Will there be an ‘Insidious 6’?

Insidious: The Red Door brings a sense of finality to the supernatural horror franchise.

Directed by Patrick Wilson, who also returns as Josh Lambert, the franchise’s fifth installment brings back fellow original cast members Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor, Rose Byrne and Lin Shayne for what’s billed as the Lambert family’s “final chapter”.

What is ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ about?

This fifth installment brings back series staples Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor and Rose Byrne, alongside newcomers Hiam Abbass and Sinclair Daniel.

An official synopsis for Insidious: The Red Door, reads: “Set 10 years after the ending events of the second film, Josh Lambert heads east to drop his son Dalton off at an idyllic, ivy-league university. However, Dalton’s college dream becomes a nightmare when the repressed demons of his past suddenly return to haunt them both.

“To end the haunting and to put the demons to rest once and for all, Josh and Dalton must return once again to the Further in order to stop the Lambert nightmare for good.”

The film is billed as the “final chapter of the Lambert family’s terrifying saga”, which suggests this might be the last outing for Wilson and co. Along with reprising his role of Josh Lambert, Wilson makes his directorial debut with Insidious: The Red Door, from a screenplay by Scott Teems.

The film also stars newcomers Hiam Abbass and Sinclair Daniel, from a screenplay by Scott Teems.

How does Insidious: The Red Door fit into the timeline?

This fifth entry is set 10 years after the ending of Insidious: Chapter 2, as Josh Lambert (Wilson) drops off his son Dalton (Simpkins) at an ivy-league university. Insidious: The Red Door is a direct sequel to the first two films, with the third and fourth entries, Insidious: Chapter 3 and Insidious: The Last Key, serving as prequels to the first film.

Is Insidious 6 in the works?

A sequel to Insidious: The Red Door has not been announced. Speaking to DiscussingFilm, producer Jason Blum explained the fifth installment will be the last we’ll see of the franchise for a “while”.

“It may not be a forever rest, but it’s certainly going to be a very long rest,” Blum said. “So, if someone comes up with some idea in 10 years, who knows? But there’s not a plan – as there has been with every prior Insidious movie – there’s no current plan in place for number six.”

Are any spin-offs planned?

In January 2022, a spin-off film titled Thread: An Insidious Tale was announced as in development. Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight) was hired to write and direct the project, with Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani set to star.

Speaking to ScreenRant in July 2023, producer James Wan gave an update on the spin-off, comparing it to the spin-off stories seen in The Conjuring franchise.

“Thread basically kind of takes off from the world of The Further in the same way that when I look at my Conjuring films, I go, ‘Hey, the Warrens have a haunted museum, there’s so many different haunted artifacts that we can kind of spin off stories from,’ and Thread really is something in that same spirit,” Wan said.

“Leigh [Whannell] and I had kind of built this place called The Further in the Insidious world, and we just felt like there were many stories within that that we can tell, and this is one of the potential stories that we’re hoping to kind of get out there with the spin-off.”

A release date for the project has yet to be announced.