The finale is kind of ridiculous, but it's filled with energetic action which makes the ride even much fun. There is also genuine terror can be felt in the quiet scenes. They are unlike to today's tricks that depend on gore and repetitive noise.
THE CONJURING 1 FULL MOVIE 123MOVIES UPDATE
We already accepted that jump scares are inevitable to our modern horror movies, but the better scares go when it shows its campiness, like the creepy update of the Annabelle doll, and some demonic masks and makeup.
Most of the credit goes to director James Wan who makes it all compelling. Lili Taylor is engaging enough for shifting her character's innocence to something terrifying. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson are excellent at exploring their roles and whatever they do are totally intriguing. The performances are pretty enjoyable as they take the viewers into the characters' mind. The major ones get their own stories told at the beginning and some flashbacks in the middle of the mystery. And yes, all the characters are worth rooting for. Even at the less scary scenes, the film is also interesting. For that, the tension becomes much effective. What makes this somewhat different from those clichés is we are also supposed to root and care for the investigators, like we do not want them to be harm by the spirits as well. The Warrens side is a fascinating little exposition of their daily life and job, while the Perrons are introduced like any typical horror film that has a haunted house and family in it, the danger is slow burn until they get to realize they needed help. The first act juxtaposed between their situation and the life of the Warrens. The story is actually more than the haunting of the Perrons. It's the execution that keeps everything so gripping, and I think we needed that in this suffering era of the genre.
The Conjuring is not terribly innovative, but I don't think it needed to. Another benefit the movie got is its director, James Wan, who delivers a crafty storytelling. This is the kind that gets to do more than pull off another jump scare trick. This is old school stuff, but good old school horror movie stuff. The film isn't actually trying to give newer scares. And as a horror movie, its job is to offer real terror and take any ghostly elements seriously. At this point, that fact doesn't quite matter, especially when this is mostly designed as a horror movie. The Conjuring claims to be based on a true story about one of the Warrens' paranormal investigations.
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