How to Watch the 'Insidious' Movies in Order, Chronologically and By Release Date
The Further is waiting for you behind The Red Door.
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You wake up in bed. You walk around your house, which looks like it usually does, but something just feels off. Then, out of the corner of your eye, you see someone standing in the hallway, looking at you. Is it just a bad dream? Or were you able to actually leave your body while you were asleep to go explore an unearthly realm?
That's the question the Insidious franchise seeks to answer for its characters (and, usually, the answer is Option B). And often, wandering around where the undead lurk, whether intentional or unintentional, results in having demons, ghosts and other unsettled spirits attach to you (or, worse, try to take over your corporeal form). If that sounds like a howling good time — and it often is, full of demons popping up in unexpected places for a good fright — then an Insidious re-watch might be in order. Now's an especially good time to revisit the series, since the newest installment in the franchise, The Red Door, comes out this year on July 7.
Here's how to watch the Insidious movies in order, both by release date and chronologically (the release order goes first, with a chronological order at the end). Insidious has bounced around a few different movie studios, so while all of the previous movies in the franchise are available to stream (or rent on a streaming service), they aren't all in the same place. The ones that are available without a rental fee are on Max. Just be sure you don't launch your soul outside your body from fright as you watch. Insidious was directed by James Wan, who also directed The Conjuring and Malignant, and co-created the Saw series with Leigh Whannell, so he knows his way around a jump scare.
Looking for more great movies to stream? Try watching the Rocky movies in order, the Fast and Furious movies in order, the Spider-Man movies in order, the Transformers movies in order, the Mission:Impossible movies in order, and the Marvel MCU movies in order, since those all have new entries in their franchises this year.
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