The Conjuring

Hello Friends,

To be warned, I'm not going to spoil anything....

Finally a horror film that understands the difference between being scary and being gory. The Conjuring, starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and Ron Livingston, mastered the less is more genre of scary movies.

The Perron family, who after moving into a new home that they got at a bank auction start having paranormal occurrences, call upon Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Warrens are accomplished paranormal investigations, from The Amityville Horror, the Annabelle doll case and The Devil in Connecticut case, takes the case. But all is not what it seems.

Lorraine Warren worked very closely with the cast and crew to ensure that the film captured every feeling that she and her husband felt throughout the case. And thank goodness for that because it felt personal. You felt for the families and you shivered and cringed along with the children. Warren was able to communicate she and her husbands beliefs without it being preachy.

The film as a whole was understated and pleasantly accurate given the time period. For instances, the costuming was appropriate without it being "Wow look at us, were in the '70's". The scene featuring the "Annabelle doll" was particularly crazy, I really want to know where they found that doll that they used! The props team did a really great job finding strange toys and artifacts. From people being dragged around a room, to disembodied voices, this film delivered some good jumps and scares and at one point a few shrieks! The eeriness of basements, old homes, dolls, demons and birds helped make this film a true classic.

Patrick Wilson did a great job playing Ed Warren, the demonologist who loved his wife deeply and would do anything to make sure she was safe. While Vera Farmiga shined as Lorraine, the concerned trance clairvoyant with her own demons, she had a few cliched moments but over all did well.

Now yes, some of the spooks were reminiscent of other films such as, The Exorcist, Paranormal Activity and Drag Me to Hell  but in the films defense, all of these films deal with demonic possession and dark entities. So really the scares are staying true to the real phenomenon's that all of these films are based upon.

Overall, this film was refreshing and scary with all that was promised in the previews and more. A true story that stirs the audiences and makes you afraid of your closet all over again. It plays on the child-like fear of the dark and the very adult fear of loosing your family to something you can't fight. I enjoyed this film very much and when I got home from the movies, I barred my closet doors.

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