The peak of the supernatural genre

Rating: 8/10 (9 August 2013)

Over the past few years there has been a boom of mediocre horror/supernatural films. But move over Paranormal Activity because The Conjuring is how this should be done. I have always been a fan of James Wan, since Saw when my jaw hit the floor I knew that he was something special, so as soon as The Conjuring began to see light I was immediately excited to see what Wan would have up he's sleeve for us next and he did not disappoint. Coming out of the cinema my palms were sweaty and my back aching from tensing up so much. What this film does right is it allows you to get into the story while not holding back on scaring you from the word go. They also don't dawdle on what this could be, its very quickly established that this is something evil that wants to harm them which is something that annoys me in this genre that half the film is a door slamming or someone being scared by a cat coming out of the wardrobe. I watch quite a few horror films but this was the first in years that actually 'scared' me. It feels familiar yet you don't know whats coming round the corner. I genuinely jumped out of my seat a few times out of not being able to read when the scare was coming. I'll end this by saying don't watch the trailers because they give away a lot, but I can honestly say you can walk into the cinema with high expectations of this film and you won't be disappointed. Can't wait for a DVD release to relive the experience again.