Nelson movie review

Rating: Null/10 (16 October 2018)

The Conjuring exhibits what the peak of directing and writing is as director James Wan and writer Chad Hayes creates a bone chilling horror movie that draws on a standard horror movie build but strays enough to maintain its own originality. The unknown danger of the darkness that the horror movie creates draws out the pure terror that it has created and scares the audience out of their seats.
The movie opens with the Perron family moving into their new house attempting to start a new life, unknowing of the demons awaiting them. Director James Wan and writer Chad Hayes tells an amazing story coming from Carolyn Perron's perspective through action and dialogue that evolves as it progresses. As Carolyn and the Perron family begin to live their lives in an old, abandoned, citadel of a mansion in the middle of nowhere, the demons start to slowly affect their lives until it becomes unbearable. This is how Won shows his mastery of directing skills as he uses odd camera angles, lighting, and other limited resources to make the demonic activity look so realistic that the audience starts to believe it. The sound crew tops it off with the brilliant sound track and folly. The sound director Joe Dzuban demonstrates his brilliance by creating an utterly breathtaking creepy and unnerving sound track along with a ominous folly that fits the scene. It creates tension like no other. This combined with the heart pounding tension of people exploring places the viewers know they should not. This allows for suspense and dramatic irony as we know that the demon is where the protagonist does. At the same time the audience does not know where the demon will attack, so the audience waits in tension for the demons to attack. All these make the audience sit at the edge of their seats.
The already amazing ending of the film is all but amplified by ho well suited the actors are for their roles. After the family can no longer tolerate the demon, they seek out help in the form of two demonologist, Ed and Loraine. Then the demon possesses the mon, Carolyn, and Ed has to exercise the demon. During this scene the actors act so emotional and realistic that it makes us sympathetic. They would cry and scream their heart out, and it would make their voices sound truly terrified. The actors were already breathtaking but the director makes it even better with his own ties to not only the actors but the characters as well. This makes his ability to utilize their roles even better. He also stays focused at the task at hand and knows how to mesh is work with others. These elevated this movie to new heights.
All in all, the conjuring is one of the best supernatural horror/thriller movies of its time, and little did we know that this little excerpt from a true story would become this great movie. This is largely due to its engrossing story, amazing directing, and acting. In the end you should definitely watch it if you have not already and it definitely gets a plaudits from me and the audience.