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Lin Shaye is a scream, but 'Insidious: The Last Key' doesn't click

With her mesmerizing gaze, her cavern of a mouth and a demeanor that manages to be at once soothing and steely, Lin Shaye isn't just a scream queen for the ages. She's one of those character actors you'd gladly follow anywhere: through a dank basement, down a sewer pipe and even into a vehicle as creaky and faint-by-numbers as "Insidious: The Last Key."

Given all the strained inhalations on the soundtrack and the general air of choking on fumes, "Insidious:

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