Conjuring 2, The

The Conjuring 2 is an American feature film of the horror genre with an emphasis on haunted houses, ghostly occurrences and demonic possession. Or, as I like to call it: One crazy-ass Friday night! It is the second film in the Conjuring film series and takes place after the 2013 movie The Conjuring. The film was directed by James Wan with a screenplay written by Wan, Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, and David Leslie Johnson, based upon a story treatment by James Wan and Carey & Chad Hayes. It was produced by RatPac-Dune Entertainment, The Safran Company, and New Line Cinema. It premiered in the United States on June 10th, 2016. The movie stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, both of whom reprise their respective roles from the first film as Ed and Lorraine Warren, which are based on two actual paranormal investigators who journeyed to North London, England to investigate ghostly hauntings at the Hodgson residence.

Trivia

 * The tagline for this film is "The next true story from the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren".


 * The events of this film are loosely based on actual haunted occurrences that took place in Enfield, England between 1977 and 1979. Several paranormal investigators have researched the affair, though Ed and Lorraine Warren's involvement in the Enfield incident was fairly minimal. They did conclude however, that the house was under the throes of demonic possession.


 * Valak, the Demon Nun, makes a cameo appearance in a photograph in the 2017 film Annabelle: Creation. Valak also makes an appearance in an after-credit scene in the film. Valak will become the featured entity in the 2018 sequel The Nun.


 * Joseph Bishara, who is the composer on the The Conjuring 2, also plays the role of the demon. He likewise played the demon character in the spin-off films Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation.


 * On the first day of shooting, a priest was brought in to bless the set.


 * The opening scene of the film takes place at 112 Ocean Avenue in New York. On November 13th, 1974 Ronald DeFeo used a shotgun to murder both of his parents, Ronald DeFeo, Sr., and Louise DeFeo, as well as his four younger siblings Dawn, Allison, Mark and John. In 1975, George and Kathy Lutz moved into the 112 Ocean Avenue house. They remained there for only twenty-eight days and abandoned it with claims that the house was haunted. This became the basis for the Amityville Horror novel by Jay Anson, as well as the 1979 horror film by Stuart Rosenberg. Ed and Lorraine Warren were investigators on the Lutz family's claims.


 * This movie was released on the same day as Now You See Me 2, another film which is the second installment in a series.

Keywords
1970s; 1977; Demons; England; Haunted house; Nun