The Conjuring (2013)

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

Director:

James Wan

Writers:

Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes

Stars:

Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston

15 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vera Farmiga	...	Lorraine Warren
Patrick Wilson	...	Ed Warren
Lili Taylor	...	Carolyn Perron
Ron Livingston	...	Roger Perron
Shanley Caswell	...	Andrea
Hayley McFarland	...	Nancy
Joey King	...	Christine
Mackenzie Foy	...	Cindy
Kyla Deaver	...	April
Shannon Kook	...	Drew Thomas
John Brotherton	...	Brad
Sterling Jerins	...	Judy Warren
Marion Guyot	...	Georgiana
Morganna Bridgers	...	Debbie
Amy Tipton	...	Camilla

Storyline

In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.

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Plot Keywords:

ghost | exorcism | possession | haunted house | house | 

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Taglines:

Based on the true case files of the Warrens.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of disturbing violence and terror

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film marked the third collaboration between James Wan and Patrick Wilson. The pair also worked together in Insidious (2010) and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013).

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Goofs

(at around 57 mins) When Ed and Lorraine are listening to the recorded interview, the sound meter needle on the recorder does not move as the recording was audible.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Debbie: It scares us just thinking about it. When you hear it, you're gonna think we're insane.
Ed Warren: Try us. Please, from the start.

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Crazy Credits

When the names "Shannon Kook", "John Brotherton", "Sterling Jerins" appear in the end credits, a white cross on the grave turns upside down.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Iconic Movie Heroines of the 2010s (2019)

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Soundtracks

Sleep Walk
Written by Johnny Farina (as John Farina), Santo Farina, Ann Farina and Don Wolf
Performed by Bette Anne Steele (as Betsy Brye)
Courtesy of Canadian American
By arrangement with The Orchard

User Reviews

This movie is amazing

Just saw it yesterday in Nocturna Fim Festival. It was an outstanding film. So well done, scripted and acted. The movie doesn't have any mercy on the audience and it's so disturbing you won't believe until you see.

I'm not gonna enter in details or spoilers, just gonna let you now it a movie that gonna stay for you for a while after you see it. It also opens a door for becoming quite a paranormal investigator myself, looking up for all the details mentioned in the movie, and getting amazed by it' accuracy.

This film it's made to become a new classic in the horror genre, not only because it's quality, but because it's fright factor.

The first half of the movie it's paced down, let you know and love the characters. but the second half! oh boy! it's so damn chilling it will keep you gasping and crawling your hands.

Very well done

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Latin

Release Date:

19 July 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Warren Files

Filming Locations:

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$41,855,326, 21 July 2013

Gross USA:

$137,400,141

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$320,290,989

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, The Safran Company, Evergreen Media Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1