Okay. So, when I first watched the trailer for this film I got excited for what was to come. I then watched the same trailer a second time a little while afterwards, and absolutely hated it; I thought it was going to turn out like the first Annabelle film that came out, or even worse - The Nun. Safe to say my reservations were wholeheartedly wrong. I'm not saying this is a great advertisement of the horror genre, but rather a somewhat adequate film in the 'Conjuring' franchise when held in comparison to it's best films, i.e: The Conjuring 1 & 2 and Annabelle: Creation. This film had plenty of good moments: 1) It was well acted by the leads McKenna Grace; Madison Iseman & Katie Sarife and just goes to show that the franchise can indeed survive without it's two stars, Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmiga; 2) It had very good editing and cinematography, which has become a staple of this particular horror franchise.

The scare-factor I found to be rather lacking; the film would often build up extremely well and then pull itself back from going over the edge, which I found to be a tad jarring. Nevertheless, this film had me hooked from beginning to end, and I would definitely recommend this as a watch when you and your friends gather for a "horror movie night".

Highly enjoyable; I give it a 6/6.5 out of 10 - maybe even a 7 out of 10.