A very good surprise

Rating: 7/10 (12 December 2013)

This is your basic horror movie that relies on the usual tricks of the genre, even some clichés as the one of the match enlightening an entire room. We're therefore far from any kind of originality but The Conjuring is incredibly effective on every level.
The content is the most classic possible, where the challenge is met is on the form which is the most important aspect for an horror movie: the mise-en-scène and direction are perfect and produces the jumps synonymous of success.
Within the first minutes, you get sucked in by the infernal spiral of this family embodied by a seamless cast, and the sustained rhythm of the narration makes the time fly.
Even if it is very conventional, The Conjuring arouses a real pleasure and turns out to be a very good surprise.