The Conjuring from three years ago is one of the critically acclaimed horror films in recent years with a big box office gross to match. Based on the true story of the husband and wife paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren more popularly known for their involvement in the Amityville case in New York state in the seventies. The first film set a couple of years before, was focused on the Perron family of Harrisville, Rhode Island, who's home is said to be cursed by a witch who lived there in the early 19th century. Excellent acting from the cast guided by focused direction by James Wan, who also made another well-crafted horror film which is the first Insidious in 2010, is turning out to be a master of the genre. A part 2 was inevitable.
Bringing back Wan to helm the sequel and also the same actors who played the Warren couple Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga is the first step in the right direction and from there The Conjuring 2 never looked back.
The action shifts to England this time and the couple was sent there to investigate a poltergeist in a home in Enfield North London where a single mother Peggy Hodgson played with perfection by Frances O'Connor and her four kids live. It just wouldn't live their home.
The success of the first film was easily replicated in the sequel. Aside from the lead actors, the film's charm lies in it's excellent production design that easily replicates the era and a dark moody cinematography complimented with a haunting score. The Conjuring 2 is one of the rare sequels in the genre that equals and also maybe surpasses the original. Looking forward to the Warren couple's next supernatural experience hopefully played again again by both Wilson and Farmiga.
The action shifts to England this time and the couple was sent there to investigate a poltergeist in a home in Enfield North London where a single mother Peggy Hodgson played with perfection by Frances O'Connor and her four kids live. It just wouldn't live their home.
The success of the first film was easily replicated in the sequel. Aside from the lead actors, the film's charm lies in it's excellent production design that easily replicates the era and a dark moody cinematography complimented with a haunting score. The Conjuring 2 is one of the rare sequels in the genre that equals and also maybe surpasses the original. Looking forward to the Warren couple's next supernatural experience hopefully played again again by both Wilson and Farmiga.
Great review. I still like the first Conjuring more, but this was a very worthy and scary sequel.
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