

This spurred Wan and Whannell to create a new, low-budget horror movie with Insidiouswhere they had total creative control.

Related: Paranormal Activity's Evil Entity Toby Explained Despite good reviews, it was another financial disappointment. This vigilante thriller found Kevin Bacon as a family man whose life is torn apart when he seeks revenge for his son's death. Wan would later try to break away from horror with 2007's Death Sentence, which was based on the sequel novel to Death Wish. While Wan opted out of directing Saw 2, Whannell would write Saw 2 and 3. Wan and Whannell followed up with Dead Silence, which was more of an atmospheric ghost story but failed to find an audience. Saw was originally conceived as a straight to video effort, but early buzz saw it receive a theatrical release and become a franchise spawning success. Unlike the sequels which placed an emphasis on the gore and traps, the first movie was more of a tense thriller with a couple of creatively gruesome setpieces. Director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell ( The Invisible Man) broke through with their low-budget thriller Saw, where two men are locked in a bathroom and forced to play a vicious life or death game for an unseen psychopath. KeyFace is a demon introduced in prequel/sequel Insidious: The Last Key - let's unlock this twisted creature.
