The Conjuring

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I saw The Conjuring on Friday. Security at the theatre was *tight*. There were police all over the parking lots of Denver area theatres this weekend, since it was the one-year mark since the shootings in Aurora during the Batman premier.

For the first time ever, I got ID'd at a movie. Seriously? I'm 40 - a little late to be ID'd for an 'R' movie, guys.

Anyway, The Conjuring was great - one of the best horror films I've seen in years, probably the best since since The Exorcism of Emily Rose. And it was scary, for real, not that cheesy scary that most horror films are these days. Being a true story probably had something to do with the level of fear - it's always scarier when you can say "this actually happened to someone".

I did a little research after watching the movie because I wanted to know how the family felt about the movie portrayal, and while I couldn't find much, I did find an interview with one of the daughters who said after a private screening that while there were a few things she didn't recall, it was likely because the story was presented from the point of view of the Warrens (the paranormal investigators), and not from her family that lived in the house - but otherwise, she thought it was pretty much spot-on.

Did anyone else go and see The Conjuring, and if so, what did you think of it?