In 2013, a movie about a haunting called “The Conjuring,” starring the charismatic duo of Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as real-life paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren, helmed by
There is a point in Michael Chaves’ frustrating and only sparsely scary “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” when you realize something: if you abandon your desire to watch a terrifying haunted house movie in the vein of James Wan’s “The Conjuring” and settle for the investigative thriller that you have in front of you instead, you might have a decent time. Don’t worry, there s no way for you to miss that utterly pronounced scene, especially if you ve watched a David Fincher movie or two. There is a creaky basement. A creepy old man leads the way to it. He might be the Zodiac killer (okay, not exactly, but something along those lines), and yet, someone who barely knows him follows him down all the same, just to gather some evidence around a series of murders.
THE CONJURING 3 Has Its Scares, But Is Middle-of-the-Road Horror
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, directed by Michael Chaves, isn’t the worst installment the franchise has given us. However, neither is it one of the best. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as Ed and Lorraine Warren, investigating and helping victims of the supernatural. In this situation, they try to prove that demonic possession caused a murder. But the story for sensationalization purposes becomes overly dramatic and increasingly convoluted. The film ends up a flustercluck, with the most memorable would-be horror moments becoming comedic ones.
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