Insight of Evil (2004) | (VHS) | Asylum | USED | Clean

Title: Insight of Evil (2004)

Genre: Horror

Plot Synopsis
Eight months after one twin is brutally r@ped and murdered, her surviving sister and her friends escape to a lakeside cottage following their high school graduation. A vengeful spirit begins to possess bodies and exact violent retribution on those tied to the crime. As deaths escalate and loyalties fracture, long-buried secrets begin to emerge and the full truth is revealed.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Nigel Hartwell

• Writers: Nigel Hartwell

• Cast:

  • Anthony Cortese as Jordan Schrieder

  • Tiffany Edwardsen as Tiffany / Tanya Beach

  • Christopher Simis as Jason Bender

  • Mike Bruce as Mark Masterson

  • Cheyenne Ennis as Kim Sills

YouTube Trailer: Insight of Evil | Trailer

IMDb Link: Insight of Evil (2004)

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. Kevin Cormier – ★☆☆☆☆
   “Good news – this was only 75 minutes long.
   Bad news – they made a sequel
   All around this wasn’t very good. The idea was fine, though unoriginal. Curious to see how the sequel is since it was made fifteen years later. I’m hoping it’s better.”

2. AScaryGhost – ★★★☆☆
   “The super lo-fi CGI and effects in Insight of Evil have a special je ne sais quoi that gives the whole affair a lot of weird appeal. The murdered girl returning via possession adds evil dead style chaos, and she can shoot lightning bolts from her hands, which is frickin sweet.
   The obnoxious score that sounds like super nintendo game music, the douchey guys with frosted tips, the handkerchief tops, it all adds up to a questionable cocktail of early 2000s low budget fluff that would probably taste like lukewarm Zima if you could drink it. I liked it though.”

3. Addison Prest – ★★☆☆☆
   “> Slogging the dolphin
   I don’t know why I didn’t review this the first time, it’s such an honor to be one of the few jackasses who would watch and review a movie this small. Insight of evil was filmed in and around my hometown of Belleville Ontario so to me over the past few years since finding out about it I’ve used it as a local legend and joke with my friends. But no it is not well known even in my town. This film is a Mashup of many things seen in horror movies past, it follows the traditional slasher set up with a ghostly twist, it even still the shakey ghost camera from the evil dead. This movie is convoluted as fuck and tries to do so much which is honestly admirable. This film has a premise that could have been good if not for everything else working against it as hard as possible. The worst part about this film is its themes of s&xual violence and suicide which it doesn’t have the emotional maturity or intelligence to handle, it should not be talking about r@pe culture and he says she says situations without understanding and respecting it. The way r@pe is portrayed in this movie as more of a plot device and with minimal respect for the women it involves makes the wind of the film very murky and unlikable. The depiction of suicide also acts simply as a plot device and feels exploitative. The dialogue is easily the worst part of this film, characters often say what they are doing, repeat themselves, and overall the dialogue does nothing to aid the story other than exposition. The characters, while defined, are very thin, so much so they had to be introduced via title cards. All this being said I love this film because it’s ridiculously fun to watch, part of that may be recognizing the places, but there’s so much more to enjoy and laugh at.”

Meta Description:
Low-budget supernatural horror: a twin’s murder awakens a wrathful spirit that haunts friends at a lakeside retreat, unveiling dark secrets and violent vengeance.