Conjuring and Conjuring 2: First Horror Movies I've Ever Liked

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2018)

Although I'm an avid movie-watcher, horror has never been one of my favorite genres. I've found most horror films to be badly written and directed with poor acting, and ultimately unsatisfying and not at all enjoyable.
However, both The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2 are the exception. The acting is excellent: Vera Farmiga is exemplary in both movies, and the rest of the cast perform very well, especially in The Conjuring 2. The story isn't shallow and intended only to frighten as in most horror films, it's deeper and much more carefully written, as if more intelligent thought has been put into creating the dialogue.
Although I liked both, Conjuring 2 was for me an even better movie than the first, which is not the case with most sequels.