5.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Overview
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.3
Overview
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around a family battling a supernatural entity, a theme inherently apolitical. Its resolution emphasizes family unity and individual sacrifice against an external, non-ideological threat, leading to a neutral rating.
The film features traditional casting with a predominantly white main cast and does not incorporate any explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on a traditional family dynamic within a horror context, without critiquing traditional identities or introducing explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Insidious: Chapter 2 features Parker Crane, a male serial killer known as the 'Bride in Black,' who dresses as a woman due to childhood trauma. This portrayal links gender non-conformity to psychopathy and villainy, utilizing a harmful 'transvestite serial killer' trope. The depiction is problematic, reinforcing negative stereotypes without counterbalance or critique, resulting in a net negative impact.
Insidious: Chapter 2 does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on the heterosexual Lambert family and their struggles with paranormal entities, with no elements that could be interpreted as an LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Insidious: Chapter 2 is a direct sequel where all returning characters maintain their established genders from the previous installment. No characters canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender.
All primary and recurring characters in Insidious: Chapter 2 maintain the same racial portrayal as established in the preceding film, Insidious (2010). No character originally depicted as one race is portrayed as a different race in this installment.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.7
Critic Ratings
3.8
4.0
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