'Never Seen It' - Episode 10: Can 'The Conjuring 2' top the original?

The hit 2013 horror film The Conjuring was like a breath of fresh air when it came out. Devoid of the kind of gore and stupidity that frequently diminishes the genre, that movie restored my faith in what scary movies can do and heralded the beginning of what I consider to be a renaissance for its ilk.

But now that we are in a post-It Follows era, how does the sequel to The Conjuring hold up? Can any horror sequel hold a candle to its original -- or are they all just treading water?

For this -- the tenth episode of my "Never Seen It" podcast, co-starring my wife Elizabeth Rosado -- we review the second installment minutes after watching it for the first time.

Some people have argued it's better than the first one, many -- including most critics -- think it's somewhat worse. Find out what we think by clicking on the YouTube video below: