Unwittingly, she helps an evil being enter our dimension. When Elise won’t deny that she’s seeing things, he locks her in the basement, where a hidden portal leads to very scary things. She’s seeing ghosts even at this age, and while her mother accepts the reality of her daughter’s spiritual gift, Dad is prepared to beat it out of her. The Last Key, which mostly occurs shortly before the events in the first film, begins with an extended flashback: We meet Elise as a child, being raised in 1950s New Mexico by a stern prison-guard father. A workmanlike but fan-pleasing picture, it may well earn enough to make producers reconsider that whole “Last” thing - not that such promises are often kept in the horror biz. Adam Robitel’s Insidious: The Last Key, a sequel to the prequel to the series’ first two outings, brings the saga full circle in a way that should, true to the title, conclude the adventures of Lin Shaye’s ghost-whispering character Elise Rainier. Before we’re all done marveling at the fact that 2017’s three biggest hits were led by female actresses, here’s a more modest but noteworthy fact: 2018 will begin with the fourth installment of a hit franchise whose hero is not just a woman, but a septuagenarian who takes on boogeymen the youngsters can’t face.
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