Synopsis:

This is "Insidious" trimmed down to a taut 71 minutes and completely rescored using Disasterpeace's phenomenal score from "It Follows".

Intentions:

I wanted to reduce some of the repetitive scares in the first act to get to the Man with Fire on His Face and the Further faster. I also wanted to rescore the film using the score from "It Follows" as it is brilliant and they work very well together.

Change List:

- Reworked opening credits, replaced score with “Title” - Deleted breakfast scene - Deleted first attic visit since it gets repeated by Dalton a couple minutes later - Enhanced child scream to make sense with their reaction - Replaced score with “Heels” for them running upstairs and talking to Josh - Cut Josh and Renai joking around before bed - Replaced score of Renai seeing box with an excerpt of “Heels” - Replaced music underneath doctor explaining coma with “Jay” - Cut nurse explaining stuff to Josh and Renai – we just got it from the doctor - Cut baby monitor voices scene - Cut conversation with Foster about award to focus on talking about Dalton - Cut Josh and Renai conversation about baby monitor voices – moved the knocking sound up so that it is what scares Foster under the covers - Cut Josh downstairs with the poker while the alarm goes off – scene ends after he says there’s nobody in the house - Cut Josh calling wife from school – used flashbacks as dream sequences after the night before - Cut the nurse’s uplifting conversation so the day begins with Renai changing linen and discovering the bloody handprint - Cut part of the conversation in front of the house where she’s complaining about him working late - Changed music behind what is now Josh’s first flashback/dream to “Anyone” - Changed music to “Anyone” when demon is walking outside Renai’s door and she wants to move - Changed music when they move to “Company” - Record skip at 19:40 now changes to “Detroit” while Renai is out taking the trash and first sees the demon kid - Added “Heels” theme when demon kid jumps out of Narnia - Cut Lorraine explaining her dream so it remains more mysterious (go right from her saying this is real to seeing demon) - Changed music to “Inquiry” when they run upstairs and discover Dalton in the middle of a ransacked room - Added “Heels” theme when Tucker looks through the Viewfinder - Replaced music when Elise meets Dalton with “Greg” - Trimmed a little of the buildup to the lights turning on - Cut a bunch of Elise’s speech (stuff about easing them into it and how it’s only what she believes/might contradict diagnosis, etc) – changed music underneath to “Detritus” - Cut some of Elise’s explanation about the demon – repetitive - Cut Josh being staunchly against Elise’s help since he changes his mind 20 seconds later - Changed music to “Playpen” under the start of séance and “Father” leading up to and when sh,t hits the fan - Changed music to “Linger” when Josh learns of his past and prepares to go into the Further - Changed music to “Heels” when he first sees something in ether - Changed music to Father when the big guy first shows up - Changed music to “Pool” when Josh finds Dalton - Left “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” at the end. This is the first time you hear it in my end, which makes is creepier in my opinion - Changed music to “Heels” after they meet close up - Changed music to “Linger” as Josh,well, lingers in the Further - Cut Specs and Tucker talking about their future book - Cut ending so after Elise takes Josh’s photo we see the photo flash and then the lady attacking. No Rose Byrne running around for five minutes or showing Josh kill Elise. It’s tighter and still very clear in my opinion.

Additional Notes:

I wanted to cut down on the repetitive scares before we know what's really going on. There are good scenes on their own but I like the flow much better if we find out about the titular character (of this edit, anyway) sooner and the original third act plays as basically the last half of the film. Then there was a lot of tightening up (including the last two minutes of the movie). I also rescored the whole thing using the great score from 'It Follows'.

Other Sources:

It Follows OST

Special Thanks:

Neglify