I have watched this movie many times but I haven't read the book this is based upon. Even though this is a TV movie it was done tastefully. What did bother me about it was a couple of things. First, I knew the Warrens were fakes. I know people in the field who knew relatives of theirs is all I will say but for the sake of the movie, I guess that part doesn't matter. Those that believe they are perfectly viable, more power to you. The other thing is, if this family was actually Catholic, the Lord's Prayer ends at "Evil" and does not go on to "the power and glory forever" line. They wouldn't have said that part. It was added later during the Reformation and is not in original writings. Catholics, and these were supposed to be devout, don't say that part. The priest did not know how to pronounce the Latin words. Do I? Yes I had two years of Latin. They needed to do more basic research instead of assuming all say the Lord's Prayer the same way and into how Latin is pronounced. All words starting with a V are pronounced like a W and Cs are hard like K. I know in some places where they still use the Latin, they have Italianized it but that is incorrect technically.
The movie is very well put together and does have some scare factor but they spent too much time showing the mother constantly smoking. It is an addiction she should have stopped due to the nature of what was going on in her household not to mention health issues. Trust me, it was an important aspect when you know anything dealing with the paranormal. As for the rape of the father, that is what they call "The Hag" and those not familiar with folklore and/or the paranormal wouldn't have known. They could have brought that out but they didn't. Over all if you want a light scare and you believe this is even remotely true, which I do not, at least as shown in the movie, then it will entertain you.
The movie is very well put together and does have some scare factor but they spent too much time showing the mother constantly smoking. It is an addiction she should have stopped due to the nature of what was going on in her household not to mention health issues. Trust me, it was an important aspect when you know anything dealing with the paranormal. As for the rape of the father, that is what they call "The Hag" and those not familiar with folklore and/or the paranormal wouldn't have known. They could have brought that out but they didn't. Over all if you want a light scare and you believe this is even remotely true, which I do not, at least as shown in the movie, then it will entertain you.