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'Insidious' co-creator regrets 'big mistake' in horror franchise

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/11/011118_leigh.jpg"/><figcaption>Leigh Whannell. Handout photo</figcaption></figure></div>HONG KONG -- The &quot;Insidious&quot; movies may have become one of Hollywood&#x27;s box-office horror hits with the first three installments raking in at least $189 million in ticket sales, but its co-creator Leigh Whannell regrets one thing about the way he wrote the film.He killed off clairvoyant Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) too soon.&quot;She died in the first movie so it&#x27;s not something where I could pick up from the first movie and continue with the adventures of Elise,&quot; Whannell told ABS-CBN News.&quot;I know I made a big mistake. What is wrong with me?&quot; he said in a jest.The chemistry between clairvoyant Elise Rainier and her not-so psychic sidekicks Tucker (Angus Sampson) and Specs (Whannell) has been a hit with the audience that the second and third installments either had to bring Elise back to life or tell a story when she was still alive.The latest &quot;Insidious&quot; flick, &quot;Insidious: The Last Key,&quot; is no different as Elise is well and alive in the film to deal with the paranormal.&quot;Seeing as I would have to go backwards anyway, I wanted to go right back to her story,&quot; Whannell said.Despite the lopsided timeline of the flicks and its refusal to veer away from the life and adventures of long-dead Elise, the latest installment is kept somehow new with the addition of a love interest and another character who can see the unseen and wander into The Further.&quot;You still get all the scares and all the terror of an &#x27;Insidious&#x27; film but hopefully there&#x27;s a strong story there too - meeting her family, and finding out what they were like,&quot; Whannell said.&quot;Insidious: The Last Key&quot; opens in Philippine cinemas on January 17.

The "Insidious" movies may have become one of Hollywood's box-office horror hits with the first three installments raking in at least $189 million in ticket sales, but its co-creator Leigh Whannell regrets one thing about the way he wrote the film.

The "Insidious" movies may have become one of Hollywood's box-office horror hits with the first three installments raking in at least $189 million in ticket sales, but its co-creator Leigh Whannell regrets one thing about the way he wrote the film.

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'Insidious' co-creator regrets 'big mistake' in horror franchise

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jan 11, 2018 11:59 AM PHT

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