Insidious

So, went to see Insidious with Daughter last night. Scariest. Film. Ever. No doubt about it, it had me shaking in ma boots! Daughter was scared silly too and disappeared into her hoody further and further as the film went on. At one point I had to let go of her hand as I didn't want to be responsible for breaking any bones!
SPOILERS!
The plotline is basically Poltergeist, new house, nice family (two young boys and one baby girl) strange goings on ect. One of the boys (Dalton) complains to Mum that he doesn't like his new room, that he is scared. She tells him that it just because it is new. He goes exploring one night and sees something scary in the attic. The next day he doesn't wake up. Doctors tell Mum and Dad that he is in some sort of coma that they cannot explain. Cut to 3 months later, Dalton is still comatose but is now being cared for at home.
Then the fun begins. Really scary things start to happen and the family decide to move as the Mum believes the house is haunted, however the scary stuff just gets worse. It's not the house that is haunted, but the boy himself.
It turns out that the boy is 'Astral projecting' and has become stuck in 'The Further'. How do we find this out? Turns out that Dad's Mum went through the same thing with Dad when he was small. Wanting to help she calls in an old friend who helped back then. Cue psychic lady and two investigators who come into the house with all their instruments. Dalton is being held captive by a demon in The Further, so the demon can take over his body. But it is not just the demon that wants Dalton's body, it is lots more ghosts, all of them hanging round the boy waiting for their chance.
Psychic lady explains about the astral projecting, goes into the boys room, sees the demon and describes him to her assistant who draws him. Dad  is then told he has to go into The Further to save his sons soul and bring him back to his body.
The scares are amazingly staged. The director James Wan (Saw) seems to have taken on board every scary film and Internet scare from the last ten years, thought about them, sifted through them and then used the most terrifying in the film. His direct cuts to scary bits had us all on the edge from about a quarter of the way through the film. The demon is very well designed, as are the other ghosts and the scares that their appearances cause is heart thumping. The audience, which had been quite rowdy at the start, soon settled down after the first few scares when it became apparent that this was not 'just another scary movie'. People actually screamed (Daughter and I included!) and everyone was deathly silent as we all waited for the next scary bit to come along. By the end of the film, palms were sweaty, hearts were racing and everyone had had enough.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes scary movies, it is well written, very well acted and very atmospheric. The rating is PG13, there is no gore involved, just lots and lots of scary bits! (such scary bits that I waited till the cold light of day to write this) and yes, I did have a disturbed night ;-/