The Conjuring 2 (2016) poster
2016 · horror · supernatural

The Conjuring 2

Directed by James Wan2h 14m2016
ElsewhereIMDb7.3342kRT80%Metacritic65
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • inventive
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / supernatural, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Our read · The Conjuring 2 (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want polished haunted-house scares with strong period atmosphere and craft.

ends triumphantit leaves you shakensteady all the waygrips by minute 10attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightSupernatural jump scares and child peril will keep you awake afterward.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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