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THE CONJURING - IL CASO ENFIELD

The Conjuring 2

2016 US HMDB
giugno 8, 2016

Lorraine ed Ed Warren, esperti di paranormale, per una delle loro indagini più terrificanti si recano a Londra con lo scopo di aiutare una madre single che sta tentando di crescere da sola quattro bambini in una casa tormentata da spiriti maligni.

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Produzione: Dave Neustadter (Executive Producer)Toby Emmerich (Executive Producer)Richard Brener (Executive Producer)Peter Safran (Producer)Rob Cowan (Producer)Walter Hamada (Executive Producer)Steven Mnuchin (Executive Producer)
Sceneggiatura: Carey Hayes (Story)Chad Hayes (Story)James Wan (Story)David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Screenplay)
Musica: Joseph Bishara (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Don Burgess (Director of Photography)

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Vincenzo de Divitiis

Inghilterra, 1977. Paggy Hodgon è una donna separata e madre di 4 figli con i quali vive in una casa popolare alla periferia di Londra, precisamente nel quartiere di Enfield, non senza difficoltà economiche per arrivare a fine mese e sfamare ogni giorno i suoi piccoli. Come se non bastassero tali ristrettezze, la situazione peggiora nel momento in cui strani eventi iniziano a susseguirsi nell’abitazione e lo spirito del vecchio inquilino si impossessa di una delle sue figlie femmine, Janet, per manifestare la sua volontà di non lasciare la sua dimora. Il caso, che nel frattempo si è imposto all’attenzione nazionale guadagnandosi l’appellativo di “Amityville” inglese, giunge all’orecchio del Vaticano che incarica i due esperti del paranormale Ed e Lorraine Warren di indagare sulla veridicità dei fenomeni e di trovarne una soluzione qualora essi fossero autentici. Ha così inizio una lunga lotta fra il bene e il male che non coinvolge solo lo spirito che è dentro la piccola Janet, ma anche un potentissimo demone che tormenta Lorraine già dai tempi dell’ultima indagine di “Amityville” e che le ha predetto una tragica fine per una persona a lei cara. Regista, sceneggiatore, produttore: sono questi i tanti ruoli che James Wan ricopre all’interno dell’horror contemporaneo, scena nella quale nel corso degli anni si è imposto all’attenzione di pubblico e critica come uno dei più talentuosi e importanti maestri contemporanei. Un’ascesa iniziata con il bellissimo primo capitolo della saga di “Saw – L’enigmista”, leggermente intralciata dal pur discreto “Dead Silence”, e infine portata al culmine dai due “Insidious” e, soprattutto, “The Conjuring- L’evocazione” datato 2013. Quest’ultimo, basato su un caso realmente affrontato dagli esperti del paranormale Ed e Lorraine Warren, non solo ha regalato vette di ottimo cinema del terrore – cosa non scontata di questi tempi-, ma ha anche dato il via ad uno dei franchise più fiorenti del momento, come dimostra il mediocre “Annabelle” ispirato alla bambola presente nello scantinato dei due coniugi. Un successo simile non poteva non portare alla realizzazione di un sequel che, puntuale come un orologio svizzero, è arrivato con alla regia il suo padre James Wan, che nel frattempo si era preso una pausa dal genere dedicandosi ai motori e ai muscoli di “Fast&Furious;”. Mai ritorno fu tanto benefico in quanto questo sequel è un film davvero notevole e fa davvero paura al punto da mettere in guardia le persone più impressionabili dal pericolo di una notte in bianco. I punti a favore di questo “The Conjuring- Il caso Enfield” sono tantissimi, ma partiamo da quello più immediato e facile da vedere a occhio nudo. La gestione della tensione da parte di Wan è come al solito perfetta grazie alle atmosfere tetre e oscure che non rendono percepibile il pericolo creando così un senso di spaesamento che lascia lo spettatore in uno stato di ansia continuo dall’inizio alla fine, acuito dalle sempre ottime musiche del fido Joseph Bishara caratterizzate da sonorità acute e sempre a passo con i diversi momenti della storia. Numerose sono, infatti, le sequenze memorabili che si reggono su una figura tra le più inquietanti degli ultimi anni, ossia lo statuario demone vestito da suora che tormenta Lorraine ed si erge a protagonista di quella che è un’importante sotto trama del film. La storia, infatti, si muove su due binari paralleli, la vicenda della famiglia Hodgson e lo shock subito da Lorraine durante l’ultima seduta spiritica nella casa di “Amytiville”, che si intrecciano a meraviglia fra loro e in diversi punti sono complementari l’uno all’altro. Ma un’operazione così ambiziosa, dalla durata immensa per un horror (ben 133 minuti), non poteva non avere al suo interno qualche crepa nello svolgimento del plot che alla lunga risulta non il massimo dell’originalità e, soprattutto, crolla miseramente in un finale deludente, sbrigativo e superficiale nella risoluzione della possessione e privo dell’atteso climax finale. Insomma, l'idea di immergere fin da subito il pubblico in una spirale di terrore si rivela un boomerang in quanto è molto difficile mantenere lo stesso ritmo per così tante sequenze. Al netto di queste piccole sbavature, il nuovo lavoro di Wan è promosso a piani voti anche grazie ad un cast nel quale Vera Farming conferma che il personaggio di Lorraine le calza a pennello e la rivelazione è rappresentata dalla piccola Madison Wolfe, abilissima nei panni di una bambina posseduta tra le più spaventose e credibili degli ultimi decenni. Se volete vedere un horror di ottima qualità e scritto anche con a giusta cura dei particolari, “The Conjuring – Il caso Enfiled” è il film adatto a voi e caldamente consigliato. Wan ha fatto centro ancora una volta !

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RECENSIONI DALLA COMMUNITY (7)

Reno

Reno

8 /10

This time a London family struggle in their haunted house.

First of all, I am not a big fan of the first film, but I liked that. Now this sequel was not bad either. This time it takes us to the London. But the film reminded me the 80s film 'Poltergeist', particularly the second part. So don't assume it is exactly the same, only the scenes involving house seems similar, but the story was different. It is another true story based film, that's what they said in the opening statement. You're not forced to believe that, if you're here for an entertainment, you will get that if you put your logics away for the two hours.

A family of four young children and their mother living in a house in the London witness some serious paranormal activities lately. Particularly the eleven year old girl affected the most with the spirit the house possessed. So the American couple from the first film are brought in to do their best to help the family. When they try to contact the spirit, they won't get what they were looking for. Instead, an unexpected blame goes for the girl and soon the family loses confidence in them. The overcoming those misunderstanding, particularly realising the truth brings a twist before concluding the tale.

The one twenty minute never looked too long. Because there's always something keeps happening, so the audience to keep engaged with. Probably this is won't be your best horror film of the years, but being a horror themed film, it had good form of those contents. Not too scary, at a time those clichés were used in a good way to bring freshness in the scenes. I will credit the writers for that. Besides, the actors were undoubtedly good, including those little ones. For me this is a better horror film and I definitely look for another sequel. I hope this one would stand up to your expectations.

7.5/10

Gimly

Gimly

6 /10

I know I'm in the minority on this, but I actually preferred it to the original.

Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go.

Sheldon Nylander

Sheldon Nylander

6 /10

I'm giving this half a star more than I gave the first movie. As a horror film in its own rite, it's competently made, although somewhat predictable as it follows most of the traditional haunted house film tropes. But it is better than the first one in that it's a more cohesive film, with such corrections as how the background "monster" actually does play a part in the story, whereas in the first film Annabelle was shoehorned in but had nothing to do with the main story and served only as a distraction.

Ultimately, the reason I can't rate this film higher is because it's about the Warrens, who were a couple of charlatans that took advantage of vulnerable and desperate people. While this is touched on briefly, it's done more in the context of people who don't believe them are all mean and unsympathetic.

Again, it's a competently made horror film that's better than its predecessor, if a little predictable, but don't look at it as being based on a true story. Take it with a massive grain of salt.

JPV852

JPV852

8 /10

Really solid sequel, and a re-watch before seeing the third film, in fact probably liked this one slightly better, with some good scares but better, a nice heart at the center with the relationship between Ed and Lorraine, played wonderfully by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. Once again, craft-fully directed by James Wan, a style missing from the others in the 'Conjuring Universe', though the plots didn't help matters. 4.0/5

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

1 /10

This is rated "R" and it's hard to believe...but let's face it, scary movies just aren't that scary anymore.

Not that many of them ever were. And even then few have actually provided the constant nightmares of The Exorcist...

But The Conjuring 2 feels like it's going for the PG scares to not lose audiences.

The potential is there, but the director is flying with one hand on the chicken switch and pulls out of everything that's not worse than a jump-scare.

We have the potential for an actual psychologically thrilling horror story here, but its a wasted potential.

Ultimately, like every other horror movie made of late, it seems afraid to actually frighten people.

Still, it's better than the torture porn on the market

r96sk

r96sk

4 /10

<em>'The Conjuring 2'</em>, oof. What a chore to sit through. The only redeeming quality I have for this film is Madison Wolfe's performance as Janet, which is fairly impressive for a youngster. That aside, I have nothing that I can praise or even mark as better than mid, sadly.

The 2hr+ run time obviously doesn't help, but that actually isn't even a major negative for this movie. The plot, which feels like a rehash of the 2013 original in most (if not all) areas, is just so bloated and boring, I initially thought the English-ify of the story would bring freshness but, aside from the amusingly bad cockney accents, it's barely noticeable when in yet another dingy house.

<b>[bit of a spoiler on the way]</b>

The demons felt like a drop-off from the first flick, I admit the Bill character turned out to be a tiny bit more interesting than I thought it was going to be early on. Even then, I wanted a little bit of resolution with Bill once 'the end' happens (with Anita too). Unless it happened and I was already mentally zoned out by then, possible I guess?

I think another thing that affects my enjoyment is the lack of jeopardy for the human characters, once is fine but back-to-back? Like they put all the pieces in place to kill one of them off and then just bottle it right at the last minute; this one here, for example, would've been very meaningful too. That dog in the original must feel extremely hard done by, ought to sue thy agent. I suppose it needs to cling to the "true event" (lol).

Ah, I've just checked the general reception this received. Wow! Most of the time I question myself when I see that I am in the minority, I gotta be honest this time its on you guys - please do send me whatever it is you lot are smoking though! Joking aside, it would appear I'm in the wrong, the majority view speaks for itself, but damn... surprised to say the least!

Just remembered that I did actually say in my review of <em>'Annabelle'</em> (5/10) hours ago that if it was any longer then I would've disliked it more. Well, step forward this movie. I didn't think the proof would arrive in the pudding so soon.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7 /10

This second cinema outing for the ghost-busting Warren’s takes them to London’s northern district of Enfield where the Hodgson family are having a fairly torrid time. Younger daughter Janet (Madison Wolfe) and her elder sister Margaret (Lauren Esposito) have been pining for their absent father and so rather optimistically consult a home-made ouija board to find out if he is ever going to return home again! Their mum Peggy (Frances O’Connor) and the audience know that he’s shacked up with a woman round the corner with their new set of twins. Anyway, Janet goes to sleep and that’s the beginning of their nightmare as an old gent (Bill) who reputedly died in an armchair in the house decides to revisit the family, rearrange the furniture, change the television channels and generally cause mayhem for this cash-strapped family. Meantime, Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) has been painting a fetching portrait of a nun (think the art-loving Sister Wendy Beckett from the mid-1990s) who seems to be the source of some discomfort for wife Lorraine (Vera Farmiga). Might these two mysteries be connected? Well the church asks the pair to do some surreptitious investigations in the UK and so off they go. Of course they are sceptical, but when a bit of levitation creeps in, the doors start to slam of their own accord and the water supply seems intent on building them an indoor swimming pool in the basement, they begin to wonder if Janet et al are really hoaxers, or might there actually be something altogether more malevolent at work here. According to local sources here, the Warren’s spent hardly any time at all at the house and so much of the substance to this story is unsubstantiated conjecture, but James Wan still manages to create something plausibly scary as these children and their mother - at her wits end - try to deal with this unwelcome phenomena. It’s end-to-end stuff with the girls also delivering spookily (and shriekingly) as the shadows come alive with well-mixed audio effects and some false teeth with a mind of their own. Wilson and Farmiga over-egg their earnestness a bit at times, but as the “McMillan and Wife” of the occult, they do well enough to send the odd tingle up and down your spine. It’s probably half an hour longer than it needs to be - there’s a wee bit too much preamble, but it’s certainly at the better end of the genre for my money.

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