The Scariest Movie I Have Seen as of July 20, 2013

Rating: 7/10 (20 July 2013)

James Wan directed 'Saw' in 2004, which showed America a different type of horror when it came out. It got six sequels and did very well. Then, Wan directed 'Dead Silence' and 'Death Sentence', which didn't do so well. Wan teamed up with producer Jason Blum for 'Insidious', which came out in 2011 and terrified audiences (I didn't think it was very scary). Now, based on a true story, comes 'The Conjuring', a film that did so well at the film festival it streamed at, that it was put right in the middle of the summer movie season. It had terrified audiences even more than 'Insidious'. I thought this one was scary.
In the previews of this movie they showed that this movie isn't just loosely based on a true story, it has the same characters, same story, same situation, and the real people say that this is how it went.
'The Conjuring' was very scary, but it had a few jump scares. It's not like the image that pops up is what's supposed to scary you, but it's the fact that somethings unexpected happens. I thought this movie would be better than that, but when I think back on it, 'Insidious' had about twice as many jump scares. There were only a few in this movie, though. The first half of the movie didn't have as many scares as the second half, and the scares were different. The first half build up on suspense and trauma that had me digging my nails into my legs, which were on my seat. It was so intense and suspenseful, but it would end with a jump scare. There were a few things with scary imagery, but most of that came in the second half. In the second half the scares had to do with imagery. There was only about one jump scare then, and it had to do with the fact that this dead thing was doing this to the family. There were also some suspenseful and intense parts in the second half of the movie, too, but they mixed imagery with that to make it stick with you, too. They pulled that off well. The imagery was very scary, and they didn't use it too much. There are some other things in those parts that made them scary but I didn't want to spoil them. At the end there were some scary things, but I don't want to spoil those, either.
The acting was good, and the writing was good, except for one thing in one part, but I didn't like the music very well. Something little would happen and it would play really loudly, and it wasn't that good, either... But I understand it was supposed to be like a 70's movie, so that's not really a bad thing. The movie was slow and kind of boring in some parts that I think it shouldn't have been, but all those parts were after a scare and were only about two of them. The main problem I had with the movie wasn't about the movie. It was the marketing that was the problem. Many scares in the first half were spoiled because of the previews, but in the movie sometimes they were longer and actually scary.
'The Conjuring' was very interesting. I very much enjoyed the film and it went by quickly. It had a few boring parts, but it was still exciting. During the whole second half, it was intense, suspenseful, scary, and very good. The first half was also good, too, it just had more problems.
The movie was very scary and great. It's a horror movie, so it being scary goes for the rating, and it bothered me later, so that adds to the rating, making it a 10/10, which means excellent. It didn't bother me later very much, but it did throughout the whole time I was home. 'The Conjuring' isn't perfect, but it's still excellent. I don't think I liked it as much as I liked 'Sinister', but it was very close. 'The Conjuring' was scarier than 'Sinister', though. I will probably buy this movie on Blu-Ray and DVD when it comes out. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is thinking about seeing it.