The Conjuring 2 (2016)

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Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits. (imdb)

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Directed By: James Wan

Written By: James Wan, Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Franka Potente, Frances O'Connor, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Sterling Jerins, Madison Wolfe, Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh

Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Franchise: The Conjuring

AKA: The Enfield Poltergeist

Country: USA

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TCI | Percentile | Date Rated | # Stars (Reviews)

Stars	User	Rating
5	BillyShears	80 _77th
Oi there luv we live 'n a bleedin' heck hole an' there be ghoulies in'em walls.
5	Barthalen	50 _28th
What a dud. Where the first one at least managed to create mood and build up its scares, this always felt artificial and predictable. Booga wooga, have some jumpscares from a grumpy old man claiming squatter's rights and a convoluted-continent-hopping corpsepaint nun. Plus there was no need for this to be 134 goddamn minutes. I did get a chuckle out of the Warrens' concern for being seen as frauds though.
4	Kojiless	48 _52nd
If a demon really wants your soul, and has already displayed the ability to invade your quaint American home and fuck with the wooden letters you have on your bookshelf...not to mention ENTER YOUR WIFE'S MIND, then why the hell does it contrive this master plan to get you to take a road trip to jolly England? I know, I know. If we knew what demons were thinking we wouldn't have these problems. Shame on me.
3	Cowman	50 _13th
Silence, silence, silence,... ominous soundscape,... BOOM! Repeat 15 times. Show old nun with make-up. Solve everything through prayer! The End. Some extra points for the nice visuals and creative camerawork.
3	bowfinger	50 _42nd
The scariest bit of trivia: I watched this movie thinking Vera Farmiga was that red head from X-Files.
2	KasperL	70 _65th
Even though Wolfe is terrific in Linda Blair mode, this is not as great as the original. The plotting is less than cohesive. But, as it delivers some nice scares - courtesey of Wan and his equally skilled cinematographer, Burgess, this sequel is still a good deal more effective than most horror flicks out there. For whatever that's worth.
2	oldgoat	60 _30th
Throws out any subtlety the first might have had to go balls out in what is possibly a more entertaining, but much worse movie. All the tie-ins with the nun openly detracted from the movie though.
2	Judge Holden	3 _32nd
Marilyn Manson hosts this week's episode of MTV Cribs dressed as a nun.
2	mwgerb	40 _28th
Some good scares, but nowhere near as good as the original. Plus the veneer between true fiction and the fictional true story wears a little thin. Okay, the devout Catholic exorcists investigate a haunting, find video evidence it's being faked, and then go back with no cameras to find out it's actually real and cast out the demon in the name of God. Right.
2	guy piranha	55 _30th
the most remarkable thing about "the conjuring 2" is that there's absolutely nothing remarkable about it. it's just a bunch of tropes you have seen about a 107 times before, supported by the incredibly sappy dialog generator (brought to you by our lord and savior jesus christ^tm). no doubt, it's apt filmmaking...used in the most redundant and uninventive way yet again. hallelujah!
2	Leonardis	88 _59th
I appreciated it more on second viewing. Wan managed to craft a sequel that squarely plays off of the first one in the best ways possible. It's still tense, chilling, and emotionally resonating and investing, particularly for Ed and Lorraine, the best characters in this series. The pacing is really good and the scares and tension are pretty consistent. I wasn't (quite) as frightened this time around but I still jumped a couple of times and felt all of the tension. I for one liked the cgi.
2	Dakota99	6 _62nd
The Conjuring 2 build off its successful first entry with an excellent screenplay, cinematography, and maybe slightly better scares. Wan pulled off a massive task of making a good horror sequel. That's not to say it doesn't have its issues as well, mainly it's pacing and runtime (135 min) being a little too inconsistent and longer than need be. However, it does seem to play more into typical tropes, and I thought that was a hit or miss, much like the first one. Still, impressive.
2	JSchlansky	40 _18th
Pedestrian horror in its purest form. Paints a guy who calls the Warrens out on their shit as a bad guy even though he's completely right. The girl gets possessed by a ghost who says he's 72 years old, then two lines later the ghost calls the 40 year old mother an "old cow". This movie is far too long also, nobody ever said, let's cut the Elvis scene?
1	caiman	70 _37th
Some effective visuals - the demon is pretty scary, if a bit overexposed (we probably shouldn't have seen it in the first ten minutes of the film). But like most sequels, the plot isn't as tight as the original. Its focus on the relationship between the two leads isn't very interesting. Not a bad movie, but nowhere near as good as the first one.
1	Detox	52 _23rd
Nothing here makes any sense. Yes, it's a film about ghostbusters, but it must have been possible to write a better script somehow. The Warrens come across as total idiots but that's ok, because it is funny to watch them explain their crap to others. The Conjuring 2 never challenged my disbelief towards everything paranormal, but the Marilyn Manson demon, as labeled by Judge Holden, was pretty scary and most of the jump scares worked pretty well.
1	panzerwolf	60 _35th
Loosely based on the case of the Enfield Poltergeist, it does have its scares and creepy moments. Marilyn Manson also features as a creepy nun. Not as bad as I expected.
1	elmakebabi	60 _39th
Well directed, creepy atmosphere but... but killing a demon by saying its name? Ridiculous, especially when the demon tells its name. Must be suicidal demon.
1	eric-jan	65 _30th
Average horror movie. Super awesome evil voice :D and cool evil nun ;). Check out the end scene, they added the real audio, OMG :D
1	WWallce4prez	60 _25th
I appreciate the time James Wan gives his characters. Instead of offing people we don't care about, all the bad stuff happens to fully formed characters. Unfortunately, the repetitive bumps in the night, creaky doors, and creeping around the house wear out their welcome well before the 135min running time.
1	ABUNCHOFCATS	30 _5th
Same tricks as the first movie with too much reliance on CG and too much showing the monster. Same problems I had with Insidious and most of this company's movies. They show way too much and the monster becomes less threatening every time they do. Conjuring 1 was great because the monster/ghost was used more sparingly with lots of attacks coming from the dark/invisibly. Here a tall CG man runs around a house for awhile.
1	aaasolanki	74 _36th
I hope they put an end to this series. Insidious, Conjuring and numerous other horror movies with the word "exorcism" in their name come across more or less the same. They all manage to scare you equally through a combination of silent scenes followed by loud interruptions from the ghosts.
1	Gideon	1 _16th
Utter dross. Why was this even made? The structure is all wonky, basically a poor balance concerning begin, middle and end. Pacing therefore is off, let alone the fact it is incredibly overlong, with silly attempts at comic relief. Every horror cliche is used, predictable scares galore and indeed we've seen it all before...I loved the first TC, liked Annabelle to a certain extent but found TC2 just impossible to enjoy in any way. For a possible third part, please stay in the US. Thanks.
1	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	70 _77th
Good horror movies are rare and good horror movies sequels are rarer. The Conjuring 2 happens to be both of these things, which statistically speaking should be considered downright miraculous. Thanks to director James Wan, who knows how to do this better than almost anyone currently working, we've got an atmospheric and chilling horror movie with just enough of a twist to differentiate it from its predecessor. [Full Review]
1	damil	55 _34th
I didn't care too much for this one. There were some early scenes that had some good suspense, but the actual scares were pretty lacking. And by the midway point, I was just rolling my eyes at the 'scary' scenes. The story wasn't especially compelling, even if it is based upon 'true events', and it wasn't different enough from the first movie. The dialogue and some of the performances really let things down. I was looking forward to this, but I ended up feeling rather disappointed.
1	Calabria	71 _17th
An homage to, and borderline wannabe, Amityville Horror, to which I awarded 10 points for the music alone. This has none of that music (actually, a few bars clearly allude to the Amityville theme...a fitting sign of modern horror's unoriginality), and is too insecure to avoid "anthropomorphizing the demonic force", which is not only superfluous alongside possession, but, seriously, always ends up looking stupid.
1	sopachuco13	70 _36th
The Conjuring 2 loses a lot because it is so derivative compared with the first movie. The story and acting were once again pretty good. The only thing that really changed this time was a little bit of skepticism on the part of the Warrens. I thought the change of venue was an interesting addition to this movie. I don't know much about the Warrens but it's interesting that they took cases in other places besides just the US. I will watch the side story in the series but I am starting to tire.
1	moonsmilk	7 _39th
Really solid stuff. I have a weird amount of respect for James Wan's obsession with period atmosphere (particularly with vintage media/audiovisual equipment). I feel like these might be faith-based movies in disguise? It has pretty much all of the tropes of the genre, up to and including skeptics trying to disprove the heroes and stop them from saving souls. Also, everything that's not a scare or lead up to a scare has this creepy Pat Boone/sandwiches with the edges cut off vibe to them.
1	TyrantRC	73 _29th
Another case for the Warrens which could have been as gripping as the first one from the first film, but is diminished by the immersion breaking caused either by the characters refusing to seek help after being put in a horrific situations, or because the main antagonist is way too generic and soulless that you end up feeling pity for the actress that plays it. That said, the amazing camera work and atmosphere is still there and is enjoyable if you are able to suspend your disbelief.
1	adornment	70 _51st
As a comparison, this is definitely by-the-numbers and even downright silly at times. However, they did develop likable enough characters and the nun made me absolutely crawl out of my skin. The drama and horror blended together very well. Sometimes, a formula works. It's not a perfect movie, but a very good sequel for reasonable expectations.

Average Percentile 47.15% from 1622 Ratings