I love this film but I agree it could benefit from getting trimmed a teeny bit. The whole scene of bespectacled dude ripping his face off seems out of place and the film would be just as good without it. In fact, cut that scene out and there will be absolutely zero change. He leaves after it but the line 'Marty won't be coming back' is said after he sees the ghosts with everyone else, so the face ripping scene is pointless, he could just as easily flee after seeing the spooks. It would also change the UK rating from 15 to a 12 (the kids in peril bits would stop it from being a PG, I'm guessing).

Call in Spielberg to finish the download?

"young'uns" actually

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/young%27un#English

Such movies can fuck you up... Two weeks ago a strange gelatinous substance appeared near my TV set. You know what my first thought was? "Ectoplasm! We have a poltergeist!"

(Turns out it probably came from a cracked dehumidifier.)

Insidious is okay, but it's incredibly derivative of Poltergeist. It's directed by James Wan, the same guy who made the first Saw movie. It's funny how he's single-handedly changed the direction of horror cinema twice now. His film kicked off the torture porn trend, and Insidious started a wave of low-budget possession/haunting films. If you want a really good horror film from him, check out The Conjuring from this summer. If Insidious is him doing 80s horror, The Conjuring is him doing 70s horror. It's a lot of fun, and one of the smartest, most restrained horror movies I've seen in years.