does the whole 'homage' thing perfectly, a stunning and scary horror!

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2015)

The Conjuring does something original in taking all the tricks of horror movies, using them correctly and without exaggeration, and being scary.
The Conjuring states it is based off a true story more malevolent than any our paranormal investigators have faced, and the terrifying horror does not disappoint.
Ed and Lorraine Warren are supernatural and paranormal investigators and pursue helping people against their own safety and despite being labeled wackos. In their work they have come across several demonic entities that have terrorized unsuspecting individuals. None more terrifying than the dark presence haunting the farmhouse the Perons recently purchased. The Warrens must investigate the identity of the being and expunge it from the home or risk the lives of family and themselves.
The Conjuring is the type of horror movie made to be watched in a darkened movie theater along with other anxious horror movie fans around you. The film grips you with a teaser of the type of satanic spirits you are about to witness and then flips the script by slowly unveiling the tense actions happening around the Perons. Perfectly paced, the menace haunting the family gradually building in the terror they subject the family, causing your own fear to grow with them.
Set in the late 60s to early 70s, The Conjuring uses its time period to be a timeless horror. No technology loop holes or idiotic human behaviors, just a happy healthy family trying to make a life for themselves unaware of the imminent evil in the shadows. The set decoration and clothes of the 'period' add slightly to the ambiance in being reminiscent of the original 70s horror movies that scared us first.
Normally where horror films of the haunting persuasion lose the ability to conjure fear is nearing the end, where the essence's form and back story is finally revealed. Not so with the Conjuring. Only a horror master such as James Wan could manage to continue the screams effectively and see the film to the end.
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