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Its director stated on the record that "i wanted the cast and the crew to reflect the world I live in — a very diverse community — because typically a lot of these movies seem very white, and I didn'…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "i'm gonna go back and deal with what happened at the end of Insidious: Chapter 2, That's the movie I want to make, I want to deal with this family's trauma thr…" 2. Its director stated on the record that "i wanted to make sure that the themes that I was dealing with were something that I was passionate about and that I could keep focused, I'm a dad, I got two bo…" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 9 of 100 4.

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    Creator statementdirector: "I wanted the cast and the crew to reflect the world I live in — a very diverse community — because typically a lot of these movies seem very white, and I didn't want that. I wanted the cast and crew…"M&E Media, 2023 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "I'm gonna go back and deal with what happened at the end of Insidious: Chapter 2. That's the movie I want to make. I want to deal with this family's trauma through the eyes of a horror movie. That's…"Rolling Stone, July 2023 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "I wanted to make sure that the themes that I was dealing with were something that I was passionate about and that I could keep focused. I'm a dad. I got two boys, so I wanted to do a movie about fath…"GamesRadar, 2023 source ↗
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 9 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
83
Young Women
32
Older Men
68
Older Women
17
Advocacy9
Entertainment

Audience Representation

LGBTQ+
0

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The average advocacy score of Horror titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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This title (2023): advocacy 9 · explore Horror

Cast & Crew

Riley Flanagan (director) · Stephen Harrison (director)