Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Wan ... builds the many bumps in the night into a small Hitchcockian symphony of terror by way of long, eerie tracking shots, dramatic silences, and sudden scares that are frighteningly immersive.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
29 Jul 2013
fresh:
Wan builds mounting dread with silence and suspense, lingering the camera unsettlingly long here, creaking a door there.
– Cath Clarke,
Time Out,
30 Jul 2013
fresh:
The Conjuring uses every stock scare in the horror movie playbook for a dumb, yet charmingly traditional haunted house picture that manages to feel more retro than rehashed.
– Philip Brown,
Globe and Mail,
7 Oct 2013
fresh:
In The Conjuring, the scary casts out the spirit of the silly, permanently, and with a vengeance.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
7 Oct 2013
rotten:
Every hand that reaches into a wardrobe, every nervous trip into that basement just gets on your nerves. Satan needs to get over himself.