The Conjuring

My review: The Conjuring

 

 Supernatural horror movies are best enjoyed by people who believe in god and spirits but for non-believers it would be a great challenge on the part of the makers to scare them. Writers Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes and the director James Wan with more than adequate support from John R.Leonetti, the cinematographer and Joseph Bishara, the Music director have achieved precisely the same. That is why "The Conjuring"  has managed to scare even a non-believer in me. 

Main reason for it is though the movie uses oft-repeated horror movie cliche's the restrain shown by the makers in using the same is what makes this movie one of the scariest movies in recent times. There is no on your face horror sequences or makers trying to bombard you with gory faces or creepy shots or unnecessary bangs in music. They have been used sparingly and appropriately which is one of the main why the movie surprises you with the scary moments even though they are only a few nonetheless most of them effective. 

Whole cast have put in good effort. Be it Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as Ed and Lorraine Warren, the paranormal investigators or Lili Taylor and Ron Livingstone, the head of the family who gets troubled by the supernatural forces. 

For a horror movie to be successful cinematographer and the music director should back the writers and the director adequately. In this movie John R.Leonetti has managed to scare the viewers not with undue gimmickry but with astute use of camera angles and lighting. He is very well supported by Joseph Bishara who has used silence wonderfully well in his background score. At many places silence spooks you more than creepy sounds.

On the whole, though "The Conjuring" strictly follows the oft-used horror movie cliches, it is scary at couple of places nonetheless. 

Bottomline: Well made horror flick that scares.

3.5/5