Don't Call The Landlord, Call The Warrens!...

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2020)

In THE CONJURING 2, we get caught up w/ Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), who have been busy working on another case. Hint: Some terrible events have taken place in a very familiar house. Director James Wan pays homage once again to horror films of yore. Soon, the Warrens find themselves in Enfield, England, where a single mum (Frances O'Connor) and her four children are apparently under attack by something beyond human. This time, it's either a hoax, or the most bizarre and dangerous manifestation the Warrens have ever faced. Wilson and Farmiga play their roles w/ such ease, it's absolutely believable that they're a long-married couple. The British location works well, and placing it in 1977 gives it a nostalgic feel, like in the first film. In this movie, we get not only possession, but actual entities for the Warrens to deal with. The fantastic Bonnie Aarons is on hand to play a demonic creature w/ a very bad "habit", and Javier Botet embodies a gangly monstrosity that seems as though it could only be 100% CGI! Wan turns a smallish apartment into a house of horrors, and reminds us how a good sequel is made...