Watched The Conjuring 2 last night. I was wondering how good it would be after the first one. Tbh The Conjuring 2 isn't quite as good as The Conjuring 1 but it's still pretty great. The Conjuring was one of my favorites in recent years. One of my fav things about these films is James Wan's directional style. Some people can't get enough of scary movies. They've seen tons of scary films. Yeah that's me =D What makes a scary movie scarier is knowing that it is based on a true story. Knowing that somebody actually went thru the terror in reality is something that does not let one sleep easily. The Conjuring 2 is based on a true story of the Enfield haunting.
Enfield Poltergeist Real Voice Recordings (Bill)
The viral Facebook post:
A 65y/o man died in a cinema auditorium last week while watching The Conjuring 2. The incident occurred at the Sri Balasubramaniar Cinema in Tiruvannamalai, a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The man complained of chest pains during the film’s climax, and fainted shortly afterwards. He was rushed to the nearby Old Government Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. Medics ordered his body to be sent to the Tiruvannamalai Government Medical College Hospital for post-mortem but, according to the Times of India, the cadaver, and the person charged with transporting it, have both gone missing. While there are no doubt rational explanations for both the man’s death and the disappearance of his body, the story has fuelled a wave of supernatural panic on social media that has accompanied the film’s release.
Another viral Facebook post:
About a week ago, Singaporean couple Damian Ng and his girlfriend claimed that they had horrifying experience during their trip to Miri, Sarawak after watching The Conjuring 2. The couple had just returned from their movie, and retreated to their room in the Imperial Hotel at 230am. Feeling exhausted after a whole night out and they decided to take a quick nap. Damian’s girlfriend woke up 15 minutes later to brush her teeth, and noticed something really strange in the washroom – a cross drawn on the bathroom mirror. Thinking that this is a prank by her boyfriend, she woke him up to ask him about it. They noticed something amiss when Damian had know knowledge about it, and assumed that she saw the one pranking him. Things got really strange when they went back into the bathroom and saw something horrifying. The cross that was on the mirror was fresher than it was previously, with water droplets flowing down one side, as if just done moments ago. Realising that this is no prank and now terrified, they quickly called the hotel up to change their rooms. In his Facebook post, Damain gave his thanks to the hotel staff, who were kind enough to assist despite the late hour.
The movie plot:
The film begins with paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren documenting the Amityville murders at the Amityville house in 1976, to determine if a demonic presence was truly responsible for Ronald DeFeo Jr. mass murdering his family on November 13, 1974. During a seance, Lorraine is drawn into a vision where she relives the murders and discovers a demonic nun figure, before seeing Ed being fatally impaled. After a struggle, Ed is able to break her out of the vision.
One year later, in 1977, the Hodgson family begins to discover strange occurrences within their home in London, England. Janet, the second oldest of four children, is seen sleepwalking and conversing in her dreams with an entity who insists that the house is his. Eventually, all siblings of the house and their mother Peggy witness paranormal events occurring right before their eyes, forcing them to seek refuge with their neighbors. When the media attempts to interview the Hodgsons, Janet is possessed by the spirit of Bill Wilkins, an older man who previously lived and died in the house, and who wants to claim his territory. As Janet begins to show more signs of demonic possession, the story eventually reaches the Warrens, who are requested to assist the local Church in the investigation. Lorraine, in fear of her vision of Ed's death becoming reality, warns him not to get too involved in the case, and reluctantly agrees to travel to London.
While staying at the Hodgson residence, Ed and Lorraine consult with other paranormal investigators, including Maurice Grosse and Anita Gregory, on the legitimacy of the case. They also attempt to communicate with Wilkins' spirit, hoping to talk him out of harassing the family. One night, after the Hodgsons witness Janet being possessed, Gregory presents video evidence of Janet purposely wrecking the kitchen as if for a prank. Ed and Lorraine are then convinced to leave the family on their own, but soon they discover that the spirit of Wilkins is only a pawn, being manipulated to haunt Janet, while the true mastermind is the demonic spirit that has been haunting Lorraine in her visions.
Ed and Lorraine return to the Hodgson residence, only to find Janet being possessed once more and the rest of the Hodgsons locked outside the house. A lightning strike hits a tree near the house, leaving a jagged stump resembling the object that impaled Ed in Lorraine's vision. Ed ventures inside the house alone, and finds Janet standing near the window, ready to leap onto the stump and commit suicide. He manages to grab Janet in time, but finds himself holding onto a curtain that is being torn from its rings by his and Janet's weight. Lorraine remembers that she wrote the demon's name – Valak – in her Bible during her Amityville vision. She enters the house and confronts Valak, addressing it by name and successfully condemning it back to Hell. Janet is freed of her possession, and Lorraine pulls her and Ed to safety.
A text epilogue reveals that Peggy lived the rest of her life in that house and died in 2003, sitting in the same chair in which Wilkins had died 40 years earlier. Upon returning home, Ed adds an item to his and Lorraine's collection – "The Crooked Man" zoetrope toy owned by Peggy's youngest child – placing it near April's music box and the Annabelle doll. The couple then dance to "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley.
P/S. Last night I couldn’t sleep for hearing about the strange noises....
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