Experiencing 'Insidious: Chapter 2' at Comic-Con

Experiencing 'Insidious: Chapter 2' at Comic-Con
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YH's own Nikki Novak puts on her Host Cam as well as her big girl pants as she ventures into the "further" to experience all the spookiness of 'Insidious: Chapter 2' firsthand during Comic-Con! She is escorted on her quest by none other than the film's writer, Leigh Whannell, as well as one of the stars, Angus Sampson! Will they survive this harrowing journey, or will it "take what you love most"?? Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).
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I'm here with Lee Wanon and Angus Samson, the sickest man on the planet. No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. You guys
He is quite ill.
It's a good visual.
It's a good
Specs and Tucker, as you know from Insidious, and we are here, we're here in like a Is this haunted?
It is a very old building. I don't know that it's haunted. I should investigate, but it will be tonight, at least in a in a simulated sense, with all these insidious effects and
Yeah, so this is sort of going to give us a preview of what to expect in Insidious 2, is it not? It's sort of like similar.
A taste of the further.
Yeah.
A taste of
We are going to go into the further. Would you come into the further with us? I mean, are you dressed for the further? I am. We're going on the tour
Yes.
with the two greatest ghostbusters.
Why don't we take you around? Why don't we take you around the further?
We're going into the further. And actually that really scared me. No offense but you scared me. I have to go to the bathroom. Do you guys want to come to the bathroom with me?
I've never been asked that by a woman before and I'm not about to turn down this opportunity.
Good luck. Are those your friends? Are those some of your friends? There is a ramp here.
These are basically um these are the producers of uh These are the producers of Insidious.
Yeah.
Wait, that one just moved on its own. No joke.
Which one?
That one right in front of you.
I don't know if you've seen it in the trailer but this uh this is actually a scene in Insidious Chapter Two. It's not done with us.
That one is moving. The restroom is this way. Probably going on there. He's just desperate to get in the bathroom. No, let's get back to the task at hand. Me going to the bathroom. Now, what's that scary? It's all scary at this point. Sorry, you're scared. It iron shirts. Wait, why is there a lock on the outside of the restroom door? I'll let you guys There's somebody in there? This actually, well this could be a great moment. Children scare people. Why do children, like babies and children, scare people in movies? What is it about scary children?
I think it's a combination of the innocent with something malevolent.
No lock on the outside.
No lock on the outside. Oh my God. Oh my God. Wait a second. I'm like Oh my God, it's hideous. What you Oh sorry. That was scary. Um, yeah, it's the combination of innocence and malevolence. There you go. Well, here we are. We're sort of squashing into this bathroom here. scared. What was that? It was a noise coming over here from this mirror. What was there something on there? Step step up to that. Was there something going on there? Just step closer to the mirror. Let's Let's move on from the bathroom. Jeez. Um, now we're back where we started. Now, did I hear there was going to be time travel in this installment?
Well, yes, there is. Um, one of the things that excited James and I about Insidious Chapter Two when we were first thinking should we do it or not is the time travel aspect. Just because in the further there's no real linear time or you know. So we thought that the film could sort of fold in on the first film. Like the second film could actually visit visit the first film which was sort of novel to us.
Would you like to lead the way?
Sure.
The haunted part. My ghostbusters need to lead the way. This is actually a grand room that I'd love Angus to uh point us over for. First we'll start with Sorry. Specs and Tucker there you go. Paranormal investigators. What about uh this, Angus? Would you like to take us through this particular prop from the film?
This is uh uh what we call a Rhode Island Red Doll's House. This is the exact actual prop from the film. And without revealing anything, um it does feature in the further. And uh
You get right up close while Angus is talking. Just look in through the windows. I'm not sure if it still has the furniture. Did you move that thing? Hold on. That thing is moving. But here, if you see here, there are these photos up here. I don't know if you recognize it from the bathroom. This is the woman that scared you in the mirror. She's a very mysterious lady. What about in the cot? I think there's something in the cot. Oh, oh yeah. Oh, wow. Just get in close there. You you'll want to see this. He's got your baby. He's got your baby. He's got your baby. He's got your baby. I'm sorry. I just didn't want you to hit the wood. It's teak. It has splinters. Not nice. Oh dear. Do explain. This isn't Vegas. Not yet. Not not yet.
You may recognize this from the first Insidious. Yes. It's uh a mask that Elise was wearing when she was uh chatting with people in the further. And this time we're we we meet um another aspect to the communication with the uh people in the further. And it's a beautiful idea of Lee's where there's Die uh spells. A different way of communicating with the dead. Clearly this spells out Moll. There is a moll amongst us.
Yeah. There is. I wonder who that is? This is another uh installation reflective of a scene from the film Insidious Chapter Two. I don't want to give anything away but um it definitely gives you a feel for uh some of the scenes. Oh my God. Has something possessed him?
Um, he actually suffers from narcolepsy. So, he's probably just taking a nap.
I think you can look in here. Yeah. you wanna have a look? No. Is something going to bite me? Have a look in there. I don't know. Oh my gosh. There's a dead doll. Just pull back the sheet. Oh, my gosh. I just That is a freshly washed sheet. Grab the other one because I didn't want you to It's really clean. Don't do this to me, baby. Wow. I like the effect this is having. It's really effective. Thank you guys for taking us through the Insidious
No problem.
Haunted House tour.
Thanks for being scared.
And thank you. I'm talking to you.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Nikki Novak
Host and participant in the haunted house experience
- Leigh Whannell
Writer of 'Insidious: Chapter 2' and guide
- Angus Sampson
Star of 'Insidious: Chapter 2' and guide
- James
Co-creator of Insidious discussed by Leigh Whannell
- Elise
Character from the Insidious films
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