PRE-BUILD INVENTORY · OCTOBER 7, 2026

The dates.
The evidence.

Insidious: research table, product / access matches and inspection gaps.

VERIFICATION STATUS

Broad coverage.
Open questions.

16 catalogue records; 12 indexed works. Shared branch points, embedded scenes and anthology containers are distinguished.

A research edition, not a completed full-interior audit. A missing date remains an inspection gap until the actual work has been checked.

Inventory / contradiction checks

Six films checked against current Sony listings, including the 2026 release.
Three Spectral Sightings episodes separated from the films and matched to a containing DVD/Blu-ray edition.
VR promotional experience, official interactive livestream and licensed live show included.
Red Door’s nine-year story interval separated from its 2023 release; sixth film now placed using cross-checked post-release story dates.
Released Out of the Further placed in 2019, with its reported 1999 childhood prologue separately visible; conflicting pre-release seven-year claim disclosed.

Verification still required

Full film caption and prop-date inspection remains open for the approximate 2007 / 2010 / 2019 anchors.
Spectral Sightings individual video/date clues and exact placement relative to Last Key need inspection.
No full script audit of live-show variations or haunted-attraction narratives has been completed.

RESEARCH TABLE BEFORE PAGE BUILD

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Entry	Media / release	Story date	Canon / continuity	Placement / inspection	Sources	Edition / viewing match
Insidious: Chapter 3Elise helps Quinn Brenner and forms the team seen in the later films.	FilmReleased 2015-06-05	2007 (est.)Approximate year / supported relative order	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Prequel / sequel relationship cross-checked. Approximate year anchors and embedded flashbacks need direct frame verification.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: Chapter 3	Insidious: Chapter 3 — corresponding digital movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
Insidious: The Last KeyElise returns to her childhood home.	FilmReleased 2018-01-05	2010 (est.); earlier 1953 / 1966 memoriesApproximate year / supported relative order	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Prequel / sequel relationship cross-checked. Approximate year anchors and embedded flashbacks need direct frame verification.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: The Last Key	Insidious: The Last Key — corresponding digital movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
InsidiousDalton’s unexplained coma draws the Lamberts into the Further.	FilmReleased 2011-04-01	2010 (est.)Approximate year / supported relative order	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Prequel / sequel relationship cross-checked. Approximate year anchors and embedded flashbacks need direct frame verification.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious	Insidious — corresponding digital movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
Insidious: Chapter 2The Lamberts confront the aftermath of Josh’s journey.	FilmReleased 2013-09-13	Immediately after Insidious; est. 2010Approximate year / supported relative order	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Prequel / sequel relationship cross-checked. Approximate year anchors and embedded flashbacks need direct frame verification.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: Chapter 2	Insidious: Chapter 2 — corresponding digital movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
Insidious: The Red DoorJosh and college-age Dalton revisit suppressed memories.	FilmReleased 2023-07-07	Nine years after Chapter 2; est. 2019Approximate year / supported relative order	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Nine-year interval from the Lambert aftermath, not nine years from its theatrical release. Approx. 2019 depends on the provisional 2010 anchor.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: The Red Door	Insidious: The Red Door — corresponding digital movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
Insidious: Out of the FurtherGemma, a mother and dentist, discovers a power that lets entities cross from the Further into the physical world.	FilmReleased 2026-08-21	2019 main story; 1999 prologuePost-release film accounts cross-checked	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Post-release accounts place the main case in 2019, shortly after The Red Door, with a twenty-year jump from the 1999 opening. The earlier TV Insider seven-year-gap claim conflicts; retain the corroborated finished-film year. Direct date-caption inspection remains outstanding.Studio access and finished-film review chronology checked; the complete film has not been directly inspected.	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: Out of the Further Sony Pictures: Out of the Further — watch at home now Out of the Further: post-release chronology and review references Los Angeles Times: Out of the Further finished-film review TV Insider: Insidious chronology	Insidious: Out of the Further — corresponding digital movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
The Last Key — Elise’s childhoodAn earlier sequence inside the feature film. · Embedded segment	FilmReleased 2018	1953; caption cross-check pendingRelative chronology; calendar date qualified	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Embedded scene, not an additional film. Caption year reported in chronology references; direct film-frame inspection remains open.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: The Last Key	Corresponding complete movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
The Last Key — Elise leaves homeAn earlier sequence inside the feature film. · Embedded segment	FilmReleased 2018	1966; caption cross-check pendingRelative chronology; calendar date qualified	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Embedded scene, not an additional film. Caption year reported in chronology references; direct film-frame inspection remains open.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: The Last Key	Corresponding complete movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
Chapter 2 — young Josh investigationAn earlier sequence inside the feature film. · Embedded segment	FilmReleased 2013	1986; caption cross-check pendingRelative chronology; calendar date qualified	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Embedded scene, not an additional film. Caption year reported in chronology references; direct film-frame inspection remains open.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: Chapter 2	Corresponding complete movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.
Insidious: Spectral Sightings — episode 1Specs and Tucker investigate in the short-form spin-off.	Web shortReleased 2013	Before the Lambert case; exact date unverifiedRelative chronology; calendar date qualified	Disputed canonShared screen universe	Series relationship is pre-Lambert; precise placement against The Last Key and individual episode interiors needs inspection. DVD inclusion is verified; not an unrelated nearest movie.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	Spectral Sightings: three-part web series Library record: Chapter 2 webisode extras	Insidious: Chapter 2 — Blu-ray with webisode extrasChapter 2 Blu-ray edition linked by Sony; library catalogue confirms the three webisodes as Chapter 2 extras. Regional bonus contents should be checked.
Insidious: Spectral Sightings — episode 2Specs and Tucker investigate in the short-form spin-off.	Web shortReleased 2013	Before the Lambert case; exact date unverifiedRelative chronology; calendar date qualified	Disputed canonShared screen universe	Series relationship is pre-Lambert; precise placement against The Last Key and individual episode interiors needs inspection. DVD inclusion is verified; not an unrelated nearest movie.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	Spectral Sightings: three-part web series Library record: Chapter 2 webisode extras	Insidious: Chapter 2 — Blu-ray with webisode extrasChapter 2 Blu-ray edition linked by Sony; library catalogue confirms the three webisodes as Chapter 2 extras. Regional bonus contents should be checked.
Insidious: Spectral Sightings — episode 3Specs and Tucker investigate in the short-form spin-off.	Web shortReleased 2013	Before the Lambert case; exact date unverifiedRelative chronology; calendar date qualified	Disputed canonShared screen universe	Series relationship is pre-Lambert; precise placement against The Last Key and individual episode interiors needs inspection. DVD inclusion is verified; not an unrelated nearest movie.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	Spectral Sightings: three-part web series Library record: Chapter 2 webisode extras	Insidious: Chapter 2 — Blu-ray with webisode extrasChapter 2 Blu-ray edition linked by Sony; library catalogue confirms the three webisodes as Chapter 2 extras. Regional bonus contents should be checked.
Insidious: Into the Further 4D ExperienceAn immersive encounter hosted around Elise and the Further.	VR experienceReleased 2015	Promotional encounter; exact story date unverifiedPlacement unresolved	Promotional onlyShared screen universe	Original promotional experience; the viewing link is an official trailer, not the full VR installation.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	Focus Features: Into the Further preview	Watch official previewNo exact Amazon listing verified; this link supplies access or official information about the work.
Insidious: The Further LIVEInteractive promotional journey connected to The Red Door campaign.	Web experienceReleased 2023	Promotional scenario; exact story date unverifiedPlacement unresolved	Promotional onlyShared screen universe	The campaign year is not an exact fictional date.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	Sony Pictures: The Further LIVE	Watch on YouTubeOfficial Sony livestream / experience recording.
Insidious: The Further You FearSpectral Sightings becomes a live, audience-facing paranormal show.	Live showReleased 2025	Tour scenario; exact fictional date unverifiedPlacement unresolved	Promotional onlyShared screen universe	Licensed stage narrative, not a new dated Lambert case. Tour cancellations are not proof that no performances occurred.Publication/source checked; full work not inspected	Licensed Further You Fear stage-show announcement	Read official show informationNo exact Amazon listing verified; this link supplies access or official information about the work.
Out of the Further — Gemma’s childhood prologueThe opening revisits Gemma’s childhood and her mother before the later haunting. · Shared branch-point work	FilmReleased 2026-08-21	1999Post-release film accounts cross-checked	Confirmed canonShared screen universe	Reported 1999 opening, followed by a twenty-year jump to the main case. Same film, separately positioned because of the major time jump; direct caption inspection remains open.Studio access and finished-film review chronology checked; the complete film has not been directly inspected.	AMC: Insidious chronology Insidious chronology cross-check Sony Pictures: Insidious: Out of the Further Sony Pictures: Out of the Further — watch at home now Out of the Further: post-release chronology and review references Los Angeles Times: Out of the Further finished-film review TV Insider: Insidious chronology	Insidious: Out of the Further — corresponding digital movieCorresponding official edition; stock and regional playback can change.

COVERAGE BOUNDARIES

Checked beyond the main stories

Licensed experience leads

Universal haunted attractions and additional VR campaigns

Narrative / individual inventory audit pending

Scene recreations and interactive marketing need verification for distinct new stories before inclusion as dated events.

Focus Features: Into the Further preview Licensed Further You Fear stage-show announcement

Coverage check

Novels, comics, manga, games and original audio dramas

No additional published narrative verified

Searches did not establish a licensed narrative publication in these categories. This is not proof of nonexistence; fan projects and soundtrack albums are not silently included.

Sony Pictures: Insidious Sony Pictures: Insidious: Out of the Further

SOURCE REGISTER

Primary sources first.

SecondaryAMC: Insidious chronology
Prequel relationships; broad years require qualification.
SecondaryInsidious chronology cross-check
Verified work or publication metadata; not a substitute for an interior date audit.
Secondary indexSpectral Sightings: three-part web series
2013 publication, three episodes; placeholder catalogue days are not asserted as actual release days.
Library catalogueLibrary record: Chapter 2 webisode extras
DVD contains the three-part Spectral Sightings webisode.
PrimaryFocus Features: Into the Further preview
Verified work or publication metadata; not a substitute for an interior date audit.
PrimarySony Pictures: The Further LIVE
Verified work or publication metadata; not a substitute for an interior date audit.
PrimaryLicensed Further You Fear stage-show announcement
Verified work or publication metadata; not a substitute for an interior date audit.
Primary studio / productSony Pictures: Insidious: Chapter 3
Official synopsis and corresponding Amazon link. Release year does not supply story year.
Primary studio / productSony Pictures: Insidious: The Last Key
Official synopsis and corresponding Amazon link. Release year does not supply story year.
Primary studio / productSony Pictures: Insidious
Official synopsis and corresponding Amazon link. Release year does not supply story year.
Primary studio / productSony Pictures: Insidious: Chapter 2
Official synopsis and corresponding Amazon link. Release year does not supply story year.
Primary studio / productSony Pictures: Insidious: The Red Door
Official synopsis and corresponding Amazon link. Release year does not supply story year.
Primary studio / productSony Pictures: Insidious: Out of the Further
Official synopsis and corresponding Amazon link. Release year does not supply story year.
Primary studioSony Pictures: Out of the Further — watch at home now
Released film with corresponding official digital viewing options; release year is not used as the story year.
Secondary chronologyOut of the Further: post-release chronology and review references
Reports a 1999 prologue, twenty-year jump and 2019 main story shortly after The Red Door; links the finished-film A.V. Club and UPI reviews.
Secondary film reviewLos Angeles Times: Out of the Further finished-film review
Reports 2019 and a direct sequel relationship.
Secondary conflicting referenceTV Insider: Insidious chronology
Pre-release guide reports seven years after The Red Door; conflicts with post-release 2019 accounts. Retained as a contradiction, not silently adopted.

The dates.The evidence.

Broad coverage.Open questions.