Therefore, it makes me extremely happy to come back and report that with The Conjuring 2, Wan has not only made a fine job of exploiting the type of atmosphere that showcases his directorial strengths and conceals his weaknesses, he’s happened upon a rather brilliant way to neatly sidestep the liability a story centering on the Warrens bring.
Director James Wan (who returns for this sequel) has his own built-in limitation with this type of material, which is nestled like a Matryoshka doll inside one of his greatest strengths: his ethic entails a thorough square-ness and commitment to the genre elements - no matter how weird or borderline-goofy - that’s invariably turned on him in his contemporary projects ( Saw, Dead Silence, the Insidiouses). The stage was set for a thoroughly unnecessary follow-up to an unusually effective horror film. The immediate dilemma that presents itself with any suspense movie based on Ed and Lorraine Warren, especially one based on their explorations of demonology and hauntings, centers around veracity: how exactly does one make an effective thriller based on careers this well-known to the public and this contested? It doesn’t help one little bit that the most famous case the Warrens are known for investigating concerns the Amityville Horror, and a) that is the most thoroughly-debunked tale of supernatural activity in their repertoire, and certainly in modern history and b) 2013’s The Conjuring ended with a coy final line about investigating a case in Long Island.
Movie Review: The Conjuring 2 By Ben Gruchow June 23, 2016
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