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* ToughActToFollow: For some viewers and critics, the film's NothingIsScarier, first act was so strong, haunting and effective that they felt the second half (When Elise enters the picture and they enter The Further) failed to live up to it.

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* ToughActToFollow: For some viewers and critics, the film's NothingIsScarier, first act was so strong, haunting and effective that they felt the second half (When Elise enters the picture and they enter The Further) failed to live up to it. The gap between viewers and critics on Rotten Tomatoes widened with ''The Red Door'' outperforming ''Chapter 1'' for viewers but under-performing for critics.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Even though when a film catches a case of {{Sequelitis}}, Lin Shaye's performance is always considered a big positive.

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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Even though when a film catches a case of suffers {{Sequelitis}}, Lin Shaye's performance is always considered a big positive.
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* CultClassic: The series is accessible to general audiences, but isn't exactly a blockbuster series. Nonetheless, the universe has a devoted following especially from fans of Creator/LinShaye and later Creator/TySimpkons when the later returned to reprise his role as Dalton in ''The Red Door''.

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* CultClassic: The series is accessible to general audiences, but isn't exactly a blockbuster series. Nonetheless, the universe has a devoted following especially from fans of Creator/LinShaye and later Creator/TySimpkons Creator/TySimpkins when the later returned to reprise his role as Dalton in ''The Red Door''.Door''. For those who find the series hard to take seriously, there's the potential to still enjoy it in a SoBadItsGood way.
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* CultClassic: The series is accessible to general audiences, but isn't exactly a blockbuster series. Nonetheless, the universe has a devoted following especially from fans of Creator/LinShaye and later Creator/TySimpkons when the later returned to reprise his role as Dalton in ''The Red Door''.
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** A major draw for ''The Red Door'' was the return of Creator/PatrickWillson and even Ty Simpkins who were largely OutOfFocus in ''Chapter 3'' and ''The Last Key''. This film also has Joseph Bishara return to more actively reprise his role as the Red-faced Demon.

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** A major draw for ''The Red Door'' was the return of Creator/PatrickWillson Creator/PatrickWilson and even Ty Simpkins who were largely OutOfFocus in ''Chapter 3'' and ''The Last Key''. This film also has Joseph Bishara return to more actively reprise his role as the Red-faced Demon.

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* JustHereForGodzilla: Even with the varying quality of the sequels, many horror fans still tune in just to get another helping of Creator/LinShaye.

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** A major draw for ''The Red Door'' was the return of Creator/PatrickWillson and even Ty Simpkins who were largely OutOfFocus in ''Chapter 3'' and ''The Last Key''. This film also has Joseph Bishara return to more actively reprise his role as the Red-faced Demon.



** The epilogue of Chapter 2 shows [[spoiler: Elise continuing to work cases with Specs and Tucker ''as a ghost'']]. Since movies 3 and 4 are prequels to the original two films, however, we have yet to see this premise in action.

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** The epilogue of Chapter 2 shows [[spoiler: Elise continuing to work cases with Specs and Tucker ''as a ghost'']]. Since movies 3 and 4 are prequels to the original two films, however, we have yet to see this premise in action. As of ''The Red Door'' this plot with a ghost investigator who is also a ghost was shelved, with the focus almost exclusively on Dalton and Josh dealing with their LaserGuidedAmnesia while Red-Face Demon returns to complete his possession of Dalton.
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** To ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' with the a dangerous "dream world" connecting the two works and Creator/LinShaye appearing in both works in some capacity. ''Insidious'' switches around the formula by making the dead of the astral world desire possessing bodies instead of murdering them, and the Red Face Demon is like Freddy Krueger as a nigh-unstoppable villain with WolverineClaws.

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** To ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' with the a dangerous "dream world" connecting the two works and Creator/LinShaye appearing in both works in some capacity. ''Insidious'' switches around the formula by making the dead of the astral world desire possessing seek to possess bodies instead of murdering murder them, and the Red Face Demon is like Freddy Krueger as a nigh-unstoppable villain with WolverineClaws.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Even with the varying quality of the sequels, many horror fans still tune in just to get another helping of Creator/LinShaye.

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