<P> 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 ." 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 ." 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 ." 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 ." 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 ." 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 ." </P> <P> 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 ." </P> <P> 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 . The film was released on January 5, 2018 . </P>

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