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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Film What Do You Think of The Conjuring Trailer?

Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:28 PM

I absolutely agree with Badass Digest's Devin Faraci about this trailer for The Conjuring: It's incredible. It's made up of two long-ish scenes, and it builds the suspense until a great payoff moment.

What we have here is probably a bad movie. (The title card that reads "From the director of Saw and Insidious" is a warning.) But I'm so sick of blender-cut trailers that this trailer leaves me desperately wanting to see the movie. A horror film that takes its time to develop a sense of menace? Yes, please!

Do you agree?

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DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on February 27, 2013 at 4:38 PM

What's wrong with Saw or Insidious? They're both reasonably respected...at least in horror movie terms.

Posted by schmacky on February 27, 2013 at 4:57 PM

Lili Taylor and Vera Farmiga, though...

Posted by MLM on February 27, 2013 at 5:18 PM

Why did I watch that? I hate horror movies. (Not judging. Just not my thing.) Even a really well done horror movie is not on my list.

That said, the only real surprise in this trailer is the claim that it is "based on a true story".

Posted by Reverse Polarity on February 27, 2013 at 5:30 PM

"Based on a true story"? Ha ha ha... oh yeah, that time some spirits tried to kill a family and the real-life ghost busters they hired. Totally remember seeing that on the news.

I agree though—the longer shots in the trailer held my attention.

Posted by Dougsf on February 27, 2013 at 6:19 PM

Why do they ever go in the basement? Idiots.

Posted by westello on February 27, 2013 at 6:23 PM

Looks good. Never saw Insidious. The original Saw was fairly good.

Posted by GermanSausage on February 27, 2013 at 6:28 PM

I can see pre-movie commercials now.

Clap on...clap off. The clapper!

Posted by Slackjaw on February 27, 2013 at 6:47 PM

Getting a little sick of haunted houses, but this looks promising. It has a late seventies feel, although maybe this is just a result of the titling. Plus - Lili Taylor!

Posted by Anne18 on February 27, 2013 at 6:58 PM

This trailer is awesome, and the exact opposite of the worst trailers ever: the ones whose succession of brief fade-ins/fade-outs are timed to an ominous pile-driver beat.

Whenever one of those comes on in the theater - which is quite often, since it's a standard way to make a trailer for a movie that's barely entered post-production - I just close my eyes until it's over.

Posted by Free Lunch on February 27, 2013 at 7:15 PM

@2 I despise Saw because it turned the horror genre into "torture porn". I go to horror to get scared, or see suspense, not to find a movie that makes me want to puke.

Posted by Pick1 on February 27, 2013 at 9:11 PM