The Conjuring 2

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson are back to exorcise demons in Enfield. I praised Vera Farmiga last year when I watched the first film and I will praise them both again for this film. Directed by the man who directed Saw, there was uncertainty surrounding this film because Saw was found to be not as good as all the hype and certainly not in need of multiple sequels being made. The Conjuring was a very good film but there was a concern that the director was going to drag this film downhill and make it the typical sequel which is rubbish.

This film tests them more as characters and a couple than the previous film. The last fifteen minutes of this film is where all the emotion comes in. It's tense and moving and something different to what we witnessed in the first film. Their acting was magnificent in the first film but in this film they have taken them to another level. Watching this film is like watching 'The Woman in Black' live. This is what a horror film should be, not laughable, not one that I can watch whilst enjoying a sandwich, one which has me watching it through my hands, coat, knees, gloves and hat but still can't bring myself to tear my eyes away from the screen.

Using her visions in a slightly different way, Lorraine faces a demon far stronger than she has ever faced before and even suffers some personal damage in those visions. She is connected to this case in a far stronger and more brutal way than before but she needs to continually access them to help to solve this case and save Ed. Seeing the Demon face to face instead of through a character or a mirror was a nice touch but nothing will beat the determination to continue fighting this demon. At first it wasn't obvious but they came back, they did work it out and they did have to battle with something far stronger than anything that they had faced in the first movie. People do believe in exorcisms and there are people in the church who are trained to do those kind of things so this horror movie isn't that far off the mark. Unfortunately if you are at some point possessed in your life Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson will not be the ones knocking on your door and exorcising you.

The constant playing of 'Hark The Herald' suggests that this film should be watched at Christmas time as a nice contradiction to the happy films of sharing and caring at Christmas.