Amy thought Insidious: Chapter 3 might finally be the easy one. Instead, it scared her more than the first two.

For the third movie in our Further into the Further event, we look at why Leigh Whannell’s first turn directing the franchise feels darker and meaner, why the Man Who Can’t Breathe got Amy so badly, and how Insidious somehow keeps finding new ways to scare her.

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Why Chapter 3 feels different from the first two movies

Amy getting scared badly enough that we had to move rooms

Leigh Whannell taking over as director

Elise, Specs and Tucker becoming the team we know from the franchise

Why Amy finds these movies strangely therapeutic

Whether Chapter 3 might actually be the scariest one yet

We give our ratings before a clear spoiler warning, then dig into the scares, the Man Who Can’t Breathe and why the surprisingly hopeful side of Insidious may be part of what keeps Amy coming back.

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Insidious: Chapter 2 picks up right where the first movie left off, and Amy was apparently wrong to expect the sequel to give her a break.

Sequels often soften the scares or repeat what worked the first time, but this one still hit hard enough that Amy needed a weighted blanket, shut the bedroom door, and then immediately became afraid the door was going to open by itself. William thinks she may have actually screamed more during Chapter 2 than she did during the original.

We talk about why Patrick Wilson gets even more to do this time around, the creepy old houses and abandoned hospital that Amy wants absolutely nothing to do with, and why apparently any house that isn’t open concept is haunted.

Then, after our ratings, we head into spoilers to dig into one of our favorite things about Insidious: Chapter 2: the way it reaches backward and changes how you see moments from the first film. We also get into the Black Veil, the Further, the red door, and where the franchise appears to be taking us next.

This is the second movie in our Further into the Further journey through the Insidious franchise on the way to Insidious: Out of the Further.

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Amy thought years of watching horror would make Insidious easier this time. Instead, she walked away wondering if it might be even scarier than The Conjuring.

We’re going Further into the Further as we revisit every Insidious movie before Insidious: Out of the Further. We start with James Wan’s original and discuss why its scares remain so unpredictable, how it makes ghosts appearing in broad daylight terrifying, and why Amy once refused to let William bring the movie into the house.

The review begins spoiler-free with both of our ratings, followed by a clearly marked spoiler discussion.

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The Yeti needed more Yeti.

This old-school creature feature has a great late-1940s Alaskan look, strong performances, and a monster we genuinely wanted to see. The problem is that most of the kills happen off camera, the Yeti remains hidden behind fog and noise, and several character decisions left us wondering what anyone was thinking.

Amy explains why the atmosphere never became creepy for her, while William considers whether the filmmakers successfully worked around a limited budget or simply left too much unseen.

Neither of us hated The Yeti. Neither of us would rush to watch it, either.

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The Yeti streams on Shudder beginning August 7.

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Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man looks bright, colorful, and almost wholesome. Then the blood starts flowing and barely stops.

Amy expected the movie to be far too graphic for her. She spent much of it covering her ears and squinting through the kills, but somehow, she still had fun. William expected an Eli Roth gorefest, but even he was surprised by how playful, energetic, and strangely lighthearted the movie feels.

In our Ice Cream Man review, we discuss how the movie balances extreme violence with its sunny small-town atmosphere, why its family feels believable amid all the insanity, whether this is what Weapons should have been, and how Eli Roth gets away with putting children at the center of such a graphic horror movie.

We also explain who will have a blast seeing this with a theater crowd and who should probably stay far away from the ice cream truck.

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Spider Man is back, and this might be Tom Holland's best outing yet.

After everything Peter Parker lost in No Way Home, Brand New Day takes the character in a fresh direction while delivering bigger action, more emotion, and some of the most brutal Spider Man moments we've seen on screen. We also talk about why this version of Peter feels more grown up, the chemistry between Spider Man and another fan-favorite character, and the few moments where we thought the pacing slowed down.

As always, our TFR ratings come BEFORE the spoiler discussion.

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Around the halfway point, we dive into full spoilers to discuss the biggest reveals, emotional moments, and where we think Spider Man goes next. If you haven't seen the movie yet, pause the episode after our ratings and come back once you've had a chance to experience it for yourself.

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Neither of us ever wants to watch Nightborn again. Somehow, that still was not enough to make us agree on whether horror fans should see it.

Nightborn follows a couple who move into an isolated house in the Finnish forest to start a family. After their son is born, Saga becomes convinced there is something terribly wrong with him, even as everyone around her insists he is fine.

Amy put William back in the doghouse almost immediately. We get into the movie’s brutal childbirth imagery, the subtitle problem that kept Amy from looking away, its use of Nordic troll folklore, and why William could respect how well it was made while still never wanting to experience it again.

Can a horror movie be worth recommending when you never want to watch it twice?

Nightborn streams on Shudder July 31.

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Amy didn't just dislike Her Private Hell. She says it may be the worst movie she's ever seen.

In this review, William and Amy discuss Nicolas Winding Refn's latest nightmare, from its dreamlike storytelling and neon-soaked visuals to the overwhelming music, confusing narrative, and the moments that left them wondering how much time was actually left.

We stay spoiler-free through our discussion and ratings before clearly warning you ahead of our spoiler section.

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Exit 8 traps a man inside an endless subway corridor where one overlooked anomaly sends him all the way back to the beginning. The rules sound simple, but Exit 8 quickly turned us from passive viewers into players studying every poster, door, vent, and person on the screen.

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Writer/director Georgia Bernstein joins The Fear Review to talk about her debut feature, Night Nurse, which premiered at Sundance and is releasing through IFC Films.

In this conversation, William talks with Georgia about the inspirations behind Night Nurse, the film’s complex power dynamics, the influence of David Cronenberg’s Crash, writing the lead role for Cemre, casting Douglas, and creating the movie’s dreamlike, out-of-time atmosphere.

Night Nurse opens in limited theaters July 10.

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