8
… a refreshing change of pace for one of horror cinema’s favourite cliches, imbuing it with equal parts gripping character work, chewy thematic subtext, and a cultural aesthetic that deserves
… safe, M-rated, teen-focused horror movie with striking imagery, decent acting and occasionally effective scares …
… a meandering and largely directionless assemblage of tropes and nods to other, better films.
… a suitably creepy affair that tips its cap to the likes of Insidious, the Conjuring franchise and even J-Horror, such as The Ring.
Nuns are already pretty unsettling, tbh.
If The Conjuring wasn’t terrifying enough, welcome to ‘The Conjuring Universe’.
Scary kids and our ongoing fear of children.