Note - this one is not true SciFi/Fantasy, but I personally put anything supernatural into the Fantasy area - that is "things that are based on, or exist because of, MYTH". How true the "True Case Files of the Warrens" are is up to you really.
Too often with horror movies the trailer can be the best of it. In the case of The Conjuring I watched 3 trailers, and there was still some great scares left, but I wished they were all first time. So - DON'T WATCH THE TRAILERS! (Hence no trailer above in this case.)
The Conjuring ticks every box for a classic haunted house/exorcism story, particularly as it puts the two together well. "No! Don't go down there?!" moments are a-plenty of course, (this is horror afterall) and James Wan's classic direction style carries it nicely.
The family is told by Ed Warren that they can't just move out, because coming into contact with a spirit can be like stepping on gum - there's still some left on your shoe after you walk away. And this is how it is walking away from this movie. As good horror should, it haunts you for a good while afterwards. I'm still trying to scrape the last of the gum off my shoe a day later...
While avoiding spoilers I'll criticize that it wraps up a little too easily and too quickly, particularly in relation to the Warren's daughter. They may have been out of time, more likely out of ideas, or maybe simply sticking to "the truth" [Ha! Sure.]
As Sci-Fi geeks say, "the truth is out there". But my advice - don't go buying an old house in New England to find out...
My Rating 81/100
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