Covering My Eyes While Watching The Conjuring
The first thing I did when I've heard too much
buzz about the new horror movie The Conjuring was to look for its
trailer.
In fairness to its producers, the trailer looked like a
promotional clip to a History Channel investigative report.
I kept on closing my eyes when watching the trailer. I
was a bit scared.
The movie is based on a
true story. But I would like to believe that it is more of a documentary of a
real incident that captured the attention of the world in the past.
The plot revolves around a
family, which if I were to interpret, is not that strong. The father works in a far area and the siblings, just like any other ordinary
family, are still exploring their love with each other.
The movie starts with a
previous case of the couple who investigates paranormal activities. It’s about
a doll that has been haunting an apartment.
The next case of the couple
is the family’s new house which has a series of extraordinary occurrence. When the couple
proved the very terrifying incidents happening inside the farmhouse caused by its
original owner which was a witch, an exorcism was done to oust the spirit that
possessed the mother’s body.
The movie started with frightening
scenes to introduce it as a horror one, moving to regular-day scenes to
introduce the main protagonists, then the main horrific series of events, the
well-done climax and the falling action which is very positive.
The ghosts are really
frightening because the visuals are simple and true-to-real-life. There is no
exaggeration in any way to convince viewers that it is a horror movie and that
they are seeing a ghost or a scary creation.
The scenes before the
climax are really frightening. I kept on covering my eyes every time the sound
goes off and I am expecting a ghost appear.
The producers, directors,
actors and cinematographers are successful in making all scenes natural and
real. I really felt it was a work of fiction.
In the movie, it was
mentioned that people with troubles are the first ones to be possessed with
demonic things. Indeed, no external forces can attack an occupied subject (this
is universal).
What have I learned about
the movie? As a person who goes to the cinema and not to the movie (I know you
don’t know what I mean with this), I enjoy films with new lessons.
First, a very unpleasant
smell is a sign of the presence of devil (can this explain why is Irisan dump
site very smelly?).
Second, demons do not
posses anything. They feed on the emptiness of a person and possess the
person once he surrenders.
Third, religious objects just like the cross make devils uncomfortable.
Third, always open the
light when sleeping after watching a horror movie. Makes sense?
