Still ‘Insidious’ After All These Years

It’s just the three of us, as Scott Mendelson, Jeremy Fuster, and Lisa Laman discuss what keeps going right for Insidious amid digressions about the absurdity of Paramount buying Warner Bros., alongside our picks for the summer’s most “underrated” or “should have had a larger audience” releases, a Blumhouse comeback, and when piracy does or doesn’t matter for Hollywood. Also, in terms of looking ahead, we talk commercial prospects for Coyote Vs. ACME, whether Robert Pattinson’s Primetime will get an Odyssey bump, the end of the so-called McConaissance and the grim(mer) underside to an already record-high August at the domestic box office.Once again, we have thrown our Box Office Podcast hats into the ring for contention to be among the onstage panels chosen for next year’s SXSW Film Festival. SXSW chooses which panels actually make it to the festival based on which ones get the most online support.So, please click this link to visit our SXSW PanelPicker page and give us a heart. Hopefully we’ll be able to bring some of that “Rango magic” and/or “Beatrice at Dinner whimsy” to Austin, TX, at SXSW 2027 next March! If selected, I, Scott Mendelson, promise to go full Silver Shamrock!Recommended Reading/Listening* Scott Mendelson discusses the circumstance of October being, well, bookended by a slew of high(er) profile and/or buzzier book-to-movie adaptations.* Jeremy Fuster and Drew Taylor dig into whether David Ellison’s 30-movies-per-year promise is even remotely plausible from a commercial perspective.* Lisa Laman argues the cinematic similarities between Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and La La Land. Oh, and she guested on a Camp Miasma-centric episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe.* Ryan Scott’s latest unofficial “Tales from the Box Office” digs into the 25th anniversary of John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars.* Max Deering’s latest Action for Everyone features the two live on-stage Q&As that took place at this year’s Big Bad Film Fest. In the first, recorded last Saturday, Michael Jai White and JJ Perry discuss the 20th anniversary of Undisputed 2. The second, recorded last Sunday, offers Brandon Streussnig’s post-screening conversation with Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’s John Hyams.If you like what you hearPlease like, share, comment, and subscribe (using a cartoon mallet) with every justified ounce of strength and passion. If you’d like to reach out and offer good cheer, request in-show discussions, or suggest ideas for bonus episodes, please email us at [email protected].* Scott Mendelson - The Outside Scoop and Puck News* Jeremy Fuster - TheWrap* Lisa Laman - Land of the Nerds, Dallas Observer, Pajiba, Looper, Autostraddle* Ryan C. Scott - SlashFilm, Fangoria and Inverse* Max Deering - Fangoria and Action For Everyone Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe