The Conjuring

1971年、若い夫婦と5人の娘のペロン一家は、ロードアイランド州ハリスヴィルの田舎にある、いささか古いが屋敷のように広い部屋を持つ一軒家を購入した。念願のマイホーム購入を喜ぶペロン一家であったが、入居した翌日から奇怪な現象が次々と発生するようになる。 ついに娘たちにもその危害が及ぶに至って、ペロン夫妻の妻キャロリンは、超常現象研究家夫妻として名高いウォーレン夫妻に助けを求める。夫のエドはカトリック教会が唯一公認した非聖職者の悪魔研究家であり、妻のロレインは透視能力を持っている。 ウォーレン夫妻の調査の結果、その一軒家には戦慄すべき血塗られた過去がある事が判明した。ウォーレン夫妻はペロン一家を救うべく尽力するが、霊力の強さと邪悪さはウォーレン夫妻の想像をはるかに超えるものであった。
The Conjuring is a solid entry into the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren. The opening build up had some good scares, but I felt it lost some of the tension once it was clear there really was something in the house. From then on it played more like a supernatural thriller than straight horror, which made it less spooky for me.
Even so, it’s an enjoyable watch. A few moments even felt unintentionally funny, probably because of how the film has aged, but that didn’t take away too much. It’s not the scariest horror I’ve seen, but it works well as an introduction to the Warrens and the wider universe of stories that followed.
Scary at first, spooky in parts, but more of a ghost story than a nightmare.
The Conjuring is a solid entry into the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren. The opening build up had some good scares, but I felt it lost some of the tension once it was clear there really was something in the house. From then on it played more like a supernatural thriller than straight horror, which made it less spooky for me.
Even so, it’s an enjoyable watch. A few moments even felt unintentionally funny, probably because of how the film has aged, but that didn’t take away too much. It’s not the scariest horror I’ve seen, but it works well as an introduction to the Warrens and the wider universe of stories that followed.
Scary at first, spooky in parts, but more of a ghost story than a nightmare.




















