Absolutely terrifying!

Rating: 9/10 (27 August 2013)

The Conjuring is one of the best horror movies I have seen in a long time! It has all the right elements to make a great horror movie: old house, a family, creepy kids, scary dolls, weird noises, and a sad story. Unlike most horror movies nowadays, this film does not rely too much on jump-scares. Actually there are very few jump-scares in this movie. In my personal opinion, I feel like too many horror movies these days relies on jump-scares alone to make their movies seem more scary and to me it kind of takes away the horror element. Another thing I really liked about this movie is the fact that there is hardly any violence or gore. I feel like they are coming out with too many slasher movies that claim to be "scary" but they rely too much on blood and guts which isn't really that scary. It is just really gross and disgusting.
There is no sex, drugs, or language which is another thing I liked about this movie. The movie has a fantastic horror element to it and when me and my boyfriend went to see it in the theatre, I held onto him for dear life because the movie was just that frightening. When I got home later that night, I went to bed with the lights on and I kept tucking my feet under my blankets! The cast was really good in this film and they all played their parts well! This movie is up there with horror movies like The Shining, The Exorcist, and Polterguist. It is a fantastic terrifying horror movie! A++++++