He first appeared in one of the best modern jump scares in horror. Now he's coming back for Insidious: The Red Door. tracesauveur sings the praises of the terrifying and ridiculous Lipstick-Face Demon:
are effective and had word-of-mouth popularity, but their monsters are enigmatic, often representative of a broader idea that steers away from the specific iconography of one single villain.
Out of all his little weirdos and freaks, though, Lipstick-Face has to be my favorite. Maybe it’s from a lack of overexposure—he’s only the main antagonist in the firstand there’s no extended universe franchise devoted to him—but I think it’s actually because he’s the weirdest and freakiest of them all. His presence is suffocating during the first half of the film, and wildly bonkers during the final stretch. He’s the subject of one of the most unforgettable jump scares this century.
, but there’s a lot of fun to be had in its brazen confidence. This is especially true when we catch back up with Lipstick-Face. Josh discovers Dalton chained up in the demon’s very red, very evil, very smoky, kind of gothic lair that’s adorned with elegant chandeliers and ominous candlelight.
If the question is why Lipstick-Face succeeds as a villain, the answer is that he’s in a movie that takes an active interest in the gleefully fun possibilities of such a character, from a director with a sharp proficiency for commercial horror filmmaking. Wan’s images are unsettling and zany in equal measure, and they meet in the middle to make Lipstick-Face the precise result of an inspired confluence of different tones.
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