Not As Good Or As Scary As The First

Rating: 6/10 (18 October 2016)

I was surprised to see this movie was rated slightly higher than the original and even more surprised at some of the reviews saying it was a masterpiece and one of the best horror sequels ever.
Then I started reading more reviews and saw more people saying what I felt: it just wasn't very good or scary.
The set up of the movie took way too long (the Warrens don't become involved until over the first hour mark) and the movie overall could've been trimmed down.
The old man IMO simply wasn't scary enough and the nun demon lost her luster as well.
The first Conjuring movie was scary as hell and had a good story. This one missed the mark and it seemed they were trying real hard to scare us. The long stick man was cringe worthy.
I held The Conjuring in high regard but this sequel brought the series down.