The direction is meticulous in detail and clearly shows an engagement and ease with the material. Script is not too awkward and is structured coherently, with nothing cheapening it like sluggish exposition or cheesy misplaced humour. The music is haunting and not over-bearing, recorded in a way that is not overly loud or obvious that it spoils the atmosphere (which was great because many horror films seen recently failed in this regard). It looks slick and stylish while having a spooky setting and suitably nightmarish lighting. It looks great, especially for horror films released in recent years (too many of which have looked like they were made on the schlocky cheap). Other than those, 'The Conjuring 2' is very good. This would have been rectified by 20 minutes being trimmed and the pace of the first act, with a beginning that doesn't attention-grab or unsettle as it should have done, tightened up. 'The Conjuring 2' is overlong, which is its biggest issue. As a sequel, it fares very well and one of not many to actually be on the same level as its predecessor. It is a very familiar premise, done to death actually, but the atmosphere stops it from being too predictable and there is enough freshness. 'The Conjuring 2', like its predecessor, is not a perfect film, but it is very atmospheric, well made and genuinely scary, or at least to me it was. It succeeds splendidly in where 'The Nun' failed and has none of its mistakes. On re-watch, 'The Conjuring 2', like its very good predecessor, does hold up very well and actually just as good as remembered. Just to see whether they held up, as good as remembered and whether they succeeded where 'The Nun' didn't and didn't make that film's mistakes. Decided to re-watch both 'The Conjuring' films, with memories of really liking both, after watching, and not liking all that much, 'The Nun' (which was watched as part of my watching as many films of 2018 as possible quest) very recently.
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