Good Horror. False Truth.

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2016)

There is no denying the fact this is a slick, well-polished horror film. The director is good. But that is what this is, a horror flick.
Going into this knowing the truth about Ed and Lorraine Warren and the actual Enfield case made it difficult for me to watch the movie at first. I honestly had to tell myself to just watch it for what it is, a horror movie.
I'm not sure if this is a spoiler or not, but I checked the box anyway just in case, but Ed and Lorraine Warren were exposed years and years ago and frauds. They faked the Amityville case, as well as many others.
Fact of the matter is, this movie is very LOOSELY based on a true story. It really bothers me when movies claim to be based on a true story when the movie itself is nothing like the actual truth.
Ed and Lorraine Warren barely had anything to do with this case. The Conjuring 2 makes it out like they were the knights in shining armor for the family when in reality they were laughed away from them.
The real Enfield case was heavily investigated by others, who on film disproved the claims and exposed the children as staging all of it. The real paranormal investigators on the case videotaped the children throwing things and setting up things and even the one child using a deep voice to sound like a "demon." The case was dismissed.
Ed and Lorraine Warren showed up and Ed, in his usual fashion said it was demonic even after the case was disproved as a hoax by the children.
With that being said, the Conjuring 2 is based on a hoax children orchestrated and passed off as truth involving two known frauds who in reality had very little to even do with it.
You can even do research on the first Conjuring and discover much of the same. The actual people that happened to called out the Warrens and eventually the film as fabricating information.
But again, as far as a horror movie goes it is great. Watch it for that. Do not believe for a second any of this actually happened.
The direction is phenomenal. The acting, sound, and imagery is superb. This is definitely one of the better horror movies I have seen since honestly the first Conjuring.
There is nothing new here. No new ground-breaking material. But the director takes an old formula and makes it work well.
I recommend it.