5 Reasons Why The Conjuring Is The Best Possession Film In Years

4. Acting Acting in horror films is somewhat of an irregular occurrence and understandably so. Usually when viewers watch horror films they are doing so to burn time while watching faceless characters die gruesomely. In other words, celebrated acting is not required. The Conjuring boasts some damn fine performances all around. Vera Farmiga plays Loraine Warren, a clairvoyant meaning she is often susceptible to things others cannot see or visions into the past or future. She takes that bearing and runs with it, especially when she witnesses a mirage of her daughter murdered in a lake and afterwards immediately phones the Nana desperately seeking for reassurance that it was just a vision. Patrick Wilson is able to nail his role but definitely shines during the exorcism that he is not even qualified to perform on Roger€™s wife. Speaking of Roger, Ron Livingston is also able to sympathetically portray the distraught Father. Lili Taylor shines as well as the haunted wife Carolyn whom receives the most vicious attacks including a full blown possession. It is documented that Lili Taylor actually researched the classic and original possession film The Exorcist to prepare for those scenes and it definitely shows. She and Patrick Wilson display some dynamic chemistry during the climax. Children actors are not a rarity but excellent child actors most definitely are. I saw White House Down which has Joey King playing Channing Tatum€™s daughter in distress and throughout that cacophony of action sequences I thought she was great at expressing fear and endangerment. A mere month later during The Conjuring she is here giving another fantastic performance scared out of her mind seeing things and feeling the presence of the paranormal. All of the other child actors are great too at expressing fear whether it€™s through petrification or screaming or crying profusely.