Paranormal investigators confront malicious spirits tormenting a single mother and her four children in 1970s London.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy. Based on true events.
Streaming on Max.
What we could confirm fits an R: intense fear and lots of jump scares.
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Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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