
In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon ... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.
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| Film Comment MagazineSarah Mankoff[Wan] combines the ambiance of horror's leisure-suit heyday with the more recent brand of well-timed what's-that-in-the-mirror scares. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectA pastiche of every horror movie you've ever seen but one that is enlivened by the screenplay written by the twin brothers who wrote the superlative 2006 remake of "House of Wax". |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerHugely enjoyable, genuinely scary horror flick that provides a welcome throwback to classic 1970s chillers ... |
| TV GuideJason BuchananThe Conjuring finds director James Wan improving on his previous haunted-house yarn Insidious in just about every way possible. |
| Schmoes KnowKristian HarloffI'm not the horror lover in Schmoes Know, but "The Conjuring" isn't just a great horror film, it's a great time at the movies. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfLike the wood-grained farmhouse itself — a beautiful piece of production design by Julie Berghoff — The Conjuring has an analog solidity that makes the terror to come almost unbearable. |
| AALBC.comKam WilliamsThe most spine-tingling exorcist flick since, well, since The Exorcist! |
| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanDirector James Wan, best known for creating the Saw franchise, delivers his finest work to date. Instead of relying on the graphic, slasher-style techniques that made Saw a hit, Wan turns to old-fashioned suspense, and the payoff is big. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.It's atmospheric, terrifying, and brilliant in its intricately placed bouts of horror and suspense. |
| The Film StageNathan BartlebaughThe Conjuring is a memorably spooky event; a campfire tale told with a breathless adamancy that stirs the hackles and attacks the imagination. |