Fans of the Insidious franchise can tiptoe through the tulips (so to speak) with the free "Into The Further 4D Experience" that's bringing the realm of haunted souls to cities in the U.S. in anticipation of the June 5th release of Insidious: Chapter 3. Can't make it to the tour? No problem. The 4D scares can also be experienced from the comfort of your couch via a Google Cardboard virtual reality headset. Just be careful, because "if you call out to one of the dead... all of them can hear you."
Press Release -- "SANTA MONICA, CA, April 21st, 2015 – Across the country, fans of the Insidious franchise will get to experience the world of Insidious like never before, as the “Into The Further 4D Experience” physically and virtually thrills them at every step of a horrifying and fully immersive trip unlike any other horror experience. Cutting-edge Oculus Rift (virtual reality) technology is being fused with horror for the first time as part of a mobile tour that is traveling to different cities in the lead-up to the June release of Insidious: Chapter 3. Admission is free, and no purchase is required.
In the specially designed and uniquely intense 4D experience, the haunted house evolves into a place where analog meets digital. “Into The Further 4D” is a scary trip – where the visitor is subject to virtual and physical scares and surprises at any time! The Experience will prime fans for Insidious: Chapter 3, the scariest chapter yet from the popular franchise.
For those who can’t attend one of the tour stops, The Further can haunt fans at home; the virtual reality portion of “Into The Further 4D” will be released as a downloadable application on iOS and Android devices. To access the Experience at home, consumers must use a Google Cardboard virtual reality headset. Headsets will be given away for free through www.facebook.com/insidiousmovie and through select promotional partners.
The Experience will next take hold in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and New York. Visit http://www.intothefurther.me/ for more information on the live events including exact dates, times, and unique set-up locations; to find out about the Google Cardboard headset giveaways; and to check out fans’ reactions to the scares of the Experience from previous tour stops. Additional Insidious social media hubs are listed below.
Blumhouse Productions’ Insidious: Chapter 3, the newest chapter in the terrifying horror series, opens domestically nationwide on Friday, June 5th, 2015. MPAA-rated “PG-13,” Insidious: Chapter 3 stars Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Mr. Whannell, and Lin Shaye, with the latter trio reprising their roles from the first two movies in the franchise. Insidious: Chapter 3 is written and directed by Mr. Whannell. This chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier (Ms. Shaye) reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl (Ms. Scott) who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity."
Insidious: Chapter 3: "The newest chapter in the terrifying horror series is written and directed by franchise co-creator Leigh Whannell. This chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl (Stefanie Scott) who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity."
The directorial debut of Leigh Whannell (who also wrote the screenplay), Insidious: Chapter 3 stars Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, and Leigh Whannell. The Blumhouse Productions film from Focus Features hits theaters on June 5th, 2015.