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I'm surprised no one's brought this movie up yet. It looks awesome. I also heard that the only reason it's rated R is because it's just scary. That makes the movie even more intriguing. Check this out:
How scary is The Conjuring? It's rated R even though there's little cursing, only a couple drops of blood and no major acts of violence that I can recall. Why? Because it's too scary. Seriously, here's what the producers were told by the MPAA:
"When we sent it [to MPAA], they gave us the R-rating. When we asked them why, they basically said, 'It’s just so scary. [There are] no specific scenes or tone you could take out to get it PG-13.'"
They're not kidding. Wan is a master of making you avert your eyes from what's coming next ... even when nothing is actually coming. It wears you out; it tears you up; it knocks you around. It's what a horror movie is supposed to do. There's nothing particularly new here: creepy dolls, evil witch ladies, scary ghost children dressed like Amish kids. But the way Wan mixes familiar tropes together into something that feels both new and familiar is ingenious. He's playing a cover song in a way you've never heard it before. Then, at the end of the song, he hits you over the head with his guitar and slashes your throat with the pick.
How scary is The Conjuring? It's rated R even though there's little cursing, only a couple drops of blood and no major acts of violence that I can recall. Why? Because it's too scary. Seriously, here's what the producers were told by the MPAA:
"When we sent it [to MPAA], they gave us the R-rating. When we asked them why, they basically said, 'It’s just so scary. [There are] no specific scenes or tone you could take out to get it PG-13.'"
They're not kidding. Wan is a master of making you avert your eyes from what's coming next ... even when nothing is actually coming. It wears you out; it tears you up; it knocks you around. It's what a horror movie is supposed to do. There's nothing particularly new here: creepy dolls, evil witch ladies, scary ghost children dressed like Amish kids. But the way Wan mixes familiar tropes together into something that feels both new and familiar is ingenious. He's playing a cover song in a way you've never heard it before. Then, at the end of the song, he hits you over the head with his guitar and slashes your throat with the pick.
WHEREVER YOU ARE IS WHERE YOU ARE AT
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