How come a traditional haunted house flick is one of the best reviewed movies of the year? Because it is one of -- if not THE  -- best movies of the year, and the best horror film to come done the pike since Carpenter celebrated Halloween. Believe it. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives. I pretty much spilled the beans on what I thought about The Conjuring. To elaborate, this is an old-school creep fest along the lines of The Exorcist or The Changeling. Hell, even The Amityville Horror. James Wan's film isn't a series of jump scares, but a genuinely terrifying experience with sustained sequences of horror that pushed this Basementite to the limits of how much shit his shorts can hold. It's that scary people. Kudos to Wan for relying on film making too. The Conjuring ...