Insidious Opening Two Minutes Review

The film 'Insidious' is an American supernatural horror film, the film was written by Leigh Whannell and directed by James Wan, the film features Patrick Wilson who also starred in 'The Conjuring' which is also an American supernatural horror film, Insidious also features Rose Byrne who also starred in 'Bridesmaids', and finally Barbara Hershey who also starred in 'Black Swan'.
This film has some normal clichés involved in a supernatural horror film. Such as a child being prone to being a victim of a supernatural life form (which is the oldest son Dalton) and of course, strange creatures that you've never seen before in your entire life such as the demon. Other clichés in this film include a bride dressed in black, doors creaking and hearing voices over a baby monitor. Doors creaking is a massive cliché from almost all horror films.
In the opening scene of insidious we can see a ceiling light. This light then turns to look as if it's turning upside down, when in actual fact it's turning the right way up. After the light has fully turned, the camera then moves down so you can see a dark bedroom of a young boy tucked up in bed. Who we do not know yet, is the antagonist. The camera then pans across his room to show the normal items you might see in a young boys room, a lava lamp and some toys. As we start to pan away from that section of the room, fast pace violin music kicks in without warning. This then throws the audience as there was no build up to it. The music really makes you tense and gets your heart going, we then start to see a flicker of light and a face, as we get closer we realise this isn't a human being. The way the light highlighted the face was the same way one might do with a torch when telling scary stories, and so we know that this is definitely going to be a scary ride. The music and the lack of lighting definitely set the scene up as a horror film scene.
When the titles come up onto the screen reading 'Insidious' the music is significantly louder as it's making a statement. As the titles continue we see scenes in black and white of a big house and the interior, during this 'tour' the red titles are still coming up on screen. The colour choice was good as the titles stick out, but not so much that we're distracted from what's happening in the background.
Music in this film is the biggest fear factor from using an arrangement of string instruments and piano, Joseph Bashara composed the entire score of 'Insidious' soundtracks Joseph also composed all of the film 'The Conjuring's' soundtracks which also starred Patrick Wilson. The official 'Insidious' soundtrack is otherwise known as "La Noche Del Demonio" which translates into 'The Night Of The Demon'.