Eight out of ten

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2013)

Eight out of ten, and here are the reasons why. The strong story is about how a demonic attack happens. How the Warren's detect and deal with demonic forces. The actors/characters create a mixture of fear and rational behavior which makes the conjuring believable. Director James Wan creates a slow build up of horror where the viewer feels a bad event is going to happen, but does not know what kind of event. The director created enough character development which builds up empathy for the family where one experiences the haunting as a family member. My wife found The Conjuring creepy. Myself, I found the Conjuring to be a good ghost story.