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‘Insidious: Chapter 4’ First Look: Elise Heads Back into the Further!
The Insidious franchise started as an independent film from James Wan, who has since gone on to direct The Conjuring, Fast 7 and now Aquaman. It has since become one of the biggest horror franchises, setting the stage for one more trip into The Further next year.
EW shared the first ever shot from Insidious: Chapter 4, which has Lin Shaye reprising her role as the parapsychologist “Elise Rainier” and new character Aubrey (“Tessa Ferrer”, “Grey’s Anatomy”) by her side.
“[The film] goes back to Elise’s beginnings,” Shaye recently revealed in this interview. “And you also meet Elise at a very different point in her life.
“It takes place right after the end of Chapter 3, when she walks off with Specs and Tucker and they’re starting their company, Spectral Sightings, and they are now living at her home. They’re like her two sons, her two bad sons.
“So it starts out in a very jovial, happy place and then goes downhill from there,” she adds. “And downhill meaning uphill, though. It’s a fantastic story and it took me back into what made Elise who she is. You meet my family, my mother, my father—we go back to my hometown, which is in New Mexico. And so that’s where this takes place and her quest to find the bad guy that’s been haunting her. It’s a really wonderful story. I think the fans will really, really enjoy it. And it’s scary on levels they’re not going to expect.”
The film is written by Leigh Whannell, who has starred in each of the previous entries as “Specs” as well directing the third film. The Taking of Deborah Logan‘s Adam Robitel directs this time around with Josh Stewart, Kirk Acevedo, Bruce Davison, Spencer Locke, and Caitlin Gerard also starring.
Insidious: Chapter 4 heads into The Further on October 20th, 2017.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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