Eye Roller 2

Rating: 5/10 (29 October 2016)

Okay, so maybe seeing The Conjuring 2 in the theaters made this movie a tiny bit more scary. Maybe. Highly doubtful, unless you're about 10 years old or younger.
All I know is, although I love Vera and Patrick as actors, and believe they excel at their craft, I still can't find it in my heart to like them much as demon demolishers. They just don't do it for me, at all.
There were so many moments in this flick where I caught myself rolling my eyes. Oof. And for me that's the kiss of death for any movie, much less one that's supposed to scare the pants off me.
WAY too many GTFO (get the frack out) moments in Conjurer 2. Why oh WHY do these characters persist in peering into darkened kids' tents, walking through doors that mysteriously cre-e-e-eak open, and then go flogging about in dimly lit basements?
We all know nuns are evil, so what's the big reveal about that? And where did that one guy in the red hat (not the Crooked Man guy) suddenly come into the story?
There was only one moment during the viewing when I felt the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. One. I felt everything else was far too "seen this one before" and "here we go again" substandard schlock. The Disney happy music at the very end of the film was really just the perfect nail in the coffin. How corny. (Where did the daughter of the Warrens get off to when Mummy and Daddy were celebrating their big win, anyway? Doesn't she like to dance to Elvis music, too?)
Want to see a scary movie? Watch "Bone Tomahawk." Now that's a creative and especially scary flick. The Conjuring 2? Yawn.