Daily Dead recently spoke with actress Lin Shaye about what to expect from Insidious: Chapter 4, and now fans can see the return of demonologist Elise Rainier in the first photo from the anticipated sequel.
Featured on EW and unveiled by Universal Pictures, the first photo from Insidious: Chapter 4 features Rainier and Tessa Ferrer's (Extant, Excision) character Aubrey, and by the looks on their faces (with a lantern held high), they're in the midst of a powerful (and likely frightening) presence.
In our recent exclusive interview with Shaye, she said that the timeline of Insidious: Chapter 4 will begin shortly after the conclusion of Chapter 3:
"In general, it goes back to Elise’s beginnings. And you also meet Elise at a very different point in her life. It takes place right after the end of Chapter 3, when she walks off with Specs and Tucker and they’re starting their company, Spectral Sightings, and they are now living at her home. They’re like her two sons, her two bad sons [laughs]."
Shaye also discussed how Chapter 4 will explore Elise's past and introduce viewers to her family:
"So it starts out in a very jovial, happy place and then goes downhill from there [laughs]. And 'downhill' meaning 'uphill,' though. It’s a fantastic story and it took me back into what made Elise who she is. You meet my family, my mother, my father—we go back to my hometown, which is in New Mexico. And so that’s where this takes place and her quest to find the bad guy that’s been haunting her. It’s a really wonderful story. I think the fans will really, really enjoy it. And it’s scary on levels they’re not going to expect."
Shaye mentioned that Insidious: Chapter 4 screenwriter and co-star Leigh Whannell had a unique creative process for writing the new film:
"It was a fantastic script. Leigh Whannell, who’s written all of them, he really worked so hard on this. He actually went to a big, giant stone house in Spain, that was in the middle of nowhere, to write and be inspired."
Produced by Jason Blum, Oren Peli and James Wan, and directed by Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan), Insidious: Chapter 4 stars Shaye as Elise Rainier, Angus Sampson as Tucker, Leigh Whannell as Specs, Josh Stewart, and Bruce Davison.
Fans can re-enter The Further when Insidious: Chapter 4 is released in theaters on October 20th, 2017, courtesy of Universal Pictures and Blumhouse. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details.
Photo from EW via Justin Lubin / NBC:
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