Rent The Conjuring (2013)
3.6 of 5 from 372 ratings
1h 47min
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- Synopsis:
- Based on true events, 'The Conjuring' tells the thrilling story of ghost hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson), who help a family terrorised by an evil spirit in their mysterious farmhouse.
- Actors:
- Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Hayley McFarland, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver, Shannon Kook, John Brotherton, Sterling Jerins, Marion Guyot, Morganna May, Amy Tipton, Kymoura Kennedy, Sean Flynn, Ashley White, Zach Pappas, Arnell Powell
- Directors:
- James Wan
- Producers:
- Rob Cowan, Tony DeRosa-Grund, Peter Safran
- Writers:
- Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes
- Aka:
- The Warren Files
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/12/2013
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Czech Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Castillian, Chinese, Czech, English, English Hard of Hearing, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Scaring the "@$*%" Out of You: Director James Wan (Saw, Insidious), welcomes you into his world and gives an inside look at the secrets that scare the '@$*%' out of moviegoers time and time again
- The Conjuring: Face-to-Face with Terror: Relive the real-life horror as the Perron family comes together to reflect back on the farmhouse they shared with diabolical spirits for nearly a decade
- A Life in Demonology: The real demonologist and paranormal experts from The Conjuring take you inside their life's work and into their personal occult cellar, where they keep haunted and unholy relics from their many cases
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Reviews (5) of The Conjuring
Spooky but noting new! - The Conjuring review by CS
For such a recent film, I found this quite disappointing from the point of view that it brings nothing new or original to the genre! Yes it's quite a good if not average horror story, uses all the standard twists and turns, dark shadows, doors banging, weird noises, a haunting, a possession, etc, but it's all been done so much before and often much better too! This film falls back on overused cliches and whilst it does give you a chill and a sense of fear, you could literally be watching any film from the last twenty years with the same storyline. In fact this seems to use the same themes and storylines that I've seen in many horror movies from the last decade or so! Also there appeared to be a bit of religious preaching going on, from the viewpoint that if you're not Baptised or Catholic, then you too could fall victim to some ghoulish possession, but these types of horror movies seem to always dwell on Catholism over any other religion!
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Awesome - The Conjuring review by gazza
Best horror film I have ever seen. Very believable, well written and great acting through out 5 stars.
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Good Film - The Conjuring review by ZE
I have seen this before but wanted to remind myself. Good horror/ghost story. Well acted by the youngsters in it which is always good to see.
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Critic review
The Conjuring (aka The Warren Files) review by Alyse Garner - Cinema Paradiso
Horror movies often hold off until the very last minute before all hell breaks lose and that often serves as a good formula as some of the best horrors of recent history have abided by this tried and tested technique (Cabin in the Woods, Saw). The Conjuring also bides its time but in the end there isn’t all that much to wait.
The film follows a family of seven as they move into their new house only to find strange things happening every night starting with the mysterious death of the family dog. As the ghostly things taking place get worse they call in renowned ghost hunters Loraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) to help rid their house of this otherworldly presence.
The film starts off with a cheeky opening sequence that introduces you nicely to this world of things that go bump in the night before dropping you in at the beginning as the film ratchets up the tension slowly but surely making for a tension filled first act as director James Wan ensures you will never see what's coming by constantly keeping the camera moving while carefully adding small but innocuous details into the surrounding shot.
It’s excellent direction as he maintains the films on edge tone but when the film decides to introduce its heavy handed message of family the film starts to falter as the tension disappears in favour of faux family moments shoehorned in to provide context to paper thin characters (pretty much all the children are there for is to scream).
The ending is understandably action packed but its never really scary thanks to the frantic pace of the story as the film tries to cram in resolution and meaning into a short yet eventful ending, one that lacks the kind of conclusion expected and doesn’t really connect on any level.
That being said it is a well put together film, just one that doesn’t really manage what it has set out to do as it settles into a fairly melodramatic family film that does have a few scares but not enough to really impress anyone.