‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Images Reveal First Look at Demon Cryus; Rated PG-13

The Insidious franchise is heading deeper into The Further this summer, and with it comes a terrifying new central villain: Cyrus.

While the first trailer for Insidious: Out of the Further is packed with callbacks to earlier entries – including familiar red-faced demons and shadowy spirits haunting the astral realm – the new sequel appears to be building toward something larger. Directed by Jacob Chase (Come Play), the sixth installment in the long-running supernatural horror saga introduces Cyrus as a fresh evil unlike anything the franchise has faced before.

According to franchise veteran Lin Shaye, who returns once again as psychic Elise Rainier, Cyrus immediately stood apart from previous Insidious entities because of his unsettling personality and presence. The demon is portrayed by Sam Spruell, and Shaye admitted the actor gave her an instinctive reaction the moment they met.

“[He] was truly scary,” Shaye previously told EW. “When I met him on the street, I had a visceral response.”

What makes Cyrus especially different from past Insidious villains, however, is his charisma. Cyrus reportedly embraces a more manipulative energy.

“He’s funny,” Shaye explained, describing the demon’s dark sense of humor as “very disarming.” She went on to compare Cyrus to Dracula, emphasizing the character’s larger-than-life aura. “There’s a grandness to him. It’s sort of like Dracula,” she said. “It feels very otherworldly, bigger than life, but very rooted in reality.”

Dread Central has your first-ever look at Sam Spruell as Cyrus in the above photo, along with several other shots shared below.

In Insidious: Out of the Further, Amelia Eve stars as Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, who discovers she can travel into The Further, the purgatorial realm of lost souls at the heart of the  universe.