Review of The Conjuring 2 (2016) by Donaldist — 23 Jun 2016
For a needlessly precise numerical rating: 59/100.
"Have you ever been bullied? Well, this demon is like that bully.".
Goofy as heck, often in an endearing way, like the above, often in an irritating way. See, a film interpretation of the Ensfield Poltergeist hoax would work best as a satire, and the film knows that, so it spends much of its runtime trying to subvert the most obviously hoary elements. In fact, the entire film feels like it doesn't want to have anything to do with the Ensfield Haunting, going so far as to spend a significant amount of time to revise the "culprit" of the happenings so that they are scarier. Make up a case, goshdarn it, we already know the Warrens are crackpots!
Anyway, forget all that. This film may not be well-written or structurally sound, but as a string of horror set-pieces, it is darned scary- best of the bunch goes to a slow-burn sequence involving a little boy and a toy fire engine. James Wan was made for these types of films, if anybody is.
This review of The Conjuring 2 (2016) was written by Donaldist on 23 Jun 2016.
The Conjuring 2 has generally received positive reviews.
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