Never saw conjuring so i cant say much about it. But as for insidious it was not very scary. It had some good jump scares but once i saw Darth Maul as the bad guy it quickly morphed into a comedy. I kept yelling, "use the force!" and "don't go in there Obi-one!" It absolutely ruined it for me with that design. After his face reveal even the jump scares seemed pathetic.