Sadly, while The Conjuring 3 does feature some undeniably effective jump scares, it is not as creepy as the original. There are plenty of ambitious CGI-assisted glimpses into the world of demons, but fewer sequences that can match the original's haunting "hide and clap" scene.
The scares are less but they are still there. This would be a good horror movie standalone but as a Conjuring movie it is weaker. The most disappointing part is that the "true" story (depends if you believe in this stuff) would have made for a good movie.