A trim, effective haunted-house spook show, “The Conjuring” is both a throwback to early-’70s real estate shriekers like “The Amityville Horror” an...

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So-called Splat Pack filmmaker James Wan opts for old-school restraint over gore in an involving and effective throwback to ’70s supernatural horror-thrill...

Review: James Wan's 'The Conjuring' Is Filled With Scares, But What's the Point?

Classy old-school horror, James Wan’s “The Conjuring’’ depends more on its excellent cast and atmospheric direction than cheap gimmicks to raise hair...

In James Wan’s horror tale, Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston are terrorized by the bumps and creaks around them.

Director James Wan ("Saw," "Insidious") has crafted a wickedly effective horror crowd-pleaser -- taking well-worn elements of the genre (from a long list of ...

The Conjuring represents a member of an increasingly endangered species: the R-rated horror movie that relies more on suspense and scares than blood and gore...

Watching "The Conjuring" is like getting a tour of a haunted house attraction from someone that pushes, and pulls you through every room. There's nothing rea...

Sadie knows. The dog always knows not to go into the haunted house. But since this was 1971, and the world, much less Rhode Island’s Perron family, had not...

It scared the living crap out of me. Only at the movies is that a compliment. So kudos to The Conjuring for putting fresh fire into the overworked haunted-ho...

In the decades since Linda Blair first hocked up a pea-soup facial, Hollywood xerographers have found in demonic possession a perennial cash absorber. Direct...

Dir: James Wan. US. 2013. 112mins

''To conjure'' originally meant to summon a devil, but then it became a word for magic tricks. In his latest horror confection, James Wan gives us both meani...

A disquietingly sinuous haunted-house movie that has a healthy understanding of its own silliness

By Steve Persall

The MPAA reportedly slapped a rare age-restrictive rating for "terror" on James Wan's movie—a decision that you can understand once you&#...

After his low-budget hit Insidious, director James Wan returns with another entertaining piece of haunted-house hokum, based on a file from ...

Supposedly based on a true story, the premise involves a family, a gothic country home and some pesky poltergeists/demons

All the actors give convincing performances in this supernatural thriller.

James Wan's sixth feature is a sensationally entertaining old-school freakout and one of the smartest, most viscerally effective thrillers in recent memory.

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson star as a pair of paranormal investigators in the new spook story from director James Wan.