'Insidious: Chapter 3' Lin Shaye Commends New Franchise Director Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell, who appeared in the first two "Insidious" films and is now directing its third installment, and Lin Shaye, who plays the character Elise, recently shared some interesting details about the "Insidious: Chapter 3."
Whannell admitted that he admired what James Wan, the franchise's former helmer, did with the first films and that it was a surmountable task to even "equal" his works.
"It did seem like the logical fit for me to direct having written the first two films. I had my own fears about it. I had fears about living up to what James did, because he is such a good horror director," he said.
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"I really think he's a master of putting these scenes together. So I felt like it was a really big set of shoes to fill. So I just tried to equal. And I think, from what we've heard, it really does equal the first film in terms of those shocks," Whannell explained.
Shaye meanwhile commends Whannell as to what he did with "Insidious 3."
"See I also feel that there is something, with all due respect to Wan who did the first two films — they are both masterful in every way — there is a difference of horror in this film than there is in the first two," she said.
"There is still the traditional scares, and builds to scares, and builds to the jangles. I think it deals with the themes of human loss, and the way the demon, 'The Man Who Can't Breathe,' is almost a recognizable figure. Leigh talks to him as the embodiment of cancer, and I got to say, unfortunately, it gives me chills," she went on to say.
It has already been reported that Focus Features and Blumhouse Productions' upcoming horror film will offer fans a glimpse as to what happens before the haunting of the Lambert family in the first two chapters.
"Insidious: Chapter 3" is slated to hit the cinemas this June 5, 2015.
