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

I actually find the raggedy ann doll version is kinda cute if it is not possessed.