good twist-dominated horror
Added 9/24/2009
Not quite just another horror movie. The Conjurer is about a man who keeps seeing images of a witch appar in his back yard shed. The people all around him including neighbors, the previous owners, and even his wifes brother all tell him "those are just myths and stories people say to spark interest". But the man continues going through strange occurrences and unexplainable events despite all this.
The story in the beginning is about the mans wife who lost her baby, and what happens when they move to a farm house in the country to start over.
What makes this movie 5 stars is quite simple- there's two major twists at the very end that will probably catch you by surprise, and the eerie build-up in the first half of the movie is quite fantastic when the man continues to see and hear things in the woods and in his shed that he can't explain. The plot builds slowly, but not TOO slow that you become bored with it. It requires a fair amount of your attention span, but it's totally worth it because of the ending. Without spoiling too much, what you probably think is going to happen to the wife is actually going to be something much different.
The writers of the film were also aware what's been done a million times in other horror stories and disregarded them, such as the scenes involving a little boy who kept spying on his new neighbors. There's an explaination for his appearance and it's good writing because he doesn't play the typical "scary kid hiding in woods planning to kill people" that it appears he's going to play when you first see him.
The acting is great all around, especially the wife who's very underrated in her performance.
I wish there were more horror movies like this out there. Ones that deliver on suspense, storytelling, and fantastic endings.
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Creepy witch movie
Added 9/14/2009
This film is what I was hoping "An American Haunting" would be more like, which I found to be disappointing after the hype. "Conjurer" is a lot creepier due to it's slow pace build-up in telling a quality witch story, and not so much reliance on special effects like "American Haunting". This is definitely worth at least a rental and a good little fright film to watch on Halloween. Not the last word in scary films but not bad, either.
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The Conjurer
Added 8/26/2009
I give this a thumbs up ! I thought all the acting was great with a great cast. The cover gave me a feeling that I would not be disappointed. I love John Schneider and the fact that he was cast was another reason I decided to purchase this movie. I love horror, suspense and an all around thriller, I felt this one fit all of these categories. I would reccomend it to anyone that likes a good scary flick, not too much gore and with a good ending. Too many of today's movies are good until you get to the ending and you wonder what just happened !!
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excellent creepy horror flik
Added 12/21/2008
excellent movie !!!...very moody and creepy . the acting was good, and the story line was predictable, but none the less very entertaning.
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Nothing new, not even a variation on the theme.
Added 12/6/2008
Conjurer (Clint Hutchison, 2008)
Mediocre haunted-farm flick you've probably seen a dozen times before. Young professional couple Shawn (Big Bad Wolf's Andrew Bowen) and Helen (Dangerous Curves' Maxine Bahns) Burnett need a break from the big city after Helen miscarries, so Helen's brother Frank Higgins (The Dukes of Hazzard's John Schneider) buys them some property out in the country and plans to build them a new house on the site of a Civil War-era shack that local legend has it is haunted by the ghost of a witch named Hattie. While they're waiting for the new house to get built, they're living in an older one on the property. Strange things start happening around the old cabin, but it doesn't seem like anyone but Shawn notices them. Of course.
Hutchison, whose previous directorial work consists of one short and a piece of the laughably silly horror anthology Terror Tract, takes this film down well-worn horror-trope paths without ever once veering off into new or interesting material; every piece of ham-handed foreshadowing we see is bound to lead exactly where you think it will. Having a female lead who can't act her way out of a paper bag doesn't help matters, either. On the upside, the film is reasonably well shot, and Bowen is convincing as a guy who doesn't know whether he's haunted or just crazy. Maybe worth renting if you have an hour and a half to kill and there's nothing else that looks appealing at the video store, but not all that hot. **
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