5 Upcoming Horror Movies That Will Disappoint (And 5 That Could Be Great)

James Wan wouldn't have turned down a "life changing" amount of money to do Furious 8 if he didn't believe that this sequel could be bigger and better than the original. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga also return as Ed and Lorraine Warren, and the script is once again credited to Chad & Carey Hayes, so the expectation is that it will be among the year's best films. 

Set in 70s London, Conjuring 2 is based on another “true story”, this time involving bizarre goings on at a council house in Enfield. A single mother called the police after two of her four children claimed to have heard demonic voices and seen furniture move by itself, which was written off by members of the Committee For Sceptical Inquiry as a hoax.

In real life, the Warrens investigated and concluded that the children were possessed, which led to them being derided by other investigators as “overly credulous” (the Warrens also claimed the Amityville haunting was genuine). Hoaxes don’t make for compelling movies, though, so expect the movie to take a different approach.