layout:     post
title:      The Conjuring 2
date:       2016-07-14
summary:    Slight of hand
category:	movie
score:      4
image:		/images/the_conjuring_2.jpg
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Midway through the movie, ghostbuster Lorraine Warren comes into the living room early in the morning to find her husband Ed painting a picture. He couldn't sleep, he explains, because he kept having visions of a demon nun. So, he painted it to try and get it out of his head. I know what visions keep James Wan from sleeping, and the pieces are painted quite well-- the demon nun is terrifying, the jump scares are well earned, and the sets are gorgeously creepy. But like a bad dream, it wears out its welcome and doesn't add up to much.