The Conjuring (2013)

Hey guys, I know it's been a little while. With summer school ending (yay!) I haven't had much time to watch any movies. (Boo). But, everyone needs a break from cramming math into their head, so I went today to see The Conjuring the 2013 movie about Ed and Lorianna Warren, Demonoligists who were very prevelant in the 1970s, I'm sure you've heard of of the movie Amnityville Horror, right? Ed and Lorianna investigated the original case.

Now, I'm not a skeptic..I do believe in demons and all  that, do I believe in possession? No, not really. But that's probably just because I've never seen one that wasn't in a movie. 

Anyway, I do like demon movies. The Exorcist is still my favorite horror of all time, even though there are some that are far superior.

Would I call The Conjuring better than The Exorcist? No, not in a million years...but you also have the The Exorcist being a classic, and The Conjuring only being in theaters for a few weeks.

Is it a good movie? Hell to the yes.

It pulled the usual stops, creepy dolls, creepy clowns, etc. But it wasn't solely about the creepy dolls and the creepy clowns. Even though the doll and the music box (with the clown inside) were the items possessed.

It was actually about the people being haunted, by these spirits. Rather than just blood and gore, that happens to involve a spirit or two.

I also really liked how they gave the spirit a back story, rather than just "Oh, there's a demon in this house...let's defeat it, the end"

The soundtrack was also used not to the films detriment...it wasn't used to signal something was GOING to happen, it was used AFTER or DURING something had happened/was happening.

It had jump scares, sure. But it wasn't loaded with them to the point it was all about the jump scare. It had blood, but it wasn't too to the point it was all the blood.

The ending of most scary movies go like this..."end. Oh no, demon is gonna jump out at you. Credits" this one, there was no demon at the end to jump out at you before the credits rolled, and in a weird way, even though the demon had been defeated, it was more unsettleing than if it hadn't been defeated.

Oh, and the reference to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was a really nice touch.

Check it out, you won't be disappointed.