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Rating: 7/10 (15 October 2013)

Well, this is one of the deepest exorcism movies since the 1973's classic and of the scariest since 2011's "Paranormal Activity 3". There are lots of scenes and situations that are similar to these films I mentioned, but there are also lots of James Wan's own ideas. There is a terrifying scene in specific that I considered well done; it was when the mother was looking for his daughter, who was in the other room, when all of a sudden someone claps from inside the closet, when, actually, there is nobody there. That scene creeped me out and remembered PA3's scene in which the nanny sees the sheet getting up, with nobody underneath. I cannot say "The Conjuring" brings new ideas for the genre-- that is already saturated, to say the least--, since it utilizes aspects of plenty of movies, like "Paranormal Activity", "The Exorcist", "The Exorcism of Emily Rose", "Dead Silence", "Insidious", among others. However, I can state this is a good movie if you're looking for adult suspense gathered with horror and religion.