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| James Wan & Leigh Whannell at Toronto Premiere of Insidious - March 2011 |
Creators of the wildly successful
Saw Franchise,
James Wan and
Leigh Whannell, flew in from Vancouver today to do the last leg of their Promotional Tour in Toronto. The Duo are here to promote their new Horror,
Insidious, which won raves last September at
TIFF. It subsequently was picked-up by
Sony Pictures in the U.S. and
Alliance Films in Canada.
Wan directs, while
Whannell acts in and writes the Film.
Although made for a pittance of $1 million, Insidious is by no means short on the screams, showcasing a less gory brand of Horror than what we have seen from the two in the past. Its story follows a Couple Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) who move into a new home with their three Children, only to be terrorized by supernatural forces soon after. Their Son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) then falls into a Coma and they realize for their own safety that they must leave. They soon realize the problem doesn't so much lie in their House, so much as their Son, Dalton.
Wan tells the audience at tonight's Toronto Premiere of
Insidious that this project could be considered more of a "passion job". It is a film which both he and
Whannell have been wanting to make for quite some time, allowing them to go back to their original Film School roots -where the two had met first in their native Australia. Since getting picked up for distribution last Fall, some additional fine tuning was done to
Insidious, focusing primarily on establishing moods via longer frames of dimly-lit hallways, for example. He explains that elements in the Original Cut of
Insidious have been removed, reducing among other things, the number of
Jump Scares (abrupt moments of shock) in this Theatrical Version.
Whannell admits that when it comes to Horror Films, he is most annoyed by False Scares (moments which elude to danger but not fulfilled). He notes, "Often we'll see a a shot in a car where a lot of room is left in the frame. Just when you expect a Killer to show up, it winds up being someone's Sister. I hate that!". He then jokingly suggests, "They might as well smash the window and slash their heads off instead!".
