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Letting yourself get tricked by ‘The Conjuring’ one last time
For 15 years, the Insidious/Conjuring series have been my bane, these stupid, colorless Halloween costume movies that rake in money hand over fist on name recognition and nothing else. Lately, however, New Line Cinema has affixed The Conjuring series with … Continue reading
‘The Conjuring’ and that long-fabled franchise fatigue
3/10 The Satanic panic never really ended. The surge of news about “Satanism” that started as a religious offshoot of the rebellious ‘60s and consumed the suburbs of Reagan’s America with fears of pedophiles and kidnapped children being used for … Continue reading