The Conjuring, the amazing, the brilliant !!!

Rating: 8/10 (1 August 2013)

The Conjuring: Intelligent, suspense-thriller, horror and not at all for light hearted. Hats off to James Wan, the director!!!Super loaded special effects make the film stand out. With respect to story, The Conjuring isn't anything new as compared to its same genre ones, it's based on a real life case story but the oldie Goldie stuff is well placed, portrayed & creatively casted with furniture-banging exorcism so much that it carries a R-Rating. As the movie matures we feel as if the entire theater is holding its breath! Full credit to the director for putting life in some old haunted stuff from which many people evade themselves watching & making it fresh, juicy still serious, intense suspense. It also doesn't leave my personal favorite, "The Others" far behind.
It's a classic masterpiece which is thoughtfully designed from the very first thumping baby doll scares to the last closing squeaking credits shots. The show is set in an 150 year old Rhode Island house, where almost immediately moving in, the Livingston family (a couple & five daughters) start experiencing disturbing events right from their dog never entering the new house & found dead the very next day just when they weirdly & strikingly notice that clocks stop at 3:07 a.m. The chill continues till the family starts feeling the presence of a spirits which also results in scars on their bodies. It's the just the start of 3rd stage(Possession) where demonologists, The Warrens are called in (Infestation & Oppression being the first two stages) & have a look & this is when it starts getting a lot interesting. The spirit seems challenged by the presence of Warrens & starts getting out of hand for what lies ahead are a series of incidences that follow which are breathtakingly terrifying.
Every masterpiece leaves us with some unforgettable scenes for an our lifetimes : "The clapping sequence scene" is one in which the audience not only hold onto their chairs but also laugh aloud when it's over(I found myself saying whoo hoo when it was over...it's just brilliantly made) "Do you wanna play, Clap Clap !!!" Ah awesome!!!
In the second half, the movie enters into its own pace with the spirit creating havoc & the audience getting goose bumps now & then because of James Wan's cinematic scare tactics, hats off, yes again!! The use of crude technology like cameras that click photos when change in temperature, old fashioned tape recorders, UV light & sound detecting headphones are all witty inclusions indeed. All the actors deliver top class performance without any doubt & may be their acting goes unnoticed because it's too scary around :) All in all, it's the unpredictability which steals the show for me. Stellar moments, the poster itself, the setting of a big oldish farmhouse on the lake, the picture perfect huge tree with bended branches, creaky doors, superb camera angles & placements, excellent screenplay well supported by sound effects make this a must watch if you are a horror movie goer.
So if you feel like going in there to watch, a Warning from my side: Enter but at your own holy risk !!! njoy :))
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Censor Rating = R. Running time=112 minutes. Number of times I saw my watch = 5-6 (I was irritated by getting scared a number of times ;) ). My Rating=8.5/10 (My highest rating till date )