The Conjuring

Silent Hill 2 is next up, but since I just saw this I figured I would get this one out while it was still fresh.

The Conjuring 2013

Based on a true story...uh huh...

Ok this story may be along the same lines as The Entity (a favorite of mine) when it comes to being based on a true story and if that's the case I'm picking up my cross collecting habit again just in case. After seeing the movie I had almost changed my mind about the Warrens. Then I read up on the "true story" The Conjuring is based on and I went right back to my former way of thinking.

Now I respect Ed and Lorraine Warren for doing what they do, and I believe that they believe that they are doing good. However seeing this movie and looking into the happenings and aftermath makes me shake my head. I know better than to mess with certain things and there's a reason I don't watch too many possession movies.  It's too real for me. These events are things that could and really have happened. SAW is fake and awesome. The Exorcist (as I've already explained) freaks the fuck out of me!!

******Spoilers*******

Now some of the things I found out about the real story were quite interesting. The family isn't really sure how the Warren's came to know about their story. There was another paranormal investigator who came to know the family named Keith Johnson who had his own experiences in the house prior to, and since, the Warren's did their thing. Keith stills talks to the family and still visits the house. He says he thinks that the Warren's may have heard about what was going from someone in his group but isn't sure either.

The family lived in the house for a decade. Right after they moved in they start experiencing things but things didn't get really bad until a couple of the younger kids were playing with a Ouija board. It was after this that the spirit of what they think was a woman named Bathsheba came through and started torturing their mother. Now minus the Ouija board that whole thing is in the movie. The story behind Bathsheba told in the movie is pretty much word for word what the family found out about her.

There were other ghosts in the house besides her and the little boy in the movie. While the house was active the cellar and the barn on the property were the major hot spots. The current owners still have experiences now but nothing near as bad as what the Perron family went through.

The story that starts the whole movie is a story from the Warren's archives about a doll named Annabelle that becomes possessed and tries to possess them. The doll in the movie is this freaky looking thing right out of the movie Dolls. The real doll is a Raggedy Ann doll. Which makes me very happy I don't have one floating the house anywhere. Throughout the movie we see Annabelle in her locked glass case with a sign that says "absolutely do not open". You don't have to tell me twice.

We see the Warren's house a few times and we see their room of terror where they keep all the items they've collected over the years, including Annabelle. Ed tells a reporter we have a priest come and bless the room once a month. My question is who's going to take all these items after Lorraine dies? Are they going to someone who can keep them safe and/or the general public safe from the items? I think about these things so you don't have to :)

There's a line at the end of the movie that did make me laugh though. Ed is putting the music box from the Perron house in their room of terror and Lorraine pops in at the top of the stairs after speaking with the priest who is their go to guy "there's a case in Long Island he wants us to look into" meaning the Amityville case. The itty bitty cameo by the real Lorraine Warren also made me giggle. They guy next to me looked over at me like what is your issue so I told him and then he giggled too.

Over all I enjoyed the movie. I like Lily Taylor anyway so it was fun watching her be possessed and nuts. Like I said I'm not a fan of the Warren's, but this was a cool story and an interesting version of events. I'm on the hunt for copies of the books at some of my local used book stores. Go see the movie it's a good scare and even got me to jump a few times. You really start to feel for the poor family with everything you watch then go through.

Night kids!
Lola