Review of The Conjuring (2013) by Andre W — 07 Jul 2014

I heard nothing but rave reviews about this flick and unfortunately it just didn't deliver for me. There was a lot of build up and suspense in the first two thirds and outside of a few scares in the last third of the film, I found it lacking. For it's nearly 2 hour running time, I kept waiting for it to really thrill me liked it did many others who've seen it, but it just didn't happen.

To the film's credit however, it relied less on gore and genre clichés and more on traditional horror elements such as a creaky door here, a dark corner there and a few "there's something in the mirror!" moments. So in that sense it was really well made. I also thought the score was excellent and incredibly creepy (sigh, if only the film had lived up to it). I did enjoy it, but it's no where near a horror classic. If you're into a more traditional, old school horror flick it's worth a watch though.