The perfect horror blend

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2019)

I believe The Conjuring is a masterful blend of everything that makes the haunting genre fun. If your hoping for something new and fresh, you won't get that. You've seen this before. Director James Wan takes many of the iconic horror tropes and executes them skillfully. There are obviously jump scares, but they aren't fake outs, they are meant to scare you and succeed at that. Wan crafts his sequences amazingly and creates some truly tension filled scenes. The sound design is immaculate and every little sound heard adds to the suspense. While slow paced to begin with, the film really gets going and keeps things tense until the last frame. James Wan nailed the overall feel of the haunting in this film and it may be some of his best work yet