MOVIE REVIEW - The Conjuring

It isn't often that we get a horror movie out in the summer, but here comes The Conjuring.  Should be noted, this is not a classic horror movie, but there are some jolts here.  This really focuses on demonic possession.

This is based on a supposed true story that took place in 1971 on the east coast to a family that recently moved into a new house.  The young couple and their five young daughters find themselves being "haunted" as the doors are slamming at night and so on.  As in many movies, the episodes get worse as the nights wear on.  They of course, are panicked and enlist the help a famous at the time married couple who have extreme experience in this medium.

The experts are a married couple. She is a clairvoyant and he is a professor and they help people who have a haunting or supernatural occurrences. They come into this terrified family's lives and try to find the source, and try to dispense of the demon, or whatever it is that has latched on to this young family.  Sound familiar?   Yeah, thought so, as this has been done 400,000 times before!   It's not that this is a bad movie, there are some compelling moments in it, and a times this is entertaining. The trouble is, this is the same formula used time and time again. So for originality, it gets no points.  It's hard not to feel this is just the same old thing. 

There are some interesting minutes in this movie. But as time drags on, you do feel that the fact that this is supposed to be "true" becomes harder and harder to grasp.  Also, this has a very heavy demonic possession theme to it, that actually get far more intense as it goes on. So if you are uncomfortable with that subject matter, you may want to see the movie in the theater next door.

The Conjuring.  There is nothing, not one thing new here.  Same old formula, whether it's "true" or not. Rental at best.