The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Director James Wan has delivered what should rightfully be considered his masterpiece. There is a breadth and scale of ambition at work, which really tops anything he's tried in the genre before. Most importantly: it's a resounding success.

The Conjuring 2 proves that, with a sufficient investment of time and energy, sequels don’t have to be unsatisfying cash-grabs.

With a rich supporting cast, a smart script, and an ensemble that is put through their paces in some intense physical scenes, The Conjuring 2 is that rare horror sequel that stands toe to toe with the original, possibly even improving on it.

The Conjuring 2 does everything you want a sequel to do. It’s as well made as the original, but the location and the story are different enough that it’s not just the same thing all over again.

Wan has a gift for investing even the creakiest cliches with shivery élan.

Wan's secret weapons are clearly Wilson and Farmiga, both such good actors they're able to sell the audience on everything the Warrens experience. The duo also does a great job selling the romantic bond between the Warrens, which helps you fall in love with them as much as you end up falling for the entire Hodgson family.

The Conjuring 2 doesn’t live up to the films that inspired it (or the original) not because of the filmmaking laziness we so often see in horror (especially sequels), but almost because Wan and company are having too much fun to streamline their film.

When The Conjuring 2 focuses its efforts on scaring the audience, it succeeds, wildly. And why wouldn’t it? Wan’s got his horror technique locked down at this point. It’s the parts where it wanders away from the basics of creating and releasing tension that prevent it from outdoing its predecessor.

This sequel might lack the delightful jolts of its predecessor, but it nonetheless maintains a slow boil of terror that’s consistently unnerving.

Wan’s expert deployment of genre jolts is no less in evidence this time around, but as he takes his time — perhaps even a bit too much of it — interweaving the Warrens’ story with that of the Hodgsons, in the London borough of Enfield, he crafts a deep dive into dread. The film builds to a symphonic climax of heaven-and-hell emotion.

这死鬼，不仅身体很诚实，嘴上也很诚实。嘿修女的障眼法编撰得不错，大白天拿画像吓人也有创意，但一直欺负小朋友，长达一百分钟，这种套路不太上道啊。

招魂1当年的放映效果有多恐怖呢？2014年上海电影节，字幕员敲着敲着就吓得跑出去，前三排的人由于离银幕太近，吓得整个身子弹起来。

看恐怖片不想快进就是赢了

该开灯时就开！谁说白天不能有鬼？高潮不一定非得安排在片尾！该吓人时就狠狠的吓…这是《招魂》系列最让人钦佩的地方，也正如此，温子仁让恐怖片变得不再拖泥带水和沉闷，一气呵成，惊叫连连。故事新意不多，恐吓元素却更升一级，床和被子不再是儿时最具安全感的场所。

一只傻鬼，为什么自己告诉别人名字？

感觉这个鬼有强烈的自我否定的倾向，听见自己名字都想死。

后来补拍的老修女的部分，是真实事件之外的，也让这个故事变得更加精彩，结构上和温子仁之前几部叙事紧凑的恐怖片还不太一样，但类型化在技巧上和手法上还和以往保持着高度的一致性，摄影也更加的精彩。剧作不那么紧绷之后，片子给人一种把电影当剧集拍的错觉，感觉之后可以拍一个电影宇宙了。

还是不如第一部，不过有几个惊悚的点还是非常吓人的

建议导演多少要了解点黑魔法防御术，或者找一个懂黑魔法的顾问，这样才不至于驱魔的手段过于简单，除了十字架和圣经，似乎别无他法。驱魔是个技术活，光靠胆量可不成。本片氛围尚好，只是手段单一，最后靠直呼其名，斥走恶灵，实在不够酷炫。

居然风评比第一部好看？！excuse me？！

没被真人真事缚住手脚，后半部分出现温子仁的招牌式反转，然而我决定以后还是跟恐怖片手动再见了，妈的吓破我狗胆！

当代恐怖电影大师，无人能出其右。

从此无法直视玛丽莲曼森

温哥这次果然又没有让人失望，你不得不承认很多桥段和手法都是他用惯的东西，但我们总能在看的时候尽情享受那种接近临界的极端恐惧。那份摧枯拉朽的恐怖音乐和主角歇斯底里的呼喊，似乎成了我们与温子仁一年一度的恐怖之约。

瘟神的恐怖片大荧幕看真心酸爽，音效真的太给力，电影院里的全被吓得一通鬼叫，看完后两天睡觉都不敢关灯。前半部神秘十足，后半程节奏加快不停爆发，西方魔鬼阴霾配合东方式的吓人方式代入感极强，基本是恐怖片目前的制作水准集大成，技术上的高度纯熟也标志着詹温成为新时代当之无愧的恐怖大师。

好看至极，毫不拖泥带水的流程，几乎get不到的jump scare，演员演技令人意外，场景渲染利落，剧情逻辑性强，音乐邪典动听，音效爽快刺激，少许幽默成分掺入电影，非常有趣的观影体验。 詹姆斯温真是毫不掩饰自己的才华

最可怕的是，每当演到恐怖情节时，戏院的其它人就会不约而出地发出笑声。操！是只有我一个人能看到那些东西吗？！#一个脑洞# #细思极恐#

粉了温导多年 看了前四十分钟还以为老温才尽了呢 没想到后面留了一手 还搞了段锦上添花的温情戏

温老师的镜头越来越贱，总感觉会有东西从哪冒出来，全程绷着神经看完虚脱了，还有那个被附身的小女孩你演这么投入以后找不到男朋友的你知道吗???

全程高能。能看出温导把很大一部分精力用在了惊吓效果上，密度和强度几乎是上一部的三倍，镜头语言和timing之娴熟达到了他迄今为止的最高峰。这也让本就没什么追求的故事主题显得更没存在感，尽管剧情打动观众的能力比较有限，但其作为恐怖片的娱乐价值无疑是出类拔萃的。