The Conjuring

It's here, my review of The Conjuring!

James Wan has directed many ho-hum movies in the past, Saw (the start of the torture-porn) and Dead Silence, to more recent haunting fare (Insidious). Insidious was his first step into crafting an efficient horror movie. The Conjuring is his film that tops all the rest. He learned from past mistakes and finally crafts a worthy horror film that deserves a solid sequel. 

The Conjuring tells the true life story of Ed and Lorraine Warren and their most terrifying case, that of

the Perron family. The film begins was a really creeper of a tale of a possessed doll. I found this to be a nice reference to his past film Saw, though I do not think that was intentional. True-fully the doll in the movie looks more terrifying than the real doll. This doll does cause some tension for the Warrens later on in the film and is a great start for the film.
     
   Through out the first bit of the movie we are focused on development of the Warrens and the Perron family. The scares are paced perfectly and the setting, (1970s) is terrific. Quick thought, for a sequel they could focus on the warren's experience on long island, aka The Amityville horror. I mean it, thats what I want to see done in a sequel. The Warren's are so well developed in this film, and played magnificently by Vera Farmiga (Lorraine) and Patrick Wilson (Ed). 

     

     The cast is fabulous, especially those of the Perron family. Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor play the father and mother the the group of daughters. Lili is fabulous, the best she has ever been and it was such a welcome return for her to haunted house movies, The Haunting '99 is one of my favourite horror movies. For the daughters we have the cute Joey King (she is so amazing here) and Mackenzie Foy

A beautiful family photo

(twilight). I feel bad cause when I heard Mackenzie Foy was in this I thought, this movie is gonna be bad. She stared in the final Twilight movie and look at how much people loved that. I love the twilight movies but was unsure at how she could move over from fantasy cheesy horror to true classic horror. The movie turned out great in the end and she was terrific in this.

The direction was spot on, the cinematography was fabulous and the score was truly spine chilling. As far as haunted house movies go, I would call this one as one of the best. Now I have liked horror films that most did not enjoy (Remake of The Haunting) but I truly love this film, finally a film that will sure to become a classic. James Wan's best direction, terrific cast, amazing tension and nail-biting twists, The Conjuring is a 5 star horror film and the best horror film of the year!