I'm I'm Travis Hunter, joined as always by my co-host, my sister, and my brother-in-law.

Hi, I'm Renee Hunter Vasquez. Hi, I'm John Paul Vasquez. This week, we're broadcasting live from the further discussing the 2010 supernatural horror

film Insidious.

This film marked the third collaboration between director James Wan and screenwriter and actor

Lee Winnel following their work on Saw and Dead Silence.

Armed with a small budget, a great cast, and the desire to tell

an old-fashioned ghost story, the pair crafted a unique spin on a well-worn subgenre that would go on

to achieve critical acclaim, box office success, and would eventually spawn its own lucrative

franchise. So, Insidious, what were your first impressions on the film? I know I've seen this movie quite a bit of times to where I don't even remember the first time I watched it.

But I just remember really, really liking it and, of course, watching it many more times.

Yeah.

No, I loved it the first time I saw.

I think I actually saw it in theaters. It was a really

long time ago, but I'm pretty sure I saw it in theaters. And the first time I saw it, I remember

sitting there thinking, this is the best modern horror film that I can remember. Like,

no, absolutely. I was extremely impressed by it. I feel like, especially at the time it came out, I've said this before, I don't think horror was in a slump, but we desperately needed a movie like this. Yeah. And I think they more than delivered with it. Yeah. I remember the first time I saw it. No joke. I think it was like 19 years old. It was 2010. Scared the shit out of me.

Oh, no. I mean, it's... There's no shame in that. I've become desensitized to it over time, but at

that point in time, I remember going back home and not being cool with having to go to bed that

night. But I read a lot about James Wan and Lee Wynnell whenever they made this film,

them kind of wanting to go back to old school horror, like a classic ghost story.

James Wan had said that people were kind of pigeonholing him because of Saw,

which honestly, when you look back, the original Saw was not as gory as people

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