Take a breath... count to ten... see the true shadows which the academics clarifies as fiction demonization and say... MY HOUSE!

Rating: 8/10 (19 June 2016)

**** May contain strong spoilers ****
This is my personal experience, my personal point of view/perspective and my personal opinion... and my opinion is just one of like 7 billions in this world.
This is one more of Hollywoods productions where it is clear that they learn more and more about how to entertain the audience. The way that more and more movies only uses the sounds of the surroundings and the natural sound effects and keeps it quiet around, that brings a more authentic touch and a deeper presence throughout.
The haunting is taking place whenever, wherever and with whomever. The police is coming at night and as in other horror movie and motions pictures overall, the events and incidents suddenly stops. Here... oh no... it keeps on. The family of the Warrens is haunted at the same time as the new case comes in place; the first spiritual experience in the Warrens residence is of a nun. The police says minutes before to Peggy that the priest of the church is a friend and that the priest will call the Hodgsons. The religion and church blends together and is used as a line of argument. Wonderful! The production team has made an excellent research and at the same time a nod to the horror movies of the 70's. Where the then modern design were natural, the production team takes the same thing and push it a notch in modern daylight to give this movie a splendid design. They uses for example a girl with the 70's haircut and clothing (as is natural, of course) and puts some of the classical camera production in place just as it was in the 70's. There is some small camera movement representing the movement of the human body that is just... oh, it is so legislative and enhancing! This and a knowingly and consciously work to make the camera slidings and movements accommodative! All through this named topics; genius!
We may have one of the few sequels that beats the original one here. Yes.... actually, we may have that.
To come bock to the beginning of this review; oh, yes... there is some hefty signs and traces from Poltergeist. The TV starts to go crazy and.... MY HOUSE! There is also some nods to the production behind Poltergeist; in one scene in Poltergeist the chairs around the kitchen table is behind the scenes put up in a very fast way from one moment to another, all in one take. In Conjuring 2... also...all in one take; a chair is set in one place... the camera is rolling and the girl is acting...zooming out, the chair has been moved.
A whole room is shut down because it was there the activity were more than demonic.... and there is the line of argument from Poltergeist. "The Babadook" has taken its toll on the crew here... suddenly a presence is coming alive from a toy and children's song; as taken straight out of The Babadook. The classical of Warlock has maybe been been seen; what is the name of the demon....? It even rains and has an relationship to a book, just as in Warlock. I really appreciate the way the whole team behind this movie has gone through and in depth of "old horror movies" and taken some small things, some small bits and pieces here and there and made them their own. Clap, clap! (yes, pun intended to the Conjuring)
There is so many little story lines, incidents and events throughout that I could write for hours. An enormous twist that is within the spiritual world; Bill is himself haunted by an evil presence, making "him" do the things "he" do to the family. Later on, suddenly there is proof that the girl is faking it all; an hoax.
Enjoy the Elvis impersonation, the crew taking documentations and the love between the Warrens, as Mrs. Warren is scared to death (pun intended) of losing her husband.......
Over to the movie as a product: - The production : Art direction, set decoration, cinematography and production design is top notch. I was enjoying... nay, I was feasting on the astonishment of this motion picture. "Somebody get an ambulance!!!" is a excellent way of going from let us say chapter 1 to chapter 2. The frozen picture, the terror in the mothers scream and the echoing is accentuating this whole process, just as in a saga. Chapter 1 is finished. Off to Chapter 2. And then chapter 3 goes off with the lyrics of "I started a joke"; spot on! - The actors : Solid, good and realistic. Vera Farmigas scream in the beginning of the film is horror chilling and icing to the bone. The little girl (Madison Wolfe) is shaking and stirring things up here; I could feel her horror! Academy Award in the future! - The story : A house that is haunted. A well known and used story. And.... they make is work...oh, they make it work. - Entertainment : Chilled. Horrified. Scared. - Age : 15... or even 18 due to the depth of religious and spiritual level in which the evil is presented.
8,2 out of 10.