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The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

2016

James Wan

Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O'Connor, Madison Wolfe ...

6.5

24,265

Horror Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"A freakier follow-up featuring creepy kids, villains who’ll keep you up at night and camerawork that puts moviegoers in a state of impending dread (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Wan has a gift that most slam-bang horror directors today do not: a sense of the audience — of their rhythm and pulse, of how to manipulate a moment so that he’s practically controlling your breathing."	POS
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"James Wan ups the ante with an excellent sequel (...) Wan’s expert deployment of genre jolts is no less in evidence this time around."	POS
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"'The Conjuring 2' does everything you want a sequel to do (...) Skip this film if you can’t suspend disbelief; it’s entertainment, not a documentary"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"As a filmmaker, James Wan plays to the reptilian brain of his audience, orchestrating such autonomous body functions as heart rate, breath and goosebumps like a maestro (...) “The Conjuring 2” satisfies more than it disappoints"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	The Conjuring 2 has the power of Wan to compel you to scream your bloody head off. His artistry with pace, framing, and tension-filled atmosphere makes the house come alive (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"This sequel might lack the delightful jolts of its predecessor, but it nonetheless maintains a slow boil of terror that’s consistently unnerving."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"The scares are effective and the camerawork is superb (...) The period detail is surprisingly authentic (...) But there’s little here we haven’t seen before. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Lacking some of the simplicity and elegance of the first instalment, 'The Conjuring 2' is nonetheless a smoothly efficient horror movie, building to a powerhouse finale rooted in our emotional connection to the film’s well-drawn main characters."	POS
United States	Russ Fischer The Playlist	"This is a film clever enough to scare us but not smart enough to accomplish anything more."	NEU

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