London calls a crooked man in a clone of other movies

Rating: 2/10 (11 March 2017)

I should admit that I haven't seen the previous movies in the Conjuring franchise. "The Conjuring 2" comes across as a clone of "The Exorcist", "The Shining" and "Poltergeist". As to the issue of the whole story's accuracy, I'm not interested in that. I'd prefer it if horror movies emphasized the unknown over cheap surprises, as "The Shining" did. James Wan has directed better movies than this (Saw, Dead Silence), while Vera Farmiga (The Departed) and Franka Potente (Run Lola Run) have starred in better. I don't recommend the movie.
So part of the investigation took place on Christmas in 1977. I guess that they heard on the news that Charlie Chaplin died that day.