no spoilers -- just a quick snark, unfortunately

Rating: 4/10 (23 November 2013)

Will you think _The Conjuring_ is scary? And by "scary" I mean something beyond jumping at loud and/or sudden things -- because those kinds of "scares," the amusement park kind, are easy to accomplish. There are plenty of those in this movie.
Sadly, whether or not this movie finally scares you ultimately depends on whether or not you buy into the Judaeo-Christian mythos. It depends on whether or not you are a traditionally religious person ... because the makers of this film did not leave the "evil" in this film as some vaguely-defined "entity" ... noooo, this is a real live demon from a real live Christian Hell who doesn't like crucifixes and holy water a-tall, thank you very much.
As a result, this movie scared me about as much as the story of Noah and the Ark scares me.
_The Conjuring_ is professionally-made entertainment, but so are recordings by Elton John -- and I don't like _those_, either.