Ok took the boy to see the Conjuring. I went in not really knowing what to expect, other than it was another haunting movie. I was actually pleasantly surprised. It was good old fashioned creepy and scary. They didn't rely on special effects and blood to shock you, instead excellent use of music and silence and showing normal everyday occurrences that might or might not end up scaring the **** out of you. The best thing was they underdid the whole shocker moments, making each one more intense. Every time I thought "oh yeah here it comes", well it didn't. Then at just the right moment it did. Had several jump out of your seat moments. You know it is working well when you can hear all the nervous laughter from the 40-something guys in the audience as they try to trick themsleves into thinking they aren't really scared, when really they just want to pee their pants. I heartily recommend it.
I also couldn't really see why it got an R rating. No swearing at all, I mean one G-D in the whole movie, 0 F-bombs. No sex or revealing situations. Definitely some disturbing moments, but nothing like saw or hostel or any of the gross out horror movies. I guess it was just plain scary enough to warrant it, and that it was. In fact some of the scariest moment were when the characters could see the bad guy, and they didn't let you see it. If you have seen it, the slamming of the door in the girl's bedroom knocked me out of my chair. that was great.
If you let yourself get into the movie it will make you want to run out of the theater, then run right back in to see what happens next. Very well done.
