Movie Review- The Conjuring

Good horror is hard to find, for every bundle that are produced only a handful could every really be thought of as scary.  Many mass produced horror films are slick looking, with hot young bods just waiting to be skinned and mutilated, but underneath there is nothing really there.  That is how you can tell a good scary movie from slick toss away splattershows (not trying to discredit high volume gore movies, Dead Alive is one of my favorites).  Does it stay with you?  Once your back home from the cinema, when the lights are out does your mind go back to the movie?  Is that thing waiting in your closet, or perhaps just outside your room?  The Conjuring, while not the scariest movie I have ever seen, is through and through quality.
     James Wan, Insidious, Saw, and most recently The Conjuring, is quickly becoming a go to for horror movies that have depth and genuine scares.  These movies tend to linger with you in a way that slick horror movies do.  Wan seems to understand that horror is heavily reliant on mood and tone, and too this he does an excellent job of carving out time in the movie to do the proper promotion.  Yes there are jump scares and some gore but that is not what keeps me from looking
in my closet every time I go to bed.  The movie drips with menace and does an excellent job of creating an unseen horror that is only revealed when the impact is maximized.   Ok, enough gushing here is a basic synopsis.
     The focuses jointly on Ed and Lorraine Warren, famous paranormal investigators, and the Perron family.  The Perron's have just moved into a an old country home that seems to be haunted by some force or another.  As things get more and more out of control and dangerous for the Perrons they seek help from the Warrens in dealing with the malevolent force.  I want to keep the synopsis short because the less you know the better.  I hate when the scares are spoiled for me so I will in turn do you a favor.
     See this movie.  Only a couple, maybe three, good horror movies come to the theater every year and if you are a fan of the genre go out, drop $10, and get the shivers.  Also to all that do not like "traditional" blood soaked horror movies this one is very accessible and light on the gore.  While not a homage to more classic horror movies of the 60's and 70's it brings with it the same spirit of high mood/low gore.

Verdict- 8 out of 10 possessed dolls
Who will like this- Any fan of horror movies (especially those who will take mood over gratuitous displays of violence, those that like thrillers more than horror, and a fans of high tension situations.
Who will not like this- Those that do not want to be scared, people who want to see bucket after bucket of blood poured out on the screen, and those that want quick action and plot development.