Tuesday, 5 November 2013

The Conjuring - True Story

The Conjuring is a 2013 horror film directed by James Wan starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson. The film is "based on a true story" but how true is that?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/synopsis - written by a user of IMDB (not very reliable - however I have seen the movie and this is very true to the plot line) 
  • The film begins like the typical haunted house film - a young unsuspecting family move into a new house (which ironically looks scary and sinister) and horrible events begin to unfold. It begins with the death of the family dog which, in the beginning, refused to enter the house. Then it escalates to the point where a powerful entity attacks the eldest daughter after her little sister repeatedly bangs her head on the cupboard which was there before they moved in. This sparks them calling in help from Ed and Lorraine Warren - a married couple who paranormal investigators. 

  • This is an actual interview with the woman who has seen all this first hand. A quote from the article was 'A lot of [the film] is very accurate,’ which is quite a bold claim. 
  • Looking at the reliability of the source; it is not a personal webpage, it's from a prestigious newspaper known at The Telegraph. The domain is .co.uk. The person who wrote it is jane Mulkerrins, a journalist for The Telegraph newspaper. The date of the article is 13th July 2013. Yes, there a few links to different websites that involve the Warrens, their business and outcomes because of it. The evidence could be considered biased as they are actual quotes from Lorraine Warren, who could be lying to keep up appearances. However, it would be impossible for one to ever know. The site's global ranking on www.alexa.com is 220 and it's ranking in the United Kingdom is 21. Jane Mulkerrins seems to be a freelance journalist who works with other newspaper websites for her articles. This article was put on the web to help sell the new movie "The Conjuring" and to also inform people on the real Lorraine Warren and other things she has witnessed and done. I think, for reliability I would rate this website a 7 or 8 out of 10 because it is a well known and respected newspaper but even then newspapers bend the truth and use quotes out of context for their own ends.
In the film there is a sub-plot involved with a doll called Annabelle. This is the real doll. 
The doll in the movie has obviously been made to look more menacing and sinister to make the audience frightened with watching the film. Especially with the opening shot; an extreme close up of the Annabelle doll showing half of its creepy and terrifying face which is held for an uncomfortable period of time which almost becomes unbearable to watch.



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