Movie review: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Even the most laid-back would raise an eyebrow at a family's first choice of activity post-exorcism – during which a young boy performs some demon-fuelled chiropractic improbabilities, demonic claw marks scar the walls and one of the exorcists suffers a devil-induced heart attack – being a lovely picnic in the backyard.Nobody takes much persuasion. But it is Ed and Lorraine convincing Johnson's lawyer of demonic possession off-camera that feels particularly lazy.

In an effort to mask the meagre plot, director Michael Chaves makes sure you are never more than a few minutes from a pointless - and increasingly tiresome - jump scare. John Noble is roped in for extra gravitas. He is a great actor but it is a piece of casting so obvious he may as well wear a sign emblazoned with"I HAVE A SINISTER SECRET".

Unintentional silly and caked in eye-roll-inducing attempts at spookiness, even the most squeamish will find themselves sniggering rather than screaming at this nonsense. The Devil Made Me Do It is so close to a parody, it could be entertaining to watch at home with friends. But paying to watch in a cinema – as this reviewer did – feels like an evening wasted.

I laughed at more than a few scenes.

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