Review: The Conjuring

Thrills and scares in The Conjuring

Stephen Applebaum

Aug 21, 2013 

   

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The Conjuring

Director: James Wan

Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor

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Another week, another horror film claiming to be based on a true story. The Conjuring, though, boasts an interesting provenance stretching back 20 years to when the real-life ghost-buster Ed Warren played a recording of his interview with a mother, Carolyn Perron, whose family had allegedly come under attack from evil spirits in 1971, for the producer Tony DeRosa-Grund.

Ed and his psychic wife, Lorraine, had been involved in the Amityville horror case – which spawned books and movies – and he believed the Perrons’ harrowing experiences were a perfect fit for film. DeRosa-Grund agreed.

Read the full review in The National: http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/thrills-and-scares-in-the-conjuring