The core Blumhouse crew deliver the fourth Insidious film with all that the fans require: moments of audience attention misdirection, some cacophonous sound design, some effective creepy moments and of course some industrial strength jump scares (one very early one is very strong). The ace up the sleeve of The Last Key is the total focus on Lin Shaye's character Elise, with an extremely well-delivered prologue of her childhood of abuse and burgeoning powers, and her subsequent return to the house many years later that forms most of the movie. All of this provides the excellent Shaye with strong material, emotional context and a real chance to demonstrate her skills. Although the film is mostly one of the more effective narratively in the series, it does have moments where it goes of the rails, particularly towards the end, but overall The Last Key ties in with the overall mythology effortlessly and is one of the stronger films in this moderate franchise.
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