INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY (M, 103 MINS) DIRECTED BY ADAM ROBITEL 1⁄ 2

There wouldn’t be a single nod of recognition from the scrofulous academy of sots and louches I laughingly refer to as my friends, if down at the pub tonight I dropped Lin Shaye’s name into a conversation on the actresses we liked and admired.

Yet Shaye is a performer who has been consistently memorable and professional across nearly 200 film and TV roles.

Remember the landlady in Kingpin showing Woody Harrelson exactly what he would have to do if the rent wasn’t paid on time? That was Shaye.

And the neighbour with the tanning bed addiction and the enthusiastic terrier in There’s Something about Mary? That was Shaye too.

Or her turn as Helen Keller in 2015’s Helen Keller vs the Nightwolves? Nope, me neither.

But I’ve never wanted to see any film as much as I want to see Helen Keller vs the Nightwolves, now that I know it exists.

From the great – The Long Riders, A Nightmare on Elm Street – to the demented, Lin Shaye has