing in your room."[22] The first teaser trailer for the film was released by Focus Features on October 23, 2014.[23] The same day director Leigh Whannell invited fans to join him for a live Q&A session on the movie's official Facebook page.[24] A few days later, on October 28, 2014 the same Facebook page reached 4 million fans.[25] On December 17, 2014, fans were invited to connect with Insidious on Kik Messenger for exclusive content.[26]
On March 16, 2015, Focus Features debuted a teaser for the full official trailer that was eventually released the following day, on March 17, 2015, during a series of launch events in selected cities, including Miami (where lead star Stefanie Scott held a Q&A session), Chicago (with supporting actress Hayley Kiyoko in attendance), and New York City (where Fangoria Magazine hosted a Q&A session with Lin Shaye).[27] A new poster featuring Stefanie Scott was also released the same day.[28] On July 3, 2014, Focus Features moved the already announced US theatrical release date from April 3 to May 29, 2015.[29] On December 10, 2014, the distribution company announced that the theatrical release date had been moved back again from May 29 to June 5, 2015.[30]
On May 20, 2015, Focus Features relaunched their Gramercy Pictures label for action, horror, and science fiction movies. Insidious: Chapter 3 was the first release from the revived Gramercy.[2]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Insidious: Chapter 3 grossed $52.2 million in North America and $60.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $112.8 million, against a budget of $10 million.[6]
In North America, the film made $1.6 million from its early Thursday night showings, from 2,150 theaters,[31] and $10.4 million on its opening day, from 3,003 theaters.[32] It finished at third place in its opening weekend, earning $23 million behind fellow opener Spy and holdover San Andreas.[33]
Outside North America, Insidious: Chapter 3 grossed $14.3 million in its opening weekend, from 42 countries on 2,989 screens, also finishing in third place behind San Andreas and Spy.[34] It had the biggest opening for a horror film in the Philippines ($1.5 million) and in Vietnam ($620,000), the second-biggest in Malaysia ($1.6 million), and had similarly successful openings in Russia and the CIS ($2.7 million).[34] Mexico opened with $1.8 million and India with $620,000.[35]
Critical response[edit]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes lists a 57% approval rating based on 117 reviews and a rating average of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Insidious: Chapter 3 isn't as terrifying as the original, although it boasts surprising thematic depth and is enlivened by another fine performance from Lin Shaye."[36] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 52 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[37] In CinemaScore polls, cinema audiences gave the film an average score of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[32]
Daniel Krupa of IGN awarded it a score of 7.1 out of 10, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 is the most focussed, dark, and creepy installment of the series to date."[38] Scott Foundas of Variety gave the film a negative review, saying "Chief among things that go bump in the night in Insidious: Chapter 3 is the movie itself - a thuddingly dull prequel to James Wan's very enjoyable (and highly profitable) demonic-possession horror franchise."[39] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 offers a relatable young protagonist and several key supporting players from the prior films in a nimble setup to the series."[1] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+, saying "Insidious Chapter 3 is the worst kind of sequel: Not terrible, but also cartoonishly unnecessary."[40] Michael Ordoña of the San Francisco Chronicle rated it zero out of four stars, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 is simply not scary. Not a bit, not a whit. Except that the audience will be terrified of the next stabbing of their eardrums, at generally predictable intervals."[41] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "The Insidious franchise, after three attempts to exorcise its real demons, still can't seem to shake what really haunts it: the ghost of B-movies past."[42] Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "This prequel to the shriek hell, directed and scripted by series writer/actor Leigh Whannell, manages to avoid the Curse of the Triple Cash Grab."[43]
Kerry Lengel of The Arizona Republic gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 is almost more a spoof of a classic like The Exorcist than it is an homage. It's not scary horror, it's silly horror, and the audience is in on the joke."[44] Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two and a half stars, saying "You need more than a few sudden noises and scary shocks to make a good horror movie. But Insidious: Chapter Three is at least an OK horror movie."[45] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film two and a half out of four stars, saying "They say the third time's the charm. Not with the Insidious series, it isn't. Admittedly, installment #3 is an improvement over #2, but it fails to reach the highs of the chilling-but-uneven original."[46] Tim Robey of The Telegraph gave the film four out of five stars, saying "It manages the all-important jump scares with the finesse of a skilled stage illusionist, but it’s the surprisingly sincere emotional core that makes it the pick of the series."[47] Katie Rife of The A.V. Club gave the film a B-, saying "The motif of grief runs throughout Insidious: Chapter 3, which is surprisingly thematically rich for the third installment of a horror franchise. This emotional undercurrent informs the fright scenes, which otherwise lean rather heavily on jump scares."[48] Bilge Ebiri of New York Magazine gave the film a negative review, saying "This is so often the problem with this genre — scary setups, followed by dopey resolutions — that you sort of want to give the movie a pass. But given its distinguished forebears, Insidious: Chapter 3 doesn’t quite live up to expectations."[49]
Sequel[edit]
In an interview Leigh Whannell was asked "If there is a fourth Insidious film, would that be a sequel to Chapter 3, another prequel to the original or will it continue in this timeline or go to a whole new timeline?" Whannell stated: "I don't know. I haven't really thought about it yet. But for the purposes of this interview, I'll say that I'd like to explore the time between this film and the first film. That whole area there where Elise has rediscovered her gift, I think you could have a lot of adventures before she arrives. So I think there is a lot of room there. We've kind of established Lin [Shaye] in this particular film as kind of this superhero, so that would be kind of interesting to explore in the other films."[50]
Insidious: The Last Key was announced in May 2016 for a release date of October 20, 2017. Whannell will return to write, Blum, Peli and Wan producing as well as Shaye reprising her role as Elise Rainer and Adam Robitel directing.[51] The film was released on January 5, 2018.[52]
See also[edit]
List of ghost films
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External links[edit]
Insidious: Chapter 3 on IMDb
Insidious: Chapter 3 at Box Office Mojo
Insidious: Chapter 3 at Rotten Tomatoes
Insidious: Chapter 3 at Metacritic
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Cataracts of the Nile
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The six cataracts of the Nile
First Cataract
Second cataract in 1854 by John Beasley Greene
Third Cataract
Fourth Cataract
Sixth Cataract
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths (or white water rapids) of the Nile River, between Aswan and Khartoum, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. In some places, these stretches are punctuated by whitewater, while at others the water flow is smoother, but still shallow.
Contents
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1 The Six Cataracts
2 Characteristics
3 Notes
4 External links
The Six Cataracts[edit]
Counted going upstream (from north to south):
In Egypt:
The First Cataract cuts through Aswan (24°04′41″N 32°52′41″E / 24.078°N 32.878°E / 24.078; 32.878 (First Cataract)). Its former location was selected for the construction of Aswan Low Dam, the first dam built across the Nile.
In Sudan:
The Second Cataract (or Great Cataract) was in Nubia and is now submerged under Lake Nasser. (21°29′N 30°58′E / 21.48°N 30.97°E / 21.48; 30.97 (Great Cataract))
The Third Cataract at Tombos/Hannek. (19°46′N 30°22′E / 19.76°N 30.37°E / 19.76; 30.37 (Third Cataract))
The Fourth Cataract is in the Manasir Desert, and since 2008, is submerged under the reservoir of Merowe Dam. (18°55′N 32°22′E / 18.91°N 32.36°E / 18.91; 32.36 (Fourth Cataract))
The Fifth Cataract is near the confluence of the Nile and Atbarah Rivers. (17°40′37″N 33°58′12″E / 17.677°N 33.970°E / 17.677; 33.970 (Fifth Cataract))
The Sixth Cataract is where the Nile cuts through the Sabaluka pluton, close to Bagrawiyah. (16°17′17″N 32°40′16″E / 16.288°N 32.671°E / 16.288; 32.671 (Sixth Cataract))
Characteristics[edit]
The word cataract is a Greek word καταρρέω ("to flow down") although the original Greek term was Κατάδουποι(, οἱ - only masculine plural - there is no singular). However, none of the Nile's six primary cataracts could be accurately described as waterfalls, and given a broader definition, this is the same with many of the minor cataracts. Geologists indicate that the region of the northern Sudan is tectonically active and this activity has caused the river to take on "youthful" characteristics.[1] The Nubian Swell has diverted the river's course to the west, while keeping its depth shallow and causing the formation of the cataracts. Even as the river bed is worn down by erosion, the land mass is lifted, keeping parts of the river bed exposed. These distinctive features of the river between Aswan and Khartoum have led to the stretch being often referred to as the Cataract Nile, while the downstream portion is occasionally referred to as the "Egyptian" Nile. The geological distinction between these two portions of the river is considerable. North of Aswan, the river bed is not rocky, but is instead composed of sediment, and far from being a shallow river, it is believed[2] that the bedrock was previously eroded to be several thousand feet deep. This created a vast canyon that is now filled by the sediment, some of which originated from the Mediterranean. For more information, see the Eonile as well as the Messinian salinity crisis.
Despite these characteristics, some of the cataracts which are normally impassable by boat because of the shallow water have become navigable during the flood season.
In ancient times, Upper Egypt extended from south of the Nile Delta to the first cataract, while further upstream, the land was controlled by the ancient Kingdom of Kush that would later take over Egypt from 760 to 656 BC.[3]
Eratosthenes gave a precise description of the Cataract-Nile: “It has a similar shape to a backwards letter N. It flows northward from Meroë about 2700 stadia, then turns back to the south and the winter sunset for about 3700 stadia, and it almost reaches the same parallel as the Meroë region and makes its way far into Libya. Then it makes another turn, and flows northward 5300 stadia to the great cataract, curving slightly to the east; then 1200 stadia to the smaller cataract at Syene (i.e. Aswan), and then 5300 more to the sea.”.[4]
The six cataracts of the Nile are depicted extensively by European visitors, notably by Winston Churchill in The River War (1899), where he recounts the exploits of the British trying to return to the Sudan between 1896 and 1898, after they were forced to leave in 1885.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Thurmond, Allison K.; Stern, Robert J.; Abdelsalam, Mohamed G.; Nielsen, Kent C.; Abdeen, Mamdouh M.; Hinz, Emily (2004). "The Nubian Swell" (PDF). Journal of African Earth Sciences. 39 (3-5): 401–407. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.07.027. ISSN 1464-343X.
Jump up ^ Warren, John (2006). Evaporites:Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons. Berlin: Springer. p. 352. ISBN 3-540-26011-0.
Jump up ^ "Cataracts of the Nile". Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
Jump up ^ Strabo (1932). The Geography. Vol VIII. Translated by Jones, H. L. Harvard University Press – via Bill Thayer.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cataracts of the Nile, Nile in Aswan and Nile in Sudan.
The Cataract Nile and the Great Bend
The 1905-1907 Breasted Expeditions to Egypt and the Sudan: A Photographic Study - See also related photos listed under index "Nile, Third Cataract"; and "Nile, Fourth Cataract".
Cataract photos links:
First Cataract
Second Cataract & Second Cataract
Third Cataract & Third Cataract & Third Cataract
Fifth Cataract
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