OutRun2

I have not seen Insidious yet but have just watched THIC. Based off the trailer for Insidious, it appears they share the same plot. I've just watched THIC and thought it was very good. For those of you that have seen both, is Insidious basically a ripoff of THIC? In THIC, the boy is haunted by spirits that inhabit the house. In Insidious, it appears the same thing happens. So how are these two films different and which one is better?

Dan

WTF is THIC?

notkevinbacon

Haven't seen it, but based on the OPs description... THIC = The Haunting in Connecticut??

DeanoBKN

In Insidious the boy is in a "coma". The family, or mainly the mother is the one haunted by demons.

I saw Insidious in the theater and I enjoyed it much much more so then Haunting in Connecticut, which I thought was garbage. Then again, i'm also a fan of the director of Insidious.

islandclaws

Why do people love to use acronyms on here so much without spelling it out in the OP at least once? I love haunted house films, and I have no fucking clue what "THIC" is.

MrSmearkase

I'm with you, though. It's not native to here, but I've always disliked it.

Solid Snake

well if it's a WELL KNOWN movie like say...T2...which is also it's shorthand title in general anyway...it's fine.

THOC...I honestly didn't know wtf that was.

if you put: OUATITW...people here would know wtf that was. THIC? Wtf is that? that's what you get.

JumpCutz

I didn't like THIC as much as GTOL but dug it way more than OCSWIT. For this sub genre of film you can never top WISQOLP though.

Hokeyboy

A more interesting comparison would be between TH, TLoHH, and THoHH.

riotinmyskull

wtf

Solid Snake

this thread failed the moment it was created.

Groucho

If I'm going to watch a story in this genre, I always choose TGAMC.

Kurt D

LOL

that's all you need to know.

BTW, my fav HH Mov is TH.

OutRun2

I hope people remember this thread the next time I go into one with a shitload of acronyms. I actually agree with you guys but since it's done to death so much on not only this forum but at a lot of other movie forums, I thought I'd just join the club

By the way I don't know what "OUATITW" is. Honestly.

Solid Snake

...it means Once Upon A Time In The West. We use that all the time here when we talk about it.

DonnachaOne

You do, maybe. I got it, but out of context, why would anyone who cared about fostering intelligent discussion write it that way without a cursory explanation?

Solid Snake

That's why I said here. I'd never use it anywhere else.

Ketamine

And to answer your question OP, they are completely different other than very very basic similarities. (to from now on to be referred to VVBS)

Troy Stiffler

Lolz

GoldenJCJ

Pssh. CZJ, OW, LN, and LT were laughable. I assume you are referring to the JH, CB, RT, and RJ version. Sometimes it's FBTLTETYI. If you know what I mean...

Dan

Trapping Hookers in Cars?
Transvestites Harvesting ID Cards?
Traditional Homebrew Incandescent Craters?
The Hours in Canada?

All very good flicks, BTW.

onebyone

THIC plays it totally straight. Indisidious walks the line between playing it straight and just having a whole lot of fun with the concept. I found it to be just a total blast to watch.

Charlie Goose

Yaeft

Kurt D

Correct! THe CGI in TH '99 renders it DOA.

GoldenJCJ

^That's awesome considering my "FBTLTETYI" was an acronym for "For the Best To Leave The Effects To Your Imagination".