Did I miss something?

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2013)

I love, love, horror movies, I grew up watching them, my parents didn't care what sorta movies I saw as a kid so I'm used to watching all sorts of movies. So once I saw the preview to The Conjuring months ago I was so excited to see it because just the preview alone gave me the chills. I kept nagging my boyfriend for months about how close July 19th was and how much critics were saying that this movie was super scary and one of the best. He doesn't care much for the sort of movies I watch most of the time especially the gory/horror ones which I get, they're stupid but I can't help but be entertained by them, since that's the point of movies. And what made me more excited about The Conjuring was that it was getting great reviews which is almost unheard of for horror movies now a days and I told my boyfriend that critics were giving this movie 5 stars and such. July 19th finally arrived and I was excited and my boyfriend not so much since he was either going to kill me for making him go and be traumatized for life or for wasting money on something stupid. After the movie finished he said well that was dumb, he wasn't even scared in fact he said it reminded him of The Exorcist/Poltergeist none of which he had seen until I forced him to. He said he was glad he had seen those two movies because it made The Conjuring less scary and he said he had seen The Conjuring already by watching those movies. Don't get me wrong, I didn't think The Conjuring was a bad movie, I just wasn't scared, in fact once we got home I had forgotten about it, I was expecting not being able to sleep for a few nights. Did I miss something? Was I expecting too much? Did I let all the reviews and anticipation get to me? I'm happy that a horror movie has finally gotten great reviews perhaps now it'll be a turning point for these sorts of films. However, I just left disappointed with The Conjuring, which is a shame.