There is nothing even resembling a horror movie here.

Rating: 2/10 (17 June 2016)

First of all let me start with this simple premise: Nothing ever written or said by the Warren is true. They are one of the most famous scam artists in the whole paranormal investigating field. It is been widely known that their involvement in the Amytiville case was prefabricated with the help of the Lutz family in order to cash in from the original DeFeo murders. Once you take that out of the equation the claims of this movie being "a true story" leaves us with a regular movie without anything special
One good thing i can say is that it is beautifully done, the photography is great, the color palette, camera movements, editing, it is pretty well made. So the fault is not one of technical aspects but more of a lack of substance and extremely painful cheesy moments. Acting is regular, they do their best but no one stands out, Vera Farmiga is good but her character has nothing special nor it conveys anything that draws you in. The little girl does her best but you can tell at any moment she's acting and it doesn't convince you in any way. Finally beware of the Elvis Presley scene, it will make you cringe in horror of the awfulness of that part, it is like you're watching a Steven Spielberg kid horror movie.
Stay away from this children "horror" movie.