Two very different frights arrive in theaters today: one is the sixth chapter of a franchise that turned “The Further” into a household nightmare, the other a debut director’s road trip into a more subtle kind of terror.
First up is It Ends, a liminal road-trip horror from Neon. The feature debut of director Alexander Ullom, it emerged as a standout at SXSW and rides that festival buzz into wide release. The film opens in New York and Los Angeles first before expanding to more cities in the weeks ahead, so audiences outside those markets may need to wait a beat to take the trip.
Sharing the date is Insidious: Out of the Further, the sixth entry in the long-running franchise. The series brings back franchise mainstay Lin Shaye alongside Amelia Eve and Brandon Perea, with Jacob Chase in the director’s chair. This time the story follows a mother who can cross into “The Further” — the shadowy spirit realm at the heart of the series — and drag the entities she finds there back out with her.
Between a buzzy indie unknown and a proven scare machine, it makes for a tempting double feature. Anyone up for both?
