'Insidious' Franchise Makes a Major Comeback as 'Out of the Further' Becomes a Global Streaming Favorite

Halloween at the box office has come to an end, and director Rob Savage has come out victorious. Other Mommy, his latest spooky project since 2023's The Boogeyman, was the biggest horror hit closest to Halloween, as it surpassed the $100 million mark at the box office, against a reported budget of just $19 million. Based on the 2024 novel Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman, the film stars Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain as she attempts to protect her daughter from a sinister entity that haunts her.

How does Other Mommy stack up against recent horror hits in theaters? Despite facing plenty of critical backlash, its total haul isn't far away from that of a major horror franchise's latest installment. Released in late August, Insidious: Out of the Further looked to bounce back from the mixed response to 2023's Insidious: The Red Door with a return to form for the horror franchise.

Reviews were, overall, better for this latest installment, with Collider's Charlie Ridgely praising writer/director Jacob Chase for "turning the franchise into a story of redemption, grace, and forgiveness that already feels more rewatchable than most of the franchise's previous entries." The film turned a reported $18 million budget into an impressive $171 million worldwide, which was just shy of The Red Door's total. Following its successful theatrical run, Out of the Further is now one of the most-watched movies on streaming. At the time of writing, the 2026 horror hit is the tenth most-watched movie on Amazon in the world, a list topped by another 2026 horror favorite, Resident Evil.

What's Next for the 'Insidious' Franchise?

Screen Gems, Blumhouse, and James Wan’s Atomic Monster will be bringing to life an experimental next chapter in the Insidious franchise. A sixth film, Thread: An Insidious Tale, is currently in the works, with Moon Knight’s Jeremy Slater set to direct and Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani starring. Previously, Lin Shaye, who plays Elise Rainier, told Collider's Perri Nemiroff that "there's much more to this franchise than what we've created, and all these people, there's room for all of us to be back there at some level."