 Grab a fresh pair of pants. You're gonna need them as I scare the piss out of you with the topic today Two horror films go head-to-head in Sidious versus Sinister. You requested it. You got it Ethan I'm apparently still in movies. Hawk is the lead in Sinister He's the typical horror film dad who's a writer with little time for his family. The guy's not likable in the slightest I'm not sure if that was the intention or not Seriously, this guy's not dad of the year. He moved his family into a house that's had multiple murders and missing victims He's really the main focus of the film and the wife and kids just get a handful of small scenes There's a little bit of comic relief from one of the police deputies and of course is the old cop on his way to retirement Once nothing to do with the writer. What are you doing in my town, son? Nothing for you here. Nothing but pain and sorrow. Pack your things and turn around You're gonna want to because you're gonna be followed by some sort of a paranormal entity. That's gonna end up F***ing you up That was a spot-on impression of him and Sidious had the better cast for me And that's mainly because the people make logical decisions for the most part housewife slash Musician Raina Lambert is the focus here. Nothing really exciting about her character though But she is the central one She was still nice to watch though because she's actually very concerned about the odd shit taking place in the house And two, she's played by Rose Byron Byron Byron Byron, BYRNE, no idea how to say it. She's easy on the eyes. She's good to look at. She's attractive. I Want to have sex with her That was too much. It's almost a requirement to have a creepy kid in a horror film And this one has Ty Simpkins as Rainy's son Dalton. That's actually unfair to say he never does go full creepy He's just in a coma. I just assumed he would and that's a testament to the script that he never does He doesn't fall into that trapping. The highlight for me is actress Lynn Shea's character the paranormal specialist It was really fun to watch her and her two colleagues ghostbuster around the house look for evidence of any paranormal activity But these are scary movies. It's all about the villain. It's all about the threat and here I think they're about Ty I think they're about even because although they started out scary enough by the end I wasn't crying in the corner with my teddy like I thought it would be. I was actually almost laughing Not a good sign. Insidious provides us with multiple astral projections But the main baddie is a red-faced demon who is extremely dangerous Unfortunately when we really get a good look at him later, he looks almost cartoonish in nature Sinister in my opinion has the scarier of the two villains and that's thanks to mr. Boogie's demented nature But that final shot where he pops out of the corner for a little peekaboo That was full on cheese Don't Sinister and insidious started very different from one another and I was scratching my head trying to figure out why the fans Wanted me to review them together that it turns out. They're actually very similar They're both about demons trying to escape their world by attaching a living host In order to carry out their dirty deeds Done dirt cheap I prefer the insidious approach though mainly because I didn't have to shout on my tv every five seconds For the dumbass protagonist to do something logical. In fact early in insidious the family moves out It's like a half hour in and they're already out of the house a couple crazy things happen. The wife's like no No, we're leaving I was like what? That's logical in a horror movie Sinister doesn't even bother with logic and it's very frustrating to watch Ethan hawk ignore the most obvious things ever He sees ghost hands pulling him into the floorboards on his computer. He sees this the evidence there He finds out later that this is in fact some sort of paranormal creature Who's eating children and killing families. He has a family and children. This guy is the worst Nobody in their right mind would stay in that house for one more night after seeing the shit He's seen he refuses to leave the house until there's only 10 minutes left Insidious is two-thirds of a good story It was so close to being a great horror film early on i'm watching and i'm loving it. I'm invested every time it went night I'm like, okay. It's it's gonna go down It's gonna go timber in here But then daylight comes and we still get some scary jumps. We get shadows in the corners We get empty shots of darkness But that final act when you see the creature it's over it gets it gets way too loony tunes These are both shot very well and it's rare to see a gimmicky camera angle. Yes There are some cliches like the boy coming out of the box looking like something out of the exorcist body all mangled Twisted up like two pretzels having sex I have no idea. I just say things jump scares are of course staple But you can't have a horror without those our villains are bad guys They're left to our imaginations and that can be the scariest place to go Even when it is obvious it still works really well Like in sinister when there's the laptop sitting up and you can see mr. Boogie's face there just Standing there and you know at any given moment He's gonna look and even when he does it boom It still gets you given it's a sinister in this category because I really liked all the disturbing imagery The party by the pool the home and garden scene the fire in the car. They're all very eerie. They're all very fun Music and scary movies go hand in hand. Usually they're an extension of the script. It's like a laugh track It's like a live audience telling you what you should be feeling in that moment You hear that loud jump you hear that loud pop in the music and you know, yeah It's all very par for the course and that's both good and bad because while I'm expecting it I wanted something a bit more impressive As I've told you before I have a bias towards the horror genre I have a distaste for them in general But these two weren't awful insidious was actually pretty good. I mean there's there's much better out there But between the two I'd go insidious every day of the week. This isn't my area to swim in I'm not familiar with this side of the pool. So why don't you guys you horror experts? It sounds like horror you horror experts as well Let me know where these films stand on your list. Are they even close to the top? Give me some recommendations too. I'll do some more feuds on the the scary franchises More than just reviews. This is movie feuds Jesus Christ