An Exquisite Horror Masterpiece! I mean it... it's a MASTERPIECE!

Rating: 8/10 (27 July 2013)

Ingenuity is a word that has sort of strayed away from the horror genre and I have to say The Conjuring gives me hope. In my opinion James Wan has created a masterpiece. This movie is genius in its construction, the way it was devised from the moment it begins towards the second the credits begin to roll at the end. It was well paced, intricately and elaborately shot (upside down shot of Christine who thinks she sees a man by the door), and I mean seriously incredibly shot. This movie honestly gave me the feel of a seventies classic, if you've seen Carrie, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or Suspiria then you'd understand what I mean. The plot is well constructed, you have the move in, the occurrences of ghosts, the search for a plausible explanation, then the search for the help that inevitably ends up being ghost hunters with a past of an exorcism gone wrong <-- Which by the way was perfect for an internal character conflict because I don't think it's been done since the Exorcist 1973 and that horrible conflict happened at the end when the priest died. All of the incidents with the entities were original and were never seen coming, at all, complete and under jump scares that were actually scary. The fact that the movie was given it's rated R on the sole fact of horror is incredible. If you are looking for a movie worth watching, honestly and sincerely watch this, it's more than worth the money because it is actually terrifying! It's not a cheap knock off horror/comedy like Cabin in the Woods.