Newly-minted horror director Patrick Wilson, whose Insidious: The Red Door hits theaters this weekend, is making the interview rounds in support of that highly-anticipated sequel, and today Entertainment Weekly’s got a fun little piece featuring both Wilson and Insidious: The Red Door star Ty Simpkins, who’s returning to the franchise as a much older, more haunted version of the character he played in James Wan’s 2010 original.
Now headed off to college, Simpkins’ Dalton Lambert must join forces with his dad, Josh (Wilson), to stave off the evil forces within the Further once and for all. Will Insidious: The Red Door mark the end of the Lambert family’s journey? Wilson has an interesting answer to that!
“Well, the quick answer is yes. But I will say, and this is probably not the best way to sell a movie, but it would be cool if way down the line, if Insidious was like the Boyhood of horror movies. Ty could do these movies for a long time. I think that’s really exciting as a filmmaker to do that and think it’s exciting for an audience to see that. I’m sure it’s exciting for a studio because the IP doesn’t go away for a studio. But Josh and [Rose Byrne’s] Renai? Speaking on behalf of Rose, no. I think we close our door.”
That’d be an interesting way to keep the franchise alive! Check in on ol’ Dalton Lambert every decade or so, see what he’s up to, what new tricks those pesky Further demons have up their sleeves this time around. Of course, if Insidious: The Red Door turns out to be a hit, the folks at Blumhouse might not want to wait another 5-10 years to check back in, but let’s not count those chickens before they’ve hatched.
Insidious: The Red Door hits theaters this weekend. We’ll be there.
