Media Diaries Week 1

Conjuring 2 Review


I’ve always been a great fan of the horror genre. Especially through watching the set of Insidious films. The Conjuring films had continued to engage me to the investigations and the findings of Lorraine and Ed Warren. From my expectation to reality, I was thoroughly happy with the film, and I was left very moved by the film.

The thing that seemed to set this film astray from the norm of the horror genre was the set and the area were the haunting occurred. From your standard horror/thriller film your expectation is most probably a monstrous old mansion in the middle of no were, dark and constant thunder and lightning occurring. Although, in the Conjuring this wasn’t quite the case. The main characters being Lorraine and Ed Warren, begin travelling over to north London to try and assist a single mother who is raising four children alone in a house contaminated with evil spirits. The house that the single mother lives in is certainly nothing special, being a fairly small to medium sized house in a very suburban area. This already identifies with the audience, giving a ‘close-to-home’ theme to the watches. Having this feeling can most definitely add to the spook of the film. Another thing that really had a relatable sense was that the movie was set in England, with normal looking, and normal acting individuals. They seemed to just be very much of the norm, having normal day-to-day activities, such as going to school, cleaning, washing, etc. indicating that this is something that happened to normal people just like me and you. Going back to my earlier point most horror films will have the ‘boring’ stuff during the day, and the night will be when the majority of the paranormal acts occur, again of cause this film was a bit different. There were times in the movie when paranormal activity was happening at all different times of the day, in the morning, in the afternoon and of cause at night. This added to the effect of the film, you really didn’t know when the shocks were going to happen, and therefore didn’t have the time to prepare yourself. This is why it gave so many people more of a buzz coming out of the film, there wasn’t that normal pattern that a horror film would normally have.

Of cause, the story is ‘based on true-events’. We all know that a lot of it was probably over-dramatically presented, but it can still send the chills down the spine, knowing it was something that was very well documented as being one of the most paranormal event ever in British History. The way the film was set out, with twists in the plot just added to the depth and the quality of the film. The length of the movie was also increased from the predecessor, giving more time for a developed movie and a more fulfilling experiencing for the audience.


Overall, this film was very well perceived by others, and I’m inclined to agree with them. From the length of the film to the chilling moments, everything seemed more thought-out and developed than the first Conjuring. The lighting and angles it was shot in all added to the value, it was most defiantly the best horror film of the past decade.

No comments:

Post a Comment

What do you think?

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.