scary movie

Tag: scary movie

The Conjuring: Movie Review

The story is about paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

The movie starts by introducing us to a malevolent spirit who inhabits a doll as the two investigators relate a story of one of their cases in a lecture. This sets up the remainder of the story and the tone of the movie.

The movie is centered around a family looking for a fresh start, who move into an idyllic farm home, unaware of it’s horrific legacy. As the story unfolds, the resident demons manifest themselves into an awesome tale of demonic terror. Without the reliance on CGI or fancy special effects, the movie uses suspense to tell a great story and yes, there were many “gotcha” moments. When I first saw it last summer, there were a few times that got screams from the audience. As the story unfolded, I found myself easily drawn in and set up for the next scary moment.

I am writing this after having purchased the DVD and watching it a year later. Yes, I still got drawn into the movie and did get a good scare from the, “gotcha moments”. For that, it is very easy for me to give this movie a 10 out 10.

‘till next time, no nightmares!

Rick

Deliver Us from Evil : Movie Review

A hot summer Friday night, a perfect time for a scary movie! (No spoilers…)

The movie is based on the real life events of Ralph Sarchie, from his book, 2001 non-fiction book entitled Beware the Night by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool.

He is a New York cop who meets a Castilian priest and is pulled into a case which the priest convinces him, against the his religious beliefs, is demonically related. With help from the priest, Ralph puts down a demon, (through exorcism), that has possessed a man who unleashed terror on the street of New York. After this event, he leaves the police force to join the priest in a quest to combat demonic evil.

I am being careful to not give you too much here. I think this scary movie is a must see. Instead of relying on gore and shock, the movie is carefully crafted to use suspense. The special effects were great to climax the moments and yes, there were at least five good “gotacha” moments that made me jump. The actors were good in they conveyed the story well, but the real gem is the direction and editing that created the suspense. A very well put together scary movie, great story telling and awesome suspense. I would give this an 8 out of 10.

‘till next time, no nightmares!

Rick