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I ended up seeing The Conjuring tonight. What can I say, it was a well-executed retelling of a well-worn and routine horror story. I didn't feel it was bad, it was an adept stab at the haunted house formula. The Conjuring was not ambitious or original, but it was expertly done and made a ton of money, and now I fear we will be faced with yet many more attempts at this subgenre due to its success, and what's worse is it is not likely to be topped. I can almost see a tidal wave of cheap video-on-demand haunted house movies rushing swiftly to shore, and we will all be drowned in mediocrity.
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