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Rating: 10/10 (15 October 2018)

The Conjuring 2: A Horror Movie Review
The Conjuring 2: Between the directing of James Wan and the acting of Madison Wolfe, Vera Farminga and Patrick Wilson this movie is absolutely astounding. The special effects and the music with the Foley add to the movie and the movie deserves all the credit it gets. This movie is arguably one of the best in the Conjuring franchise with a fabulous plot and incredible acting and it was a box office bonanza.
Director James Wan and writers Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes and David Leslie Johnson craft this movie to not just rely on jump scares and special effects but to rely on the story line and the set and the acting. The story has jump scares and scary special effects, but it is not only that. As far as the cinematography goes, Don Burgess made the scenes detailed but still easy to comprehend. He deserves the credit he gets.
Another thing that this movie has going for it is the incredible Madison Wolfe who in this movie was such an incredible little actress for being so young at the time. She plays the lead role Janet Hodgson who is forced into servile work by Valak the demon nun as she is taken over. No one outside her mom (France O' Connor) believes her especially when she fakes an event but it is only to protect her family. Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) and his wife Lorraine Warren (Vera Farminga) are the only people willing to help them when Valak is at its worst as everyone else was churlish toward them.
The set fits the movie because the house is dingy and dirty. It makes it creepy and more horrifying, and when you hear the creaking of the stairs at night. Or the floor breaking in the laundry room, or the flooding where something could be lurking in the dark water. The filmmakers understand that they cannot beat around the bush with what is happening in this movie, it is intense and powerful as fear is always hovering over you and as you are watching keep you on the edge of you seat.
The director lets the story grow before solving the problem, the audience see's the film through an outside perspective. The Conjuring 2 send the protagonist Janet and her mother down a hole of demons and dark issues including an almost death situation. The movie's overall message leaves you with a feeling of fear that sometimes things are not always what they seem.