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I liked the first one a lot, so I'm in. However, the teaser trailer didn't sell me on the sequel 100%.
The Conjuring 2 Official Teaser Trailer
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Super Wario
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Looks so much better than the first one.
WrenchNinja
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I don't like horror movies but I enjoyed the conjuring despite covering my eyes half the time. I'll probably (not) watch this.
Doctor Bat
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People such as you who can't respect the other people in the audience are what is ruining seeing a horror film in the theatre today. I'm always having to second-guess whether or not to wait to see a horror film at home instead because I'm having to think of the groups of 15-year-olds showing off to their friends by laughing all the way through the film and ruining the tension and atmosphere for everyone else.
matrix-cat
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This is unrelated to anything really, but I hate that her line is "Does it ever say things just to you, that you can only hear?" when she obviously means "...that only you can hear". You can't just put words in whatever order you like. Something that you can "only hear" means a thing that you can't taste or smell or whatever. Something that "only you" can hear means you are the only person who can hear it.
The group I was with and half the theater were laughing throughout Insidious 3 because the entire fucking movie was a joke.
I was pretty meh on the first one, especially with knowing the history behind all the Warren's bullshit. I'll see this eventually, even though I'm getting really burned out on this style of horror.
Doctor Bat
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It doesn't matter if the film is a joke to you, I've seen plenty of acclaimed horror films in the theatre and left angry because a group of kids laughed the whole way through and made noises whenever there was tense silence.
I saw The Conjuring twice, and the second time there was a guy sat next to me just criticising the film from beginning to end. If you're not enjoying it, and the film just isn't working as intended for you, why not just leave?
It's so frustrating, because sometimes horror showings are some of my favourite experiences seeing a movie, and then the other times they're the worst, because they're entirely dependent on atmosphere and tension in the same way laughter is to a comedy. But at least in a comedy no one is booing through the jokes, they just remain silent if they don't find it particularly funny.
It's just poor manners to everyone else in the theatre to laugh through a movie regardless of its seriousness or tone that you may not find convincing.
wild wild rice
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As a fan of the first film I'm pretty disappointed in that trailer. This one looks far less subtle and doesn't really have a "catch" the way the first did. I hope it turns out alright.
dantevsninjas
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Yeah, it kind of irritated me that they insisted on sticking the "true story" thing at the end of the trailer. These two have been known to be frauds for decades now.
So, if everyone is laughing you just join the stupidity, have some respect and don't ruin the experience next time.
Fucking kids these days.
Triggerhappytel
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Yes; that's the premise in this film. The first one was about the family involved in the Amityville Haunting.
Might want to check out another movie he's in that recently came out, Bone Tomahawk. Its streaming on Amazon Prime currently as is a slow burn Western Horror that also stars Curt Russel as a grizzled sheriff.
Pretty damn good movie and there are a few parts that will make your jaw drop
wild wild rice
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This trailer in particular definitely looks pretty generic.
The first Conjuring was a nice throwback to an older school of horror, which also has become a fairly common approach these days with House of the Devil and some others.
Mohonky
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The first one was. It was fucking terrible.
StriKeVillain
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They most certainly do. Worth a watch during October for cheap though.
DerZuhälter
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Wait. Didn't the first Conjuring movie play the whole exzorcism angle pretty straight faced and down to earth? I don't remember any monsters and really goofy paranormal stuff.
Calamari41
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I find enjoyment in all of the Wan-verse horror movies, even if overall some of them aren't good. Like Anabelle, for example. There were some great individual scenes in that movie. I personally thought the elevator/stair sequence was excellent as well, but the scene that I thought was the scariest was the first horror scene where
it's just the completely non-supernatural home invasion by the two wacked out hippies. The shot where you see into the neighbor's bedroom was especially well done.
brandonh83
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DerZuhälter;191603927 said:
Yes. It's just that you're reading a message board. Unless people are confusing it for Insidious.
WordAssassin
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DerZuhälter;191603927 said:
Weather or not the paranormal stuff was goofy is clearly subjective, but there is a lot of it. There are several ghosts in the second half of the film and once the ghost of the witch takes control there's a lot of very out-there events
such as the mother's appearance completely changing into a creepy zombified face and her, tied to the chair, floating up into the air and spinning around.
Agreed, that was extremely unsettling and even a little upsetting. Unlike all the paranormal stuff, that's something that really actually happens in real life and I thought it was executed very well.
And yeah whenever I see a movie coming out by [honestly] any of these guys I get excited. There's something about the way they do their horror movies that really appeals to me. The only ones I've gone out of my way not to see are the Sinister movies because I've heard that the found footage parts are deeply unsettling and creepy and I'm not sure I want to see that. Plus the stories don't interest me, from the little I've heard of them, as much as the Conjuring/Insidious stories.
Which reminds me that I need to see Insidious 3. Even though I felt Insidious went totally off the rails and got way too goofy in the last third of the movie I still liked the rest enough to see the sequel, which I enjoyed enough to want to see how it ends (if this is the last one?).
parrotbeak
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I loved the Conjuring but this trailer didn't do much for me.
parrotbeak
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Did you forget:DerZuhälter;191603927 said:
I loved it except for this.
Calamari41
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Insidious 3 is actually a prequel. It's another one that is overall not that great, but has individual great scenes. I found the haunting entity to be the best of the three Insidious movies, as well.
obin_gam
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The first one is certainly up there with The Exorcist and The Pet Semetary and The Shining as quality horror. I have huge faith in James Wan and while Insidious 1 and 2 wasn't as good, they were more playful experiments as oppose to The Conjuring being his real pet project, and also being the thing he put his A game on for.
This trailer was a bit generic. Showed a tad too much, but I have, again, faith in Wan.
This trailer was a bit generic. Showed a tad too much, but I have, again, faith in Wan.
LSauchelli
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The key-word is always "Based", as in "it's not a true story".
Edit: Crap, re-watched the trailer, and it does in fact not say "based on a true story", just "the next true story". Ugh.
PeskyToaster
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The Conjuring is great so I am looking forward to this. It got me a few times and I really enjoyed the camera work in it. Had some great stuff.
WordAssassin
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That's the only part of the movie that I hate. I felt like the movie's scariness came more from the atmosphere and tension building, but that was just 100% shock value jump scare. There are a couple smaller jump/shock scares (the maid ghost) but they don't bother me nearly as much as that one.Did you forget:
I loved it except for this.
Oh interesting! I'll have to check it out for sure. I really liked the monster from the first movie until the last scenes where it turned into a huge fucking joke, and... I honestly don't even remember the monster from the second one ):
I think if I had known going in that Insidious was a horror movie with comedy elements I would like it more, but since almost the entire movie up until the bumbling ghost hunters show up is played straight so I guess I felt betrayed by the sudden shift to outright comical during the finale. I don't know if it was meant to be comical, maybe the Tiny Tim music was supposed to be creepy, but it did not play that way at all for me.
I mean seriously the demon sitting in front of a vanity mirror sharpening its claws on a stone wheel what the hell, I can't imagine that's supposed to be serious.
Calamari41
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Yeah, I find that horror movies tend to lose a lot of their luster when the entity is featured in full detail front and center like that. It's something that The Conjuring and Insidious 3 avoid pretty well, while Insidious 1 and 2 absolutely do not. Annabelle does it well too, for that matter. I think the only real glimpse you get of the demon is
its silhouette in the basement and rushing up the stairs
NOLA_Gaffer
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I thought the first film was really predictable and rather boring.
But then again I'm not really a horror movie "fan" so maybe this kind of thing just isn't for me.
But then again I'm not really a horror movie "fan" so maybe this kind of thing just isn't for me.
AlexMeloche
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The first one was frigging boring. :/
Don't worry I HATED it. And I am a big time horror fan.
WordAssassin
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I'm a big big fan of creature features and monsters in general so eventually having a full reveal doesn't bother me much, I'm almost always looking forward to it really. I mean I totally get what you mean about not showing too much, but when there's a monster in a movie I do want to eventually actually see it (I'm really hoping that the final Paranormal Activity movie isn't a let down in that respect when I finally get around to watching it). It's just the way it was presented in Insidious seemed sooooo corny and took all the fear and scariness out of the demon for me. The handling of the demon in Annabelle was much, much better because as you point out, it still manages to keep it mysterious and scary even though we do get a full on look at it.
Whatever the monster was in the original Amityville Horror movie scared the shit out of me because you only get a quick flash of it at the very end, otherwise it's just creepy floating eyes. I was extremely disappointed when they changed it to a generic Ring-like little girl in the remake. If they do eventually cover that story in the Conjuring series I really hope they use a demon/creature again instead of a humanoid ghost.
Did you forget:
I loved it except for this.
Are you fucking kidding me? This is the only spot in the movie where I shrieked and nearly peed myself.
If all it takes is one word to change your mind, why can't you just pretend it says "Based" or just ignore that line altogether lol. Either way, the movie itself is always going to be an interpretation of the story with more shit added to scare you.
The first one was not about the Amityville Haunting, unless I'm mistaken.
Hesemonni
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The first one was brilliant, but I'm not sure they can do the magic this time.
...ok.
MagnaderAlpha
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You aren't mistaken. It was inspired by the Perron family haunting in 1971.
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