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Originally Posted by Bastion1023
I enjoyed Insidious a lot, but I think I enjoyed The Conjuring more. I felt the two separate stories tied nicely together, the scares were mostly natural in their implementation (not just loud sounds and jump cuts) and the characters were easy to identify with and sympathize for. The acting was excellent and the cinematography and editing drew you in more than pulled you out of the story.
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Completely 100% agree with you. I loved the first 'Insidious', but something about the atmosphere and editing in 'The Conjuring' made it that much better. I genuinely felt like I cared about the characters (something too many horror movies fail to achieve), and I totally agree about the scares.
My biggest problem with 'Insidious 2' was that there were way too many "scares" that were just loud noises. 'Insidious' had these too, but to a much lesser extent. At times, there was nothing particularly scary happening on screen, but just loud noises that seemed to exist purely to assault the senses. Don't get me wrong, parts of 'Insidious 2' were terrifying (something about James Wan + old women ghosts + closets = holy s***, and the dice were a nice touch), but by about halfway through the movie, I just wanted it to end. The soundtrack just got way too loud and unpleasant.
'The Conjuring' wasn't like that at all. The scares in it were extremely well thought out and executed, and at no time did I feel like the soundtrack was being overused. The movie didn't need a loud soundtrack because the stuff happening on screen was legitimately terrifying and didn't need to be elevated by anything. Even though I felt scared throughout the entire movie, I remember not wanting it to end because it was just so well done and so engrossing.
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