[film] The Conjuring
Aug. 7th, 2013 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inulroSaw the trailer for this when we went to The Place Beyond the Pines, and decided I had to see it when it came out.
Holy crap this is one scary-ass film.
I'm not saying it's the best horror film I've ever seen, or most atmospheric, or best back-story, etc, but in terms of starting out with a very creepy image of a possessed doll and not letting up the tension for the next two hours, it delivers the goods. Even when you know something is about to happen, you still jump out of your seat.
It's not terribly original - demonic possession in a big creepy house stuff - but it's incredibly effectively constructed.
I'm so glad I made the time to see it at the cinema - there's no way it would be so effective on DVD.
Holy crap this is one scary-ass film.
I'm not saying it's the best horror film I've ever seen, or most atmospheric, or best back-story, etc, but in terms of starting out with a very creepy image of a possessed doll and not letting up the tension for the next two hours, it delivers the goods. Even when you know something is about to happen, you still jump out of your seat.
It's not terribly original - demonic possession in a big creepy house stuff - but it's incredibly effectively constructed.
I'm so glad I made the time to see it at the cinema - there's no way it would be so effective on DVD.
