THE CONJURING 2 is a follow up to the surprise haunted house hit and another outing for psychic investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, as played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. Sadly, I'm no fan of these films, finding the direction overblown and the reliance on cliches and pedestrian plotting to be completely off-putting. This unconvincing sequel transports the action to England, where the investigators are shoehorned into the famous Enfield Poltergeist case. They end up bringing their old baggage with them, so this is more about evil nuns and stupid spirits than any attempts at realism. The over-the-top fantasy hauntings involving Farmiga's character never gel with the icy chills of the poltergeist case, and it's one of those Hollywood films that manages to make all of the British accents ring hollow and false. By the end, it's devolved into yet another chased-around-by-CGI climax, just like in the INSIDIOUS trilogy, and my interest had long since waned.

Supernatural sequel The Conjuring 2 is a fictionalised account of the Enfield Poltergeist, which allegedly terrorised the occupants of a council house in Enfield, England in 1977. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), who, having decided to take a break from investigating ghosts and demons after the trauma of Amityville, agree to travel to England in a purely observational capacity. Of course, they become far more involved than they originally intended once they see the plight of the family involved, single mother Peggy Hodgson (Frances O'Connor), and her four children, Janet (Madison Wolfe), Margaret (Lauren Esposito), Billy (Benjamin Haigh) and Johnny (Patrick McAuley), all of whom have had enough of their unwanted ghostly house-guest.At 134 minutes, The Conjuring 2 is about half an hour too long, and often feels like it is dragging its heels: there's only so many times that we need to see furniture being tossed around or the kids waking up to experience supernatural shenanigans. That said, the film is a serviceable sequel that should please fans of the original and those interested in the paranormal, partly because it is loosely based on fact (with the emphasis on 'loosely'), and partly because James Wan has had loads of practise when it comes to creepiness, the director conjuring up (pun intended) plenty of atmosphere and some well crafted scares. A solid cast also contribute to the film's effectiveness, with youngsters Wolfe and Esposito faring particularly well as the Hodgson sisters, who suffer the most from the haunted happenings.At the end of the day, the film doesn't do anything to rewrite the rules of the genre, but it's a slight improvement over the original. I was entertained enough to want to see what further sequels and spin-offs might hold (the latest being the forthcoming The Nun, which is based on the demon that is causing all the trouble in this film).

This film delivers, from start to finish. There are literally dozens of scares in this film but some how, unlike many other films, it seems to work, keeping you riveted and keeps on working right until the end. An audience can only endure so many "jump scares" before becoming jaded whilst watching any film and even though it has it's fair share of those, the atmosphere overall is well beyond and above allowing you to sit there counting the number of jump scares or even judging it harshly in any way. It's simply not a film that can be judged in any way by the number of obvious scares it throws at you but beyond that it even, it addresses the supernatural in a way that you have been yearning for yet still, even whilst shoving it in your face, still delivers and keeps you on the edge of your seat without becoming bored right until the end. There aren't a lot of films in my opinion that have been able to do that in the past without coming across as tacky and tiresome before the end. Masterful, creative, intuitive, interesting and just down right scary. One of my all time top 3 horrors for sure. I'd give it a ten... but nothing in this life, or the next, is perfect but this is as close as you'll get ;) Can't wait for The Conjuring 3

The Conjuring 2 sequel Of The Conjuring also directed by James Wan is highly recommended for every horror fan! I wasn't expecting that the 2cnd chapter was going to be the same good as the 1rst,but yes It really is! The Cast did an amazing job,there's no so much jumpscares as the first one but The Conjuring 2 has a better plot and a better purpose! I really cared about all these characters! Hope James Wan continues with the amazing Movies