THE CONJURING — Page 2

We saw the trailer for "You're Next," and it has great potential! Those masks are fvcking creepy.

The last one that really got me was the first "Paranormal Activity," which I know a lot of people thought was just flat-out stupid, but I confess it sunk in slowly, and I didn't sleep well for three nights. Before that... gosh... I don't know. "Hostel"?

I think "Psycho" is the only movie that truly terrifies me every time I watch it, so much so that I have trouble getting a shower too soon after.

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The whole randomness of "because you were home" in THE STRANGERS is what makes it so great and do terrifying. And I think they're still making a sequel (which I'm less than thrilled with).

"She also said there were things that the film did not touch because they were too scary."
Yeah right.

I was really looking forward to it, and wanted to love it, but I found the whole thing to be derivative and formulaic. It's as if the director took The Amityville Horror, Poltergeist, The Exorcist, Paranormal Activity (1, 2, 3 and 4), and even The Birds, threw them into a blender, and this is what came out. Far too "paint by numbers" for my taste. I guess when you can't be original, you pay homage. And the audience that I saw it with was really annoying. Sad that so few people seem to know how to conduct themselves in public these days. Selfish, self-absorbed, ill-mannered assh@les with no consideration for anyone other than themselves. Nowadays, I see fewer and fewer movies in a theater, and this is exactly why. I'd rather wait the 3-4 months and watch in the comfort and privacy of my own living room. In fact, had I watched this movie for the first time at home, alone, in a darkened room, it might have had more of an effect on me. It still would have been as cheesy as hell, but it might have at least provided a few cheap thrills. As it were, not so much as a goosebump. A major disappointment.

ETA: And can anyone tell me why this movie was R rated??? It was devoivd of profanity, nudity and sex, and the violence was on the mild side and pratically gore-free. Persoanlly, I think the producers asked for the R to give the impression that it was more adult and scarier than it actually is.

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Updated On: 7/29/13 at 09:11 AM

I went to a screening in Brooklyn with an all Black audience. Needless to say there was constant commentary going on. More texting then I have seen anywhere. I think I am done going to movie theatres.
I agree with Lusicous about it being a coarsely blended movie of much better horror films.

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No, I find the rudeness to be in most movie theatres in the city. To a lesser or greater degree. The last time I was in a very well behaived theatre was in a Mall in Miami.

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I was hoping to be jumping out of my seat. Didn't happen. It was good but I left the theater thinking I need to go play 307 as a daily number. :)

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LOL. Well anything put out by The Disney Channel would surpass those two for that title.

Updated On: 7/30/13 at 03:40 PM

How does this one stack against THE LORDS OF SALEM or MAMA as the horror film of the year?

I was severely disappointed in both of those.

After about the first few Crazy scenes, I heard one African American woman turn to her friend and say " Why do White Folks just stay around,..right about now,I'd be throwing my **** in the car and be gone ! "
LMAO

^ See...if the movie is right, I think that kind of stuff can be so fun. I mean...I don't want to hear a running commentary during Schindler's List. But a fun, crazy horror movie? Delightful. I know I may be alone in that, though.

That kind of audience reaction is why I see horror movies in Chelsea. I'll never go to a movie so I can hear people talking throughout it unless its a live director commentary.