ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING! Even BETTER than the First!

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2017)

It's very rare that a horror sequel outdoes its original, and The Conjuring 2 is one of those sequels. Don't get me wrong; The Conjuring (2013) was very scary with quality horror, great acting, and a great plot. But The Conjuring 2 surpasses the story line, overall quality, acting, and most importantly the terror. I'm a big fan of paranormal/horror films, especially those based on a true story and actual events. I loved The Conjuring (2013) so I just had to see The Conjuring 2. And let me tell you...I was blown away (and I had to keep the lights on in every room after watching it).
The film starts out with Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) conducting a seance at the Amityville house in 1977. Lorraine, a clairvoyant, astral projects and relives the horrific events - and comes face-to-face with a terrifying, demonic nun (who'll play a bigger role later on in the film). Meanwhile an equally- diabolic haunting is taking place in Enfield, England, where 11-year-old Janet Hodgson is being tormented by a ghost. Ed and Lorraine come to the rescue and things get frightening from there!
The first thing I must greatly compliment about this movie is the acting (especially Vera Farmiga's). I was very impressed at how much the cast looked so much like the original people and investigators involved. Each actor and actress was very passionate about their roles and they made things pretty intense - sometimes even emotional. I also loved the realistic visual effects that delivered the activity and scares. The sound editing was brilliant, the soundtrack was eerie and bone-chilling, and the costume design was great (I'm including the costume design because the actors wore what the original persons did during the investigations, making it all the more authentic).
Overall, The Conjuring 2 possesses a very eerie, creepy, haunting feeling throughout the film which is rare in today's world of horror movies. It makes you feel tense and uneasy during AND after watching it, as if something dark and inhuman is watching you. I had a hard time sleeping the night I watched it, which almost never happens to me as a die-hard Horror fan. You can tell director James Wan put a ton of time and quality in the making of this one, and recreating the horrific events that happened to Janet Hodgson in 1977.
FIVE STARS and 10/10! I highly recommend it! I can't wait for The Conjuring 3 as well as the confirmed spin-offs ("The Nun" and "The Crooked Man")