8 Modern Horrors Ruined By Their Monster Reveal

8. Insidious

James Wan's Insidious franchise began in 2011, following a seemingly common generic haunted house narrative that slowly falls in to more of a poltergeist esque sub plot as it continues. A family consisting of mother, father and sons move in to their home only for strange goings on to occur and their first born Dalton to fall into a coma leading them to live their life in worry.

When the haunted happenings continue and Dalton does not wake from his medical spell, the parents make one last call to a psychic medium Elise to extract their son from a subconscious plane of existence called 'The Further', captured by what the credits call the 'Lipstick Demon'. And the moment he is revealed is the moment the audience lose the spooky investment.

Up until the beginning of the third act, the family discover a variety of extra spirits who attempt to cross the plane whilst Dalton becomes weaker in their world. There's no denying that some of these are spooky - from smiling nurses to a dancing Victorian boy - but the orchestrater knocks the scares right out the window, looking like a face painted man with a red tail.

It's disappointing to say the least but if you want loud jump scares, Insidious is full of them.