Cas NA

I enjoyed the movie and found it to have more scares than previous main movies of the Conjurverse. I do think there was a misstep in advertising as it isn’t “why this is their last case”(we already knew of the condition), but why they came back one last time(which would have been just as enticing and the question actually answered).

As someone who enjoys the lore of Hellhouse and the world building, it was an enjoyable watch. I missed the found footage aspect, but it wasn’t bad.

It feels like calm before the stuff hits the fan. This is the humanizing one because we can tell the next is going to be the utter chaos we expect from mankind. And yes I saw the other 2, their opening nights. However, it is not required to enjoy this film, so if you are bringing someone new to the franchise, they won’t be left out, and the gatekeepers can continue to pout.

The kills were cool and the plot wasn’t bad but the dialogue and bizarre direction choices didn’t make up for it, imo. There were some points where it felt like an actor was told to just stand there and wait for the Big Bad to finish attacking them.

cheap attempts at unsettlement to make up for terrible plot and intolerable lead