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The Conjuring (2013)
If the demons and jump scares were not enough to give you a fright, would you believe that this movie was based on real life event? Everything in this film were created to be as close to a paranormal event in the real world... Full comment.
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Movie Info
"In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed (Patrick Wilson) Warren are summoned to the home of Carolyn (Lili Taylor) and Roger (Ron Livingston) Perron. The Perrons and their five daughters have recently moved into a secluded farmhouse, where a supernatural presence has made itself known. Though the manifestations are relatively benign at first, events soon escalate in horrifying fashion, especially after the Warrens discover the house's macabre history." Rotten Tomatoes
RATING
R
(Disturbing Violence and Terror)
DIRECTOR
James Wan
RUNTIME
1h 51m
STUDIO
Warner Bros. Pictures
WRITERS
Chad Hayes
Carey W. Hayes
PRODUCERS
Tony DeRosa-Grund
Peter Safran
Rob Cowan
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Critics
Brian Eggert
Inside The Conjuring, you’ll rediscover all those familiar components you’ve seen in countless haunted house movies since Robert Wise all but perfected the subgenre back in 1963 with The Haunting. Vengeful ghosts run amok in a drafty old house where the floorboards creak, and the door hinges all need a shot of WD-40. There’s a poorly lit, spiderweb-strewn basement filled with rickety furniture. Doors tend to shut on their own. Eerie sounds beckon nighttime wanderers to seek them out and reveal themselves in gotcha! moments and jump-scares. A disturbing past becomes the house’s character, and soon it takes over the lives of its current inhabitants.
Anna
(Film Grimore)
The Conjuring is genuinely scary. I watched it at night time (on Christmas Eve… somehow that seems wrong), and I had to shut the blinds in my house before going to sleep. That’s how you know a horror film has definitely freaked you out. I found that the scares earlier on were much creepier than the later on in the film as their source was more ambiguous.
Simon Abrams
From "Saw" to "Insidious," indie horror filmmaker James Wan's films have always been confrontational in their guileless grand-standing. So it's not surprising that watching "The Conjuring" is like getting a tour of a haunted house attraction from someone that pushes, and pulls you through every room.