I don't mind a good ghost story, so I tried The Conjuring on Saturday.
It's OK - rather derivative in parts, although I did like the creepiness of the clapping game - but it was not, for me, at all lingering. (A really good ghost story should creep you out a bit as you get ready for bed.)
I knew nothing of the Warrens, the paranormal investigators whose "true story" featured in it. The wife is still alive and had a cameo in the movie. Skeptics don't find them convincing, and I must admit, the whole idea that they would keep a room of their house for cursed objects is a pretty good indication of huckster-ism. I get the distinct feeling that the way the characters were played in the film was much more "rational" than they were/are in real life.
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