The Conjuring Film Review

"For sale: one haunted American farmhouse with period fixtures and fittings. Five well-presented bedrooms, each with jack-in-the-box, wooden doll, or other terrifying prop as standard. Nursery features delightful solid oak wardrobe (doubles as portal to Netherworld). Spacious cellar with mood lighting and 'draught-style’ ventilation — ideal for exorcisms. House is positioned in a quiet neighbourhood (ghosts), but is conveniently located for vibrant local nightlife (also ghosts).

Come on, don’t say you’re not tempted. Everyone else is. The Conjuring, the new horror film from James Wan, has been the American box office success story of the summer: over there, it has taken almost $87 million in two weeks, leaving the likes of Pacific Rim and The Lone Ranger lumbering in its wake."

The Conjuring is a creepy, spine-chilling horror movie that is by far one of the scariest films I have seen. I am not a massive horror movie lover, however I thoroughly enjoyed this film which is why I enjoyed the film review that was written on The Guardian website. The reason that I chose this particular example of text is not only because film reviews are one of my favourite pieces of texts, but I also found this particular review very interesting. The article starts off with and introductory paragraph in the style of a selling pitch, 'For sale: One haunted American farmhouse', instantly concluding the eerie atmosphere during the film, which then continues to list features of the haunted house 'spacious cellar', 'nursery features', followed by a sudden change of mood, opposing to a light humoured style,  'Come on, don't say you're not tempted. Everyone else is.'. The light hearted response during this article appeals to me the most, as you get to feel involved with the discussion throughout the use of rhetorical questions and puns made throughout the article.


Article link: The Conjuring Film Review- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10216767/The-Conjuring-review.html