Analysis Of The Film The Conjuring

In many ways, The Conjuring is a very traditional horror movie that is able to retain its entertainment value without pushing the limits of the film industry. The director, James Wan, relies on simple techniques such as lighting, sound, and camera angles to construct the overall suspenseful mood and strays away from cinematic fads that often times degrade the value of the film. Cinematic techniques, however, don’t always account for a box office hit, because at the base of every successful film is a solid storyline. In this particular case, the writers are able to create a piece of work that is the correct blend between historical accuracy and Hollywood appeal. The Conjuring is film that takes the topic of witchcraft and establishes a triangle basis upon which the correct balance between traditional witchcraft, modern witchcraft, and Hollywood witchcraft is created in order to produce a truly horrifying thriller. Out of the three general witchcraft themes present within the film, the one that is expanded upon the least is traditional witchcraft. Some of the attributes that are mentioned however include gender roles, and overall structure of a witch. For instance, one of the female

As result much of the film is based on women, and more specifically on the idea that women are more susceptible to witchcraft because of their weak nature. This point is actually even used to justify the reason why the demonic witch spirit is targeting one of the female characters. Furthermore, the witch spirit itself is also of a woman whose mother is said to have also been a witch that was hung in the Salem witch trials. By naming the spirit Bathsheba, the movie further cements the idea that a witch passes on her powers to her offspring because in Hebrew, the name means “daughter of the