One of the few better horror movies out there.

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2016)

Sequels usually breaks down a movie franchise. It's easy to see examples of terrible sequels especially in the years of previous films. And horror movies are no exception, making an impressive horror movie is hard enough. But making a sequel to it is almost committing movie suicide. The Conjuring was good and a lot of people really seemed they enjoyed it. However The Conjuring 2 was spectacular, not only did it had impressive cinematography that captures the absolute tone of a dark and an evil atmosphere. But also it had great camera works and angles that shows both disturbing background and close up images and visuals. The plot in this horror movie is nearly as the same as its predecessor. Haunted house that haunts a family, Warrens comes in to save the day. The movie does have its fair share of clichés here and there however the way that this movie was executed really gave its terror. We get to see a lot of character development in this film, adding in more layers of characterization to both previous and new characters. You get to see the relationship between Ed and Loraine Warren grow as people get doubts about their profession. The family that's being oppressed (The Hodgsons) gets a good backstory and the film does a good job of showing that backstory to the audience. This film also focuses on the public eye and skepticism as well. There were claims that the actual haunting of Enfield was just a hoax in order to have a public attention and director James Wan decided to use this element to drive his movie forward. Showing the realistic reactions how the public would react. The build up and the tension pacing was just right for the film as some scenes had unpredictable jump scares. The movie does another great job of cutting off Loraine's ability of clairvoyance as it was quite helpful in the previous movie. In this movie, she is much more vulnerable to the demonic presence in the house. Exposition and the history of the haunted house really gives you the chills and it adds on to the already high staked tone of the movie. The acting was quite phenomenal, the Hodgson does an amazing job being terrified and scared. The main child actress really steals the show as she delivers an amazing performance of being both possessed and un-possessed. It's truly incredible to see her deal with this possession while being a kid. Since you'd probably get more emotion of a kid being possessed rather than an adult. The soundtrack in this film is the same as the first movie, no soundtrack seems out of place and is given at necessary points in the film, while also using it sparingly throughout the film.
Final Verdict: I will give this movie an 8.0/10 This movie was an upgraded version of The Conjuring. With such skill in the horror genre James Wan delivers one of the chilling horror film of all time. I recommend this movie to anyone. A definitely a "must see film".