The acting also comes off well, especially Vera Farmiga who is superb, Patrick Wilson is even better here, while also impressed with how Frances O'Connor coped with a role that on paper seemed limited. The antagonist was frightening, was neither over-used or under-utilised and didn't look cheap. The leads were ones worth caring for, didn't get frustrated with them, wish for more personality or annoyed by them. Found myself liking the characters more than expected. As said too, 'The Conjuring 2' yet again is genuinely scary, with actual tension, suspense and dread, in a palm-sweating and heart-pounding sense at its best, while not relying too much on jump scares (they are there but have build up and were surprising). The story takes time to unfold but doesn't get dull once it gets going, while the ending is leagues better, much more momentum and the resolution didn't feel rushed. The direction is meticulous in detail and clearly shows an engagement and ease with the material. Script is not too awkward and is structured coherently, with nothing cheapening it like sluggish exposition or cheesy misplaced humour. The music is haunting and not over-bearing, recorded in a way that is not overly loud or obvious that it spoils the atmosphere (which was great because many horror films seen recently failed in this regard). It looks slick and stylish while having a spooky setting and suitably nightmarish lighting.
It looks great, especially for horror films released in recent years (too many of which have looked like they were made on the schlocky cheap). Other than those, 'The Conjuring 2' is very good.
This would have been rectified by 20 minutes being trimmed and the pace of the first act, with a beginning that doesn't attention-grab or unsettle as it should have done, tightened up. Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit. 'The Conjuring 2' is overlong, which is its biggest issue. With Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances OConnor. As a sequel, it fares very well and one of not many to actually be on the same level as its predecessor. It is a very familiar premise, done to death actually, but the atmosphere stops it from being too predictable and there is enough freshness. 'The Conjuring 2', like its predecessor, is not a perfect film, but it is very atmospheric, well made and genuinely scary, or at least to me it was. It succeeds splendidly in where 'The Nun' failed and has none of its mistakes. On re-watch, 'The Conjuring 2', like its very good predecessor, does hold up very well and actually just as good as remembered.
Just to see whether they held up, as good as remembered and whether they succeeded where 'The Nun' didn't and didn't make that film's mistakes. Decided to re-watch both 'The Conjuring' films, with memories of really liking both, after watching, and not liking all that much, 'The Nun' (which was watched as part of my watching as many films of 2018 as possible quest) very recently.
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