Really good, highly recommend.

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2019)

I have seen an absolute ton of horror movies, if you named a horror movie, I have most likely seen it. I have been watching horror movies since I was ten years old so I know a good horror movie from a bad one. In my opinion, none of them are scary but that is just a personal preference. Many others who have watched the same movie, said that after watching the movie they were terrified of what was haunting, murdering, etc that person or group of people, but not me. Though, the Conjuring isn't like most other scary movies. Unlike the movie, Silence of the Lambs, Paranormal Activity, the Shining, and most other horror movies, the Conjuring is based on a true story that happened in the mid-1950's. This case was taken over by Ed and Lorraine Warren and if you didn't know already, they used to be very popular ghost hunters that have solved many other paranormal cases that had happened. The Conjuring is highly recommended to those who are interested in horror movies or paranormal things. I would say it is one of the more better horror movies that has come out this decade not only because it is based on a true story, but also because the cast does a phenomenal job portraying what had really happened once.
The Perron family, a family of seven, just moved to their new farm house in Rhode Island trying to get a new fresh start to their life. Quickly, some really creepy and paranormal things start to occur. The dog refuses to come into the house, the wife Carolyn starts getting bruises yet, she has done nothing to achieve them, clapping from an unknown source fills the house, and a horrific appearance of an inhuman creature occurs. Also a horrid smell randomly occurs, and the house is constantly freezing even though they have the heat on which if you didn't know already, that usually means that there is a dangerous paranormal figure is present in the house. That isn't even half of all the horrific or paranormal like things that has happened to the Perron family. After all of these occurrences, Carolyn goes out to seek help from the popular and well known demonologist and clairvoyant, Ed and Lorraine Warren, who have done a number of other cases involving the paranormal since that is what they are trained to do. Therefore, the Warren's will then go to the Perron's house trying to get rid of the terror which will allow for the family to live happily and safely once again. But you'll have to watch the movie to find out if they do get rid of all the paranormal in the Perron's house and how they did it.
The Conjuring has a lot of very good aspects of it yet, it does have some bad but it doesn't really make it a bad movie. When the creators of the movie came together to write the script, they had twisted up the paranormal case the movie is based off of to make it a bit more interesting. This doesn't make it bad, it just makes it more interesting. If you wanted to watch the Conjuring thinking all of the paranormal events had actually happened, well you're out of luck. There are a few things that didn't happen in real life and I would say them, but then I would be spoiling the cooler parts of the movie which is not good. But if you are looking for a paranormal horror movie that is based on a true story and all of the events had actually happened, well you're out of luck because movie creators have to mess with the actual case in order for people to actually want to watch the movie. But other than the slight changes of the case, it has very many good aspects of the movie.
All throughout the movie you are going to wonder, "This scene actually happened in real life? That's insane that this occurred!" which is what makes the movie so good. The first time I watched the movie, I had been thinking about how crazy the world is and how insane paranormal things can happen to literally anyone. Though I do not believe in the paranormal, it is just crazy to think that if they were to exist, that any paranormal event that has occured in the movies could potentially happen to you. But the movie is so realistic and the actors do such an amazing job portraying the pain and fear that had once occurred to the actual Perron family. I won't spoil it, but at the very end of the movie the actor Lili Taylor (Carolyn Perron) did such an amazing job showing the fear and pain the wife had actually gone through in real life. It seemed so realistic that it was almost like raw footage (that was filmed ever so nicely) from the actual event which is so good. All the actors that were in that scene most definitely helped it seem so realistic and they all did such an amazing job. That scene (and the whole movie), is most definitely worth watching because all the actors casted in the movie do an absolute amazing job to help it seem so raw and realistic. Other than that one scene, the whole movie seemed so real and was acted out so well and really shows what happened once. Also to some, the movie might just leave you terrified. Critic Paul Asay would most definitely agree with that statement, "This James Wan scarefest is frighteningly effective and surprisingly spiritual. But the images it offers will haunt you long after you turn the lights back on". I was not left scared but my mom most definitely was. She says that sometimes she still thinks of what was haunting the family and can't fall asleep, so maybe you will be left scared as well.
If you go off to watch the Conjuring and love it and want more, well you're in luck. The creators of the movie came out with its sequel, the Conjuring 2 in 2016. The movie is very similar to the first Conjuring and I recommend it as well. The movie, The Nun, is also an addition to the Conjuring series. All three movies are based off of a true story and are all recommended by me. They will all leave you scared and wishing for more. I guarantee that if you are a fan of horror movies, the paranormal, or movies based on true stories, you will love the Conjuring and its other movies because it has all three of those aspects.