The moment when 'Insidious' Star Lin Shaye Realized the first movie was going to be a hit.
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00:00We had no idea. I mean, we really, it was even James who said to me, he said,
00:04you think people are going to like this? You know, what if we, why should, maybe we shouldn't kill
00:08you? Cause what if we, what if the movie, what if we make another one? What if we do a number two?
00:13And, um, and so I think, you know, when you create something, um, this was a very low budget. The
00:19first one was a very low budget movie. Um, it was three weeks shoot, you know, very minimal
00:25everything. Um, and you hope you're doing, you know, you hope you're creating something exciting
00:31for the public. I mean, that's the whole idea. So I don't think we had any, we really didn't
00:37have any idea what's going to get to the point it's gotten to. I, the fact that I remember James,
00:42once it was accepted to the Toronto film festival, um, that was a big deal because that's where all
00:47the sales happen. And that was Sony purchased the film. I mean, and I remember James called,
00:54it was, I think he called me or called Lee and Lee called me. I can't remember which, but
01:00there was a huge bidding war. I mean, all of a sudden they showed the film. It was a standing
01:05ovation of like a thousand people. And you know, there were watching different movies and,
01:10and there was a big bidding war. And so James was all like, Oh my God, you know, you know,
01:14we're, we're gonna, we're gonna, this movie is going to get a release and we're going to do it.
01:19So it was very exciting for everybody. And, um, and James still has that same enthusiasm
01:25about everything he does. He's, I adore him and Lee Winnell as well. The two of them are really
01:30special people and, you know, great creators.