The Conjuring 2

Name: The Conjuring 2
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: June 10, 2016
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga

2016

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: June 10, 2016 | R

Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga

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

Director: James Wan

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 134 min

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Martyn Conterio

Jun 15, 2016

Director James Wan has delivered what should rightfully be considered his masterpiece. There is a breadth and scale of ambition at work, which really tops anything he's tried in the genre before. Most importantly: it's a resounding success. Read full review

Justin Chang

Jun 9, 2016

Wan has a gift for investing even the creakiest cliches with shivery élan. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Jun 9, 2016

A supernatural winner. Read full review

Chris Nashawaty

Jun 2, 2016

There are some solid scares (Wan is too gifted in the dark art of gotcha manipulation to not make you leap a few times), but there’s nothing on par with the first film’s brilliant hide-and-clap scene with Lili Taylor. If there’s going to be a Conjuring 3—and this movie is just decent enough to suggest there will be—our heroes should be a little choosier about which case they dust off next. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Jun 9, 2016

The Conjuring 2 satisfies more than it disappoints. Read full review

Steve Persall

Jun 9, 2016

The Conjuring 2 is serviceable horror, heavy on the audio stings yet smarter than the average gorefest. Read full review

E. Oliver Whitney

Jun 9, 2016

If The Conjuring is an example of the haunted house movie done right, The Conjuring 2 is an example of everything gone wrong. You can only retread old tropes so many times. Read full review

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David05

Jun 10, 2016

This sequel is really well-done, the director (James Wan) created a work of art, this movie has many different genres, it has everything, it's a horror thriller movie but it has comedy, action, romance, drama, which is awesome! This movie tell us a great story since the beginning you canThis sequel is really well-done, the director (James Wan) created a work of art, this movie has many different genres, it has everything, it's a horror thriller movie but it has comedy, action, romance, drama, which is awesome! This movie tell us a great story since the beginning you can feel it! The plot is really awesome and entertaining. The scares were really creepy. This sequel is excellent !… Expand

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andrelucas

Jun 11, 2016

The Conjuring 2 introduces a new way of doing horror movies. The film is a true mix of scares, afflictions, romances and drama. Everything is very well architected so that the film has a more sensitive and familiar touch. The film is certainly efficient in terror (perhaps even more than itsThe Conjuring 2 introduces a new way of doing horror movies. The film is a true mix of scares, afflictions, romances and drama. Everything is very well architected so that the film has a more sensitive and familiar touch. The film is certainly efficient in terror (perhaps even more than its predecessor), but the big bonus is the empathy that the viewer gets the family during the movie.

Featuring new tracks for future movies and using their own resources to create effective antagonists, The Conjuring 2 is certainly the best horror movie I've ever seen.… Expand

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roman_emperor

Jun 11, 2016

Critics... I think they are just trolls sometimes.

I loved this movie. The movie only has 1 moment that turn me off. The use of special effect doesn't really work for me. If the Crooked Man would have been an actual person in costume, it would have been better.

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horrorliefheb

Jun 11, 2016

-The Conjuring 2 (alternatively known as The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist) is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. The film was written by Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Wan and David Leslie Johnson. It is the sequel to the film The Conjuring, which was released-The Conjuring 2 (alternatively known as The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist) is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. The film was written by Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Wan and David Leslie Johnson. It is the sequel to the film The Conjuring, which was released on July 19, 2013. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Warrens travel to the United Kingdom to assist the Hodgson family, who are experiencing poltergeist activity at their Enfield council house in 1977.

-The film was released in the United States on June 10, 2016, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

--Filming:

-Principal photography for The Conjuring 2 began on September 21, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. Due to inexplicable eerie events during production of the first film, a priest from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe was brought in to bless the set of the sequel by the film's producers. Production moved to London on November 18, 2015, with filming taking place in and around The Warrington, a pub in the residential district of Maida Vale. On November 22, filming took place at Marylebone station. Filming concluded on December 1, 2015. Production lasted for 50 days, with 40 days filming on sets and locations in Los Angeles, and 10 days on location in London.

-In early July 2015, lead actors Farmiga and Wilson visited Lorraine Warren at the New England Paranormal Research Center in Connecticut in preparation for their roles.

--Critical response:

-The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 73%, based on 92 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Conjuring 2 can't help but lose a bit of its predecessor's chilly sting through familiarity, but what remains is still a superior ghost story told with spine-tingling skill." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average of 64 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

-In her review for The Hollywood Reporter, Sheri Linden praised the film, saying: "Three years after The Conjuring rattled the multiplex with old-school horror, director James Wan ups the ante with an excellent sequel." Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a mixed review, writing: "On one level, The Conjuring 2 is just a not-bad megaplex funhouse movie, no more and no less, but on another level it offers its potential fans a helping of reassurance to go along with the fear. If there are ghost demons out there, then God must be out there as well. Audiences, it was long ago proven, will pay to see both." TheWrap's Alonso Duralde gave the film a positive review, stating: "Frightening rarely strikes twice in the same place, despite the efforts of so many horror sequels, but even if The Conjuring 2 doesn't deliver the delightful jolts of its predecessor, it maintains a consistent chill throughout, with a slow and steady dread that creeps up on you over time."

-In a mixed review, Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B-, writing: "There are some solid scares (Wan is too gifted in the dark art of gotcha manipulation to not make you leap a few times), but there's nothing on par with the first film's brilliant hide-and-clap scene with Lili Taylor." Pete Hammond of Deadline.com wrote that he was "pleasantly surprised" by the sequel and what Wan has accomplished with the film, stating: "Wan knows the tricks of this trade (heightened sound effects, moving furniture, dark corners) but somehow miraculously he really puts a fresh spin on it all here. It's riveting stuff, even if in a familiar cinematic environment." He added: "It is one hell of a movie."

--Possible sequel:

-Director James Wan has said that a third Conjuring film is possible if response to The Conjuring 2 warranted it. He said: "There could be many more (Conjuring) movies because the Warrens have so many stories." Screenwriters Chad and Carey Hayes have also expressed interest in working on a story for another sequel. However, Wan stated that he may not have time to direct a third film because of his commitment to other projects.… Expand

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Player2-Water

Dec 29, 2018

E-Value: 8
Acting: 8
Plot: 7 The third instalment in The Conjuring Universe and sequel to 2013’s The Conjuring features the return of famous paranormal investigators and demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren, and their new case took them to Enfield, London in England to investigate anotherE-Value: 8
Acting: 8
Plot: 7

The third instalment in The Conjuring Universe and sequel to 2013’s The Conjuring features the return of famous paranormal investigators and demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren, and their new case took them to Enfield, London in England to investigate another infamous paranormal case, The Enfield Poltergeist, despite the Warrens does not heavily involved in this case in real life.

In the year of 1976, Ed and Lorraine Warren (Wilson and Farmiga) receive media attention after their investigation into the Amityville Horror case, which is one of the infamous paranormal cases the Warrens have investigated in real life. One year later, another similar incident which have been compared to Amityville, occurs in Enfield when the Hodgson family experience strange occurrences in their home.

After all the family members of the Hodgson witnessed the paranormal events and then being interviewed by Maurice Grosse (McBurney) along with the local media, the Warrens are brought into the case to investigate whether the haunting is real or hoax. Meanwhile, Lorraine has an encounter with a mysterious demonic nun figure which has been haunting her and is fear for Ed’s life after having a premonition of his death for years.

Like its predecessor, The Conjuring 2 is a very scary movie which scares me many times and it is definitely better than 2014’s Annabelle. The jump scares are very well utilised when you let your guard down. I was lucky enough not to have heart attack during those jump scares. The make-up of the demonic nun figure is very scary and it is not even done in a CGI. This method saved the crews some money on investing in CGI.

The performance of Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are once again amazing and impressive and they put much more efforts than in the previous movie. Madison Wolfe’s acting was pretty good as well especially when she used British accent for her character she played despite being an American which actually surprised me. She managed to use that accent throughout the movie without accidentally slipping out her natural American accent at any point in the movie.

Last but not least, all praises go to James Wan once again for his direction in making this movie a good and scary horror movie. If there is another future instalment for this franchise, I look forward to it.… Expand

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chidime

Aug 30, 2016

The beginning was really scary, but certain plot device choicesd kind of killed the fear/scare as the movie went along. Could have been muchh better than it was if stronger plots were chosen. Still an interesting watch.

7/10

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imthenoob

Nov 6, 2017

What disappoints me is that the story behind the Conjuring 2 is painfully boring and not scary in the slightest. The sub plot with the Nun was interesting and that should have been the focus instead of the junk main plot in England. Really disappointed as I was a fan of the first film.

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