POSITIVES…
You go into a “The Conjuring” movie for the scares, but you really end up sticking around because of Patrick Wilson’s and Vera Farmiga’s Ed & Lorraine Warren respectively. This one is no exception. Gotta love those two.
Good work by the supporting cast as well, which includes Ruari O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Eugenie Bondurant, Julian Hilliard, and John Noble.
Premise for this installment, plays off more like a detective crime mystery thriller, which is a nice change of pace to the franchise.
Fascinating plot point of bringing the court of law into The Conjuring universe.
Plot progression and narrative is engaging and interesting. I don’t know how you wouldn’t be compelled to see this story through.
Opening scary set piece was an incredible beginning to this movie.
It still knows how to properly build tense anticipations for the scares.
There’s also this cool special visual effect found during the third act.
Little bits of levity and humor here and there were unexpectedly welcome.
“Introduce you to Annabelle. If you’re not convinced, we’ll butt out.”
Took a while to get to the underlying theme of the story, but I genuinely appreciated it when it was revealed what that was.
NEGATIVES…
Probably the least scary installment so far.
Some unbelievably improbable moments here and there.
May just not be as remarkable of a movie as you wished it would be.
Arguably too visually stylish at times, that makes you forget that this is a movie in The Conjuring franchise.
Rats.
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It - watched it on HBO MAX
