Movie Review: The Conjuring

Review: The Conjuring
(without spoilers)

Brace Yourselves...

    The Conjuring is smart, fast, fun, and flat out scary!  This film is, without a doubt, a gem in a genre filled with mediocrity.  It builds off of an engaging story of one of the many paranormal cases investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren.  After the Perron family moves into their new house, they begin to experience paranormal events, and it becomes clear that neither the house nor their family is safe. Stricken with terror, the family is forced to recruit the Warrens to help with the situation.  While this plot may sound similar to other horror movies in the past, it still feels fresh because it is extremely well crafted and delivers on some adrenaline-filled, old school scares.
     Personally, this was one of the best horror movies that I have ever seen.  I am relatively new to the genre overall, but this movie has definitely piqued my interest.  One of my favorite aspects was that this movie did not utilize gore, sex, or violence to move the story forward or scare people.  The movie was able to generate fear through the use of suspense, surprises, and good directing.  In fact, the movie was filmed and edited in hopes to be PG-13; however, after being reviewed, it was slapped with an R rating because it was just incredibly terrifying.

    The cast and directing, overall, did a fantastic job creating this film.   Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga were perfect as Ed and Lorraine Warren.  They are both very talented actors and I look forward to seeing more of their work.  The entire cast of the Perron family also did a great job.  I also take my hat off to Director James Wan for restoring my faith in horror movies.  He is easily one of the best horror movie directors in the business right now, and I believe that he has only scratched the surface of his potential.  I eagerly await his upcoming projects including Insidious: Chapter 2 and Fast and Furious 7.

Consensus:
 
     The Conjuring is definitely worth seeing for any one who enjoys horror movies.  Especially since it claims to be based on a true story, which makes it even scarier.  I highly recommend it, and I look forward to watching it again when it comes out on DVD.

I consider this movie to be theater worthy, but waiting for DVD is just fine.

Rating:  9 out 10


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Written by Stephen Weber


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http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/07/12/the-conjuring-can-a-movie-be-too-scary/
http://www.jaredmobarak.com/2013/07/26/the-conjuring/