The Conjuring pt.2

Let’s be honest, we all knew this would be a series

At the beginning of every movie in the Conjuring Universe, there is a disclaimer stating that the movie is based on a true story. If you were interested and wanted to research more, you would find out that this is in fact true.

Ed and Lorrain were real people that made a living off of hunting ghosts and writing books about those experiences. They had several notable cases, two of which being the Annabelle case and the Perron family case. The Conjuring was based off of the Perron family case, and this would be clear if I had actually remembered what the people in the family were named.

The real life Conjuring experience occurred in Harrisville Rhode Island. The Perron family really did movie into a house that was haunted, and Ed and Lorrain Warren really did work on a case there.

The main villain of the movie, Bathsheba, was actually a real person once. She lived on the property bought by the Perrons (or the Cronins, however you prefer to think of it) and she was rumored to be a Satanist. Although, it was never proven that she was responsible for the death of her own child, or any child, like the movie suggests. She also did not hang herself in the backyard of the house, though it did add a nice twist to the movie.

But we don’t really care about how true the movie is, the fact that it is based in any form of truth is cool, but that’s irrelevant. We are here to discuss a fabulous movie.

In the last blog post, we discussed a little bit about the characters from the Conjuring, and we are now entirely up to speed on the fact that Debbie is my favorite character. But the rest of the movie is not about Debbie.

In The Conjuring, a family moves into a new (very large) house. This family owns a dog. This is an important fact because the dog refuses to go into the house at all cost. Now for all dog lovers, I’m sorry, but for some reason the writers of this movie felt it necessary to have the dog die the first night the family is in the house. This is honestly the most tragic thing ever and I hate that it happens, but the rest of the movie is great and no dog was actually killed while filming.

After the dog dies, a lot of other strange stuff begins to happen. The clocks all stop at 3:07 am and the doors bang together at night. There is also a scent of rotten flesh that moves around the house. Besides this, Cecilia starts sleep walking again and Francesca found a music box that shows her a little boy that isn’t actually there. This boy talks to her. His name is Rory. After this goes on for awhile, Stephanie Cronin gets fed up and some how comes into contact with Ed and Lorrain Warren.

It is unclear how she found them, but it’s a very good thing she did.

Ed and Lorrain go to the Cronin household and ask the family questions, but it is clear to Lorraine that there was a very not nice spirit living in the house. Tragically, they need permission from the Vatican or whatever to do an exorcism, so Ed and Lorrain, along with Officer Brad and this nerdy Asian guy named Drew all stayed in the house with the Cronin Family.

It is at this point in the movie that the greatest montage to ever exist occurs. I don’t know how to explain it and do it justice, but it was fantastic. There was quality music and it was placed very strategically. It was a nice break from the tense feeling that something terrible was about to happen.

This part also had the only dialogue reference to when the movie is set, where Sophia was flirting with Drew and she says “Groovy”. It’s literally the only time when slang is used and it is so out of place, but it’s also so funny so no complaints here.

After the fun montage, Officer Brad decides to go to the bathroom and he accidentally rings a bell, freaking out the rest of the house. This was a cool demonstration of how the director was able to build suspense, because everyone thought there was going to be a jump scare, but it was really just Officer Brad. The only negative thing I have to say is that when the girls found the basement there was no door to a bathroom there, and then Officer Brad comes out of this random never seen before door, so that was weird.

We will continue this discussion of The Conjuring with the third installment, coming to us soon.