What do you expect. I'm the contrarian around here.

I'll admit there were some mildly spooky parts, but none of it gave me a proper chill. Maybe haunted house movies don't do it for me. The cursed video clip in The Ring (remake) is positively scarier and creepier than the whole of The Conjuring.

Evil Dead (2013) is pure thrash - a movie with no sensibilities at all on how to handle characters or horror. I think it's probably the worst movie I've seen this year.

And I thought the "contrarian" is Mary... (Mary Mary quite contrarily... )

Bad joke, don't have a cow...

I do like The Conjuring.

Like Insidious, the movie making approach is a little "old" fashion, in a sense that the attention is paid into creating suspense...

Right down to paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock



A lot of movies especially the rated R one tend to use "sex" to attract attention to itself (Evil Dead anyone, even the original)

Having said that, it seems that James Wan is classy enough not to go that way

I... respect that.

Also, the casting in itself it quite marvelous.

Everyone I feel, brought their A game!!

I'm just having a discussion here, there is no right or wrong. Just want to get my point of view across and please, if you have anything to add, ADD!!

My OTHER two sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 7 2013, 04:52 PM

Oh don't get me wrong, I have no problems with James Wan's approach. It is classy. I just don't think the end product managed to scare me. Maybe I'm just a bit different. Most people thought The House of the Devil was boring crap. I thought it was a creepy little throwback flick that made me feel uneasy all over. Now THAT had a terrific mood and atmosphere that crept right under your skin! (Ti West's next movie The Innkeepers was less successful. You could say I had the same reaction to it as The Conjuring)

"Evil Dead (2013)" was a gore fest. It has been a long time since I saw a flick with that much blood and gore. It made me squirm in discomfort. It has the typical horror flick ingredients - the blonde, the geek, the hero, the possessed.. thrown into a cabin and there's no way out. It was meant to be that way. And it was directed by a complete unknown hand picked by Sam Raimi himself. I was surprised. It was very well made.

Going back to "The Conjuring", a sequel is already in place. I wonder if we will see the other Warren cases. There is no need to go back to the Perron family.

Which is the interesting thing about The Conjuring. The leads are four fold, The Warrens and The Perron

Even though there is nothing new about this movie, this is how a haunted house movie should be made.
Great atmosphere, very intense and great acting from the two female leads even though nothing is too scary about this movie if you grown up loving horror movies, western or asian or both.
What makes it more interesting is the layering of the story.
Annabelle the doll, the exorcism that traumatized Lorraine and the Perron story are well put together to make it stand out from the recent haunted house movies, which are just haunted house movies.
Especially, Lorraine's past exorcism experience. It is not only a good character development for Lorraine Warren but it also has the same effect of the implication of the previous encounter of the demon and Father Merrin before Regan possession in 'The Exorcist'. It adds some mysterious element to the movie and makes its audiences like me wonder what Lorraine see in the exorcism that traumatised her. A great movie / prequel idea.
Whether it is a modern classic or not, it is really depends on personal opinion.
I must say it is indeed a very entertaining movie.

This post has been edited by xy2610: Aug 10 2013, 10:43 PM

this have decent directing all the way

maybe you didn't know exactly how to direct a movie

Not sure why you didnt mentioned dead silence

i watched that after SAW and it is not bad

Pretty scary stuff - has that classic b grade feel to it

... The reason why I did not mention Dead Silence (2007), is because I haven't watch Dead Silence...

There is only so many hours in a day... And have to work some more...

it was quite a good horror movie. scared me a little. i've yet to watch really good horror movies.

i'm only intrigued by what scarred Lorraine from her past exorcism (the dude who cry blood). i want to know what she saw.

The best horror film for me this year (2013) so far

just watched yesterday malam. ok2 la. didnt really spook me.
the only terkejut moment i had was the nenek on the almari
i loved insidious' lucid dream story, but not the ghost la
i'd give 3.75/5

I started it by putting my fingers into my ears... cos sound is always frighten me first.
Later almost to the end, I started to enjoy it and feel 'not GAO' enough... haha, I seldom watch horror movie, this was my 2nd horror movie that watched inside cinema.

This post has been edited by phat_ox: Aug 18 2013, 10:51 AM

its really2 good scary movie actualy.. but at 1st, I tot its a story about Annabelle.. (i didnt even read all the sinopsis, this thread, or anything about this movie.). i really2 think its about Annabelle, but its not.. kinda disappointed a bit actually..

This movie is the champion of all Ghost movies!

Are you ghost movie fan first of all. If not, get 'The Exorcist' released in 1973.

For me this movie is something with similar level of horror with 2012's The Possession. I like them both. If you guys love ghost movie mainly on the story line, I'd recommend 'The Rite'. Love it!

I watch the Exorcist when i was 10 yr old out of my dad recomend (that classic) dont find it horror ..is dead boring.
Evil dead (the old one) could be more scarier.
And conjuring had me scream which i never did before (the 2 part where they falls into the dark room)