A few years ago Paranormal Activity set a trend of using the slow burn to get at its audience. People sit in the theater for two hours and slowly simmer until the final big scare at the end. The Conjuring does the opposite.
The first ten minutes will have you gripping your seat and you then have to find a way to settle into the theater as you watch the rest of the movie. Even as the story calms down a bit, those first ten minutes still have a hold on you. It will not go away, and just when you think it does they revisit it.
While the rest of the plot isn't entirely new to the horror genre, it plays to all of the strengths and is an entertaining film. Things move around the house, strange noise come from places that they shouldn't be. It proves that old cliches can still work. You just have to have confidence in them. The direction and camera work let you know where you are in the house in relation to everybody else. You get a sense of familiarity then you lose it all when something comes clapping in an empty room.
Go get scared.
4/5 stars
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