The line between art and activism is blurred — often to a fault — in The Strangers’ Case, a visceral migrant drama that plays less as a movie with a message than as a message with a movie.
Written and directed by Brandt Andersen, an executive producer (American Made, Everest), former NBA G League franchise owner and international activist, the film follows several characters whose lives are upended by the Syrian Civil War, switching points of view as it moves from the grim battlegrounds of Aleppo to the gates of Europe.
It can be an intense experience to sit through, and Andersen doesn’t hold back on the gruesome violence and nonstop tragedy many migrants suffered during the conflict — and continue to suffer to this day. But that doesn’t always make for great drama, nor for characters who go deep enough, resulting in a well-meaning film that feels half like a globetrotting Hollywood thriller,...
Written and directed by Brandt Andersen, an executive producer (American Made, Everest), former NBA G League franchise owner and international activist, the film follows several characters whose lives are upended by the Syrian Civil War, switching points of view as it moves from the grim battlegrounds of Aleppo to the gates of Europe.
It can be an intense experience to sit through, and Andersen doesn’t hold back on the gruesome violence and nonstop tragedy many migrants suffered during the conflict — and continue to suffer to this day. But that doesn’t always make for great drama, nor for characters who go deep enough, resulting in a well-meaning film that feels half like a globetrotting Hollywood thriller,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Join Zack Snyder On The Set Of Army Of The Dead With The Newly Released Behind-the-scenes Special Creating An Army Of The Dead: "Timed to the release of Army of The Dead today, Netflix has released a surprise behind-the-scenes special feature that delves into the making of the unforgettable Zack Snyder zombie-heist film.
At almost thirty minutes in length, Creating an Army of The Dead features in-depth interviews with the cast and filmmakers, including Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Garret Dillahunt, Huma S. Qureshi, Visual Effects Supervisor Marcus Taormina, Costume Designer Stephanie Porter, Production Designer Julie Berghoff and more. Zack Snyder and the team on Army of The Dead will take you behind-the-scenes and discuss how the film came to life in a post apocalyptic Las Vegas - diving into the wild stunts, groundbreaking effects...
At almost thirty minutes in length, Creating an Army of The Dead features in-depth interviews with the cast and filmmakers, including Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Garret Dillahunt, Huma S. Qureshi, Visual Effects Supervisor Marcus Taormina, Costume Designer Stephanie Porter, Production Designer Julie Berghoff and more. Zack Snyder and the team on Army of The Dead will take you behind-the-scenes and discuss how the film came to life in a post apocalyptic Las Vegas - diving into the wild stunts, groundbreaking effects...
- 5/21/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Louisa Mellor May 14, 2019
The Art And Making of The Handmaid’s Tale book is out now. Here are just a few of the Gilead design secrets inside…
This The Handmaid's Tale article contains some spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2.
In February this year it was announced that, in a bid to shrink the runtime of the Oscars ceremony on ABC, the awards for cinematography, editing, makeup and hair would be presented during ad breaks rather than on the main show. The implication was clear: that these areas are considered "secondary" aspects of filmmaking, neither as valuable or as interest-worthy as acting and directing.
read more: Handmaid's Tale is a Masterful, Timely Adaptation
Hollywood, quite rightly, protested. Without cinematography and editing, they said, there is no directing. Without makeup and hair, there is no acting. The fuss kicked up led to a reversal, and the awards were televised, but the controversy left a sour and familiar taste.
The Art And Making of The Handmaid’s Tale book is out now. Here are just a few of the Gilead design secrets inside…
This The Handmaid's Tale article contains some spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2.
In February this year it was announced that, in a bid to shrink the runtime of the Oscars ceremony on ABC, the awards for cinematography, editing, makeup and hair would be presented during ad breaks rather than on the main show. The implication was clear: that these areas are considered "secondary" aspects of filmmaking, neither as valuable or as interest-worthy as acting and directing.
read more: Handmaid's Tale is a Masterful, Timely Adaptation
Hollywood, quite rightly, protested. Without cinematography and editing, they said, there is no directing. Without makeup and hair, there is no acting. The fuss kicked up led to a reversal, and the awards were televised, but the controversy left a sour and familiar taste.
- 5/14/2019
- Den of Geek
Coming off of the critically acclaimed first season of The Handmaid’s Tale—for which she won her first Emmy—production designer Julie Berghoff challenged herself with another singular dystopian sci-fi series, in the form of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.
An avid fan of the seminal sci-fi author’s short stories, Berghoff appreciated Dick’s ability to capture the world as it was in his time, as well as his unusual ability to forecast future societal developments with his prose. “He’s the king. He thought so much in the future about what it was going to look like that a lot of it is coming true to his writing,” Berghoff says of the author. “I specifically loved his short stories because they’re mostly about the working man, and what’s going on with the working man now is very prevalent.”
Looking back to several of Dick...
An avid fan of the seminal sci-fi author’s short stories, Berghoff appreciated Dick’s ability to capture the world as it was in his time, as well as his unusual ability to forecast future societal developments with his prose. “He’s the king. He thought so much in the future about what it was going to look like that a lot of it is coming true to his writing,” Berghoff says of the author. “I specifically loved his short stories because they’re mostly about the working man, and what’s going on with the working man now is very prevalent.”
Looking back to several of Dick...
- 6/19/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Following 10 episodes of Noah Hawley’s FX drama Fargo, Emmy-nominated production designer Elisabeth Williams set out to make her mark on the dark, dystopian world of The Handmaid’s Tale—a transition made all the harder, given that Williams came onto the show in Season 2. Working with design templates established in Season 1 by Julie Berghoff, Williams challenged herself to remain as faithful as possible to Season 1’s environments, while embracing the notion of expanding the show’s visual universe. With Season 2, the production designer had the opportunity to set the aesthetic for The Colonies—a nightmarish bucolic space alluded to frequently in Season 1—while building out Little America, and even adding new sets within Gilead itself.
Up front, the task for Williams was getting a clear grasp of the three worlds juxtaposed in The Handmaid’s Tale—those of Little America, Gilead and the world pre-Gilead—and finding a way to move seamlessly between them.
Up front, the task for Williams was getting a clear grasp of the three worlds juxtaposed in The Handmaid’s Tale—those of Little America, Gilead and the world pre-Gilead—and finding a way to move seamlessly between them.
- 6/11/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Years ago, writer-director Dee Rees had tried her hand at adapting author Philip K. Dick with “Martian Times.” Although the project never came together, she established a strong working relationship the sci-fi writer’s daughter, producer Isa Hackett. When Hackett was setting up “Electric Dreams” – an anthology series based on Dick’s short stories – at Amazon, she offered Rees her pick of stories to adapt. Rees gravitated to “The Hanging Stranger,” the 1953 story of a store owner who discovers a dead body hanging from lamp-post and realizes that he seems to be the only one in town bothered by an apparent lynching.
“I was interested in how to take the body and really make it a metaphor,” said Rees in an interview with IndieWire. “What if it wasn’t about a body, what if it’s about an idea that was in the public square?”
While Rees was writing the script,...
“I was interested in how to take the body and really make it a metaphor,” said Rees in an interview with IndieWire. “What if it wasn’t about a body, what if it’s about an idea that was in the public square?”
While Rees was writing the script,...
- 6/7/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
“Blessed be the fruit,” a greeting of the handmaidens in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” might also apply to the abundance of below-the-line contributions to the second season of Hulu’s dystopian story, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel, of a patriarchal society in which women are forced into sexual servitude.
In Season 1, crew members built the world around the characters. Now, they’ve moved on to new locations with new challenges as they craft a sophomore session, debuting April 25, that leans even further on color, texture and depth.
Cinematography
The episode workload was split between DPs Colin Watkinson and Zoe White, the latter of whom infused her own style to complement the visual language established in Season 1, which earned Watkinson an Emmy for the pilot.
This year, the show expands its landscape to the Colonies, a barren, radioactive wasteland that the Gilead — the authoritarian and theocratic regime that has taken over the U.
In Season 1, crew members built the world around the characters. Now, they’ve moved on to new locations with new challenges as they craft a sophomore session, debuting April 25, that leans even further on color, texture and depth.
Cinematography
The episode workload was split between DPs Colin Watkinson and Zoe White, the latter of whom infused her own style to complement the visual language established in Season 1, which earned Watkinson an Emmy for the pilot.
This year, the show expands its landscape to the Colonies, a barren, radioactive wasteland that the Gilead — the authoritarian and theocratic regime that has taken over the U.
- 4/25/2018
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
Animated feature films were included for the first time this year, Coco among them.
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in multiple categories including features, television, and commercials.
Nominees in the feature film categories include Darkest Hour, The Shape Of Water, Downsizing, Get Out, and Lady Bird.
Among the television nominees are this year’s Emmy stand-outs The Handmaid’s Tale and Game Of Thrones.
Animated feature films were included in the nominations for the first time this year and include top-earning titles Cars 3, Coco, and Despicable Me 3.
The Awards Gala is set for January 27 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film Period Film
Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood
Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley
Murder On The Orient Express, Jim Clay
The Post, Rick Carter
The Shape Of Water, Paul Denham Austerberry
Fantasy Film
Beauty And The Beast, Sarah...
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in multiple categories including features, television, and commercials.
Nominees in the feature film categories include Darkest Hour, The Shape Of Water, Downsizing, Get Out, and Lady Bird.
Among the television nominees are this year’s Emmy stand-outs The Handmaid’s Tale and Game Of Thrones.
Animated feature films were included in the nominations for the first time this year and include top-earning titles Cars 3, Coco, and Despicable Me 3.
The Awards Gala is set for January 27 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film Period Film
Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood
Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley
Murder On The Orient Express, Jim Clay
The Post, Rick Carter
The Shape Of Water, Paul Denham Austerberry
Fantasy Film
Beauty And The Beast, Sarah...
- 1/5/2018
- by Elbert Wyche
- ScreenDaily
Louisa Mellor Oct 1, 2017
Timothy Spall gives a moving performance in Electric Dreams’ strongest and most emotionally satisfying story yet…
This review contains spoilers.
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At the centre of The Commuter is one of those truths that, like the inevitability of death, or how much salt they put in Kellogg’s Corn flakes, most of us prefer not to acknowledge. In a different life without our kids, we might be happier. We’d have fewer wrinkles, a tidier house and a better sex-life. The people we love aren’t always good for us.
The more uplifting side of that truth is that most of us choose them anyway. Whatever the hardship, our family is ours and no other option—even if it’s easier—can replace them.
Timothy Spall gives a moving performance in Electric Dreams’ strongest and most emotionally satisfying story yet…
This review contains spoilers.
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At the centre of The Commuter is one of those truths that, like the inevitability of death, or how much salt they put in Kellogg’s Corn flakes, most of us prefer not to acknowledge. In a different life without our kids, we might be happier. We’d have fewer wrinkles, a tidier house and a better sex-life. The people we love aren’t always good for us.
The more uplifting side of that truth is that most of us choose them anyway. Whatever the hardship, our family is ours and no other option—even if it’s easier—can replace them.
- 9/29/2017
- Den of Geek
As expected, the Creative Arts Emmy competition Sunday turned out to be a sci-fi smackdown between Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and HBO’s “Westworld,” and each split the night with five awards apiece.
The Duffer Brothers’ ’80s homage to Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, “Stranger Things” won for outstanding editing, main title theme music, main title design, sound editing, and casting. The Jonathan Nolan/ Lisa Joy sci-fi/western, “Westworld,” earned outstanding special visual effects (the domain of “Game of Thrones” five years running), makeup (non-prosthetic), hairstyling, sound mixing, and creative achievement in interactive media.
However, if recent history proves a reliable harbinger, “Stranger Things” has the edge in the race for next Sunday’s Outstanding Series competition because of its editing victory. That’s because the last five outstanding editing winners have also taken home the big prize.
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The Duffer Brothers’ ’80s homage to Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, “Stranger Things” won for outstanding editing, main title theme music, main title design, sound editing, and casting. The Jonathan Nolan/ Lisa Joy sci-fi/western, “Westworld,” earned outstanding special visual effects (the domain of “Game of Thrones” five years running), makeup (non-prosthetic), hairstyling, sound mixing, and creative achievement in interactive media.
However, if recent history proves a reliable harbinger, “Stranger Things” has the edge in the race for next Sunday’s Outstanding Series competition because of its editing victory. That’s because the last five outstanding editing winners have also taken home the big prize.
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- 9/11/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
HBO’s sci-fi western “Westworld,” is the heavy favorite to win for contemporary and fantasy production design. The question is whether two nominations for both its western theme park and futuristic programming center actually doubles its chances — or cancels it out. Competition comes from the dystopian minimalism of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the richly Gothic “Penny Dreadful” (nominated last year), and the Vatican beauty of “The Young Pope.”
Meanwhile, the royalty glam of Peter Morgan’s “The Crown” is the heavy favorite to win for period production design, with competition from the Old Hollywood trappings of “Feud: Bette and Joan,” the nightmarish ’80s sci-fi of “Stranger Things,” the alt history of “The Man in the High Castle” (nominated last year), and perennial contender, “Masters of Sex.”
The Dueling Dystopias
The imagination and scope of “Westworld” was unrivaled. In re-imagining Michael Crichton’s adult theme park gone berserk, Jonathan Nolan and...
Meanwhile, the royalty glam of Peter Morgan’s “The Crown” is the heavy favorite to win for period production design, with competition from the Old Hollywood trappings of “Feud: Bette and Joan,” the nightmarish ’80s sci-fi of “Stranger Things,” the alt history of “The Man in the High Castle” (nominated last year), and perennial contender, “Masters of Sex.”
The Dueling Dystopias
The imagination and scope of “Westworld” was unrivaled. In re-imagining Michael Crichton’s adult theme park gone berserk, Jonathan Nolan and...
- 8/7/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Apparently the TV Academy will only go so far in honoring sci-fi when it comes to the below-the-line craft nominations. While HBO’s “Westworld” and Netflix’s “Stranger Things” deservedly snagged 12 and 11 noms, respectively, FX’s “Legion” was totally shut out. That’s right: Noah Hawley’s mind-blowing Marvel superhero deconstruction didn’t get recognition for either Michael Wylie’s eye-popping production design or Dana Gonzales’s experimental cinematography. Perhaps it was too subversive for its own good.
“Westworld” Rules
With HBO’s “Game of Thrones” out of the running this season, the void was filled by the brilliant re-imagining of Michael Crichton’s adult theme park. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy wisely took a more graphic and philosophical approach to A.I. The brutal sex and violence definitely tapped a cultural nerve.
It’s about beauty and ugliness in this collision of sci-fi and the western. Paul Cameron’s...
“Westworld” Rules
With HBO’s “Game of Thrones” out of the running this season, the void was filled by the brilliant re-imagining of Michael Crichton’s adult theme park. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy wisely took a more graphic and philosophical approach to A.I. The brutal sex and violence definitely tapped a cultural nerve.
It’s about beauty and ugliness in this collision of sci-fi and the western. Paul Cameron’s...
- 7/13/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“The Handmaid’s Tale” presented a brain-twisting production challenge for cinematographer Colin Watkinson and Reed Morano, an executive producer and director of the first three episodes. The show takes place in a near-future Gilead, where enslaved women forced to reproduce for the aristocracy wear costumes that reference a puritanical time — but the show isn’t a period piece. They needed to create a world that was “other” and could serve as sharp contrast to present-day flashbacks.
Morano and Watkinson explain how they achieved the show’s unique look.
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Compositions
Watkinson: Reed had a very specific directorial look book with very clear indications of which way she wanted to go, and how we were going to separate the worlds with compositional and shooting style.
Morano: I didn’t want it feel like a period piece. That was my fear with the costumes and everything. I pushed very hard that all the uniforms in Gilead had modern elements to them. Period would defeat the purpose. There are women in the world who experience these things today, and this story is a warning it could happen here just like that. It needed to be and feel other.”
Watkinson: Gilead was going to be incredibly formal, tableau-like compositions with a very considered static camera, the camera only moved when it was deemed to moved. Tableau, Kubrick-esque type frame is what Reed asked for, but with off framing, lots of headroom, and sometime asymmetrical as well.
The flashbacks were to be what Reed called “cinema verite” — a very visceral type of camerawork, to really put you in the moment. We wanted the flashbacks to feel as real as possible. The reason being even though they are flashbacks in the story, you are looking at today in the world and we wanted people to feel,”That’s right now.” That’s what I think makes it more horrific as you go along. The world changes so quickly. You’ve got to look up from your phone because tthis could happen quickly and right in front of your face.
A Pov Show
Morano: The book calls for us to be in Lizzy’s [Elizabeth Moss, who plays Offred] head, which sometimes comes with voiceover. Trying to put yourself in someone’s head — how do you visualize that? One of the ways I always thought we’d visualize that was by putting the camera physically closer to her for her close-ups, be on a wider lens because it feels a little bit more uncomfortable and there’s something a little bit more unsettling about that. It makes the audience close the person in much more uncomfortable way.”
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Watkinson: We adopted a particular lens for Offred because being a Pov-type show, we wanted to be inside Offred’s head and make the viewer feel like every nuance Elizabeth made we’d be capturing. They’d be close enough to feel every movement. We were shooting on Canon K-35s for most of the show, but we had a 28mm Zeiss 2.1 that had a perspective that was different on either side of it. It’s very particular. It was her special lens.
Morano’s Handheld
Morano: As a cinematographer myself, I knew to stay out of Colin’s way. I told him, “I’ll treat you better than you are use to being treated by other directors. There is one thing I do want, though.”
Watkinson: In our first interview she broached it right away. “I like to get the camera on my shoulder and operate.”
Morano: Most good operators know you don’t want to do some kind of change while an actor’s delivering lines, but it’s hard to not know what you can get away with if you aren’t the director. If you are directing and you are the one cutting it and telling the story, you can take more risks with the operating.
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Watkinson: There’s a special process going on there. She has unique vision and style. She brings an immediacy and a real feeling with her camera. I tried to get a feel for how and when she’d want to go handheld to access those emotions, and tried to emulate because we’d need to try to copy that with other directors after Reed left.
Interior Depth
Watkinson: I was constantly impressed by [production designer] Julie Berghoff’s paint work. Not only did she have the color right, but the depth of the color she’d create on the walls was amazing. You’d walk up to walls and admire the depth — there was color on color, but all the same color. I really feel that you feel that. The backgrounds are little bit dark, there’s a fall-off to them, and the light catches them because there’s so much texture. It was such pleasure to light, because I want to feel that depth in darkness.
I stole a term that exists in the 3-D world: They call it “volumetric lighting.” I wanted layers in the light. I saw (Morano’s feature) “Meadowland,” so I knew Reed really liked atmosphere. I wanted textured light layers, to go with the layer’s of Julie’s background and the layers of the costumes.
I want you to feel the light coming from the outside, so it’s based in a reality, but it’s a hyperreality. I used Df-50 to put a lot of atmosphere in the air, with 10K mol beams that create a sharp line then fade away. You can play with how strong that beam of light is based on the angle. Then there’s options of using blinds and other things to play with to create more layers.
Exterior
Watkinson: We knew Gilead had this throwback element. We knew it had to have a certain softness to it to match that otherness. We were always going to use vintage lenses, testing to figure out which ones got us the exterior softness was crucial.
We wanted shallow and soft look for the exterior. The lenses we used were very fast. They were 1.3, 1.4 lens and we would play the daytime shots as wide open as we could to really drop the depth of field.
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We were trying to do anything that put movement in the light. We let light hit the camera — were totally happy for veiling to happen, so the light could hit the lens. Flare was part of the look. Then we’d push color into the blacks and highlights in the grade. We had a power Dit on set, to give it that otherworldliness. We shot on three Arri Alexa Mini, which did a great job with our colors and was perfect for going handheld, but also was 4K, which Hulu demanded.
Editor’s Note: This feature is presented in partnership with Arri, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of motion picture camera, digital intermediate (Di) and lighting equipment. Founded by two filmmakers 100 years ago, Arri and its engineers have been recognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for contributions to the industry with 19 Scientific and Technical Awards. Click here for more about Arri.
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Morano and Watkinson explain how they achieved the show’s unique look.
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Compositions
Watkinson: Reed had a very specific directorial look book with very clear indications of which way she wanted to go, and how we were going to separate the worlds with compositional and shooting style.
Morano: I didn’t want it feel like a period piece. That was my fear with the costumes and everything. I pushed very hard that all the uniforms in Gilead had modern elements to them. Period would defeat the purpose. There are women in the world who experience these things today, and this story is a warning it could happen here just like that. It needed to be and feel other.”
Watkinson: Gilead was going to be incredibly formal, tableau-like compositions with a very considered static camera, the camera only moved when it was deemed to moved. Tableau, Kubrick-esque type frame is what Reed asked for, but with off framing, lots of headroom, and sometime asymmetrical as well.
The flashbacks were to be what Reed called “cinema verite” — a very visceral type of camerawork, to really put you in the moment. We wanted the flashbacks to feel as real as possible. The reason being even though they are flashbacks in the story, you are looking at today in the world and we wanted people to feel,”That’s right now.” That’s what I think makes it more horrific as you go along. The world changes so quickly. You’ve got to look up from your phone because tthis could happen quickly and right in front of your face.
A Pov Show
Morano: The book calls for us to be in Lizzy’s [Elizabeth Moss, who plays Offred] head, which sometimes comes with voiceover. Trying to put yourself in someone’s head — how do you visualize that? One of the ways I always thought we’d visualize that was by putting the camera physically closer to her for her close-ups, be on a wider lens because it feels a little bit more uncomfortable and there’s something a little bit more unsettling about that. It makes the audience close the person in much more uncomfortable way.”
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Watkinson: We adopted a particular lens for Offred because being a Pov-type show, we wanted to be inside Offred’s head and make the viewer feel like every nuance Elizabeth made we’d be capturing. They’d be close enough to feel every movement. We were shooting on Canon K-35s for most of the show, but we had a 28mm Zeiss 2.1 that had a perspective that was different on either side of it. It’s very particular. It was her special lens.
Morano’s Handheld
Morano: As a cinematographer myself, I knew to stay out of Colin’s way. I told him, “I’ll treat you better than you are use to being treated by other directors. There is one thing I do want, though.”
Watkinson: In our first interview she broached it right away. “I like to get the camera on my shoulder and operate.”
Morano: Most good operators know you don’t want to do some kind of change while an actor’s delivering lines, but it’s hard to not know what you can get away with if you aren’t the director. If you are directing and you are the one cutting it and telling the story, you can take more risks with the operating.
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Watkinson: There’s a special process going on there. She has unique vision and style. She brings an immediacy and a real feeling with her camera. I tried to get a feel for how and when she’d want to go handheld to access those emotions, and tried to emulate because we’d need to try to copy that with other directors after Reed left.
Interior Depth
Watkinson: I was constantly impressed by [production designer] Julie Berghoff’s paint work. Not only did she have the color right, but the depth of the color she’d create on the walls was amazing. You’d walk up to walls and admire the depth — there was color on color, but all the same color. I really feel that you feel that. The backgrounds are little bit dark, there’s a fall-off to them, and the light catches them because there’s so much texture. It was such pleasure to light, because I want to feel that depth in darkness.
I stole a term that exists in the 3-D world: They call it “volumetric lighting.” I wanted layers in the light. I saw (Morano’s feature) “Meadowland,” so I knew Reed really liked atmosphere. I wanted textured light layers, to go with the layer’s of Julie’s background and the layers of the costumes.
I want you to feel the light coming from the outside, so it’s based in a reality, but it’s a hyperreality. I used Df-50 to put a lot of atmosphere in the air, with 10K mol beams that create a sharp line then fade away. You can play with how strong that beam of light is based on the angle. Then there’s options of using blinds and other things to play with to create more layers.
Exterior
Watkinson: We knew Gilead had this throwback element. We knew it had to have a certain softness to it to match that otherness. We were always going to use vintage lenses, testing to figure out which ones got us the exterior softness was crucial.
We wanted shallow and soft look for the exterior. The lenses we used were very fast. They were 1.3, 1.4 lens and we would play the daytime shots as wide open as we could to really drop the depth of field.
Read More: The Best Indie Film Directors are Working on One Hulu Show, and Most Just Happen to be Women
We were trying to do anything that put movement in the light. We let light hit the camera — were totally happy for veiling to happen, so the light could hit the lens. Flare was part of the look. Then we’d push color into the blacks and highlights in the grade. We had a power Dit on set, to give it that otherworldliness. We shot on three Arri Alexa Mini, which did a great job with our colors and was perfect for going handheld, but also was 4K, which Hulu demanded.
Editor’s Note: This feature is presented in partnership with Arri, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of motion picture camera, digital intermediate (Di) and lighting equipment. Founded by two filmmakers 100 years ago, Arri and its engineers have been recognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for contributions to the industry with 19 Scientific and Technical Awards. Click here for more about Arri.
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- 6/22/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
"The Furniture" our weekly series on Production Design. Here's Daniel Walber
There are many ways to scare an audience. Music, special effects and editing are combined to surprise the audience with loud, unexpected images of malevolent demons or slashers or whatever. But what about production design? Can you be terrified by a stationary armchair?
The Conjuring 2 holds all the answers. James Wan is an excellent horror craftsman, a director who uses every trick in the book, including the sets and props. Production designer Julie Berghoff and art directors A. Todd Holland and Andrew Rothschild run amok, with the same ferocity as the film's music and editing.
Their first order of business is to exploit some of the genre’s stand-by images. There are a lot of crosses, in this case an entire roomful.
They stand at attention, ready to demonically invert themselves at a moment’s notice. There are...
There are many ways to scare an audience. Music, special effects and editing are combined to surprise the audience with loud, unexpected images of malevolent demons or slashers or whatever. But what about production design? Can you be terrified by a stationary armchair?
The Conjuring 2 holds all the answers. James Wan is an excellent horror craftsman, a director who uses every trick in the book, including the sets and props. Production designer Julie Berghoff and art directors A. Todd Holland and Andrew Rothschild run amok, with the same ferocity as the film's music and editing.
Their first order of business is to exploit some of the genre’s stand-by images. There are a lot of crosses, in this case an entire roomful.
They stand at attention, ready to demonically invert themselves at a moment’s notice. There are...
- 9/19/2016
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmExperience
At the end of James Wan’s The Conjuring, I had a big smile on my face at the thought of a studio building a smart and fun horror franchise using Ed and Lorraine Warren as the foundation, and tonight, after seeing The Conjuring 2, I am relieved to see that they got it absolutely right. The screenplay, credited to Carey Hayes & Chad Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson, is very smart about the way it opens with a seance in the Amityville house. Amityville is where the Warrens made their reputations as paranormal investigators, so it makes sense to eventually tell that story, but it’s also been made and re-made and told a dozen different ways. Instead of making the mistake of dedicating an entire film to it, they use it to set several story threads into motion and also to show how the Warrens were constantly...
- 6/9/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Warner Bros. Pictures will be showing The Conjuring on Friday the 13th at the Lincoln Theater in Belleville, Il at 10pm.
Luke Naliborksi, Local Paranormal Author, Speaker and Alton Hauntings Tour Guide will be hosting the screening.
Director James Wan will have a special greeting to the attendees as well as show clips from The Conjuring 2 (out on June 10th) and the opportunity for 13 lucky attendees to attend and advance screening of the film.
Why the Lincoln Theater you ask? It’s allegedly haunted. http://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/lincoln-theatre/
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Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,...
Luke Naliborksi, Local Paranormal Author, Speaker and Alton Hauntings Tour Guide will be hosting the screening.
Director James Wan will have a special greeting to the attendees as well as show clips from The Conjuring 2 (out on June 10th) and the opportunity for 13 lucky attendees to attend and advance screening of the film.
Why the Lincoln Theater you ask? It’s allegedly haunted. http://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/lincoln-theatre/
For more on Naliborksi, visit https://www.prairieghosts.com/lighter.html
For your chance to win 2 tickets for this special event, enter:
Your Name And E-mail In Our Comments Section Below. We Will Contact You If You Are A Winner.
Official Rules:
Winners Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries. No Purchase Necessary.
Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,...
- 5/10/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ahead of its June 13th release, Warner Bros. Pictures has released a chilling new poster for director James Wan’s The Conjuring 2.
Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Before you catch the film in cinemas this summer, check out the list of 5 Horror Films You Should Never Watch Alone. Among the movies is the original The Conjuring as well as A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Gallows, The Rite and the upcoming Friend Request (April 20). See the list Here.
The screenplay is by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson, story by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan.
Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Before you catch the film in cinemas this summer, check out the list of 5 Horror Films You Should Never Watch Alone. Among the movies is the original The Conjuring as well as A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Gallows, The Rite and the upcoming Friend Request (April 20). See the list Here.
The screenplay is by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson, story by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan.
- 4/15/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The next chapter of Ed and Lorraine Warren's paranormal adventures continue in The Conjuring 2, the new film from James Wan that's teased in its first trailer and new set of photos.
Press Release: New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “The Conjuring 2,” with James Wan (“Furious 7”) once again at the helm following the record-breaking success of “The Conjuring,” brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
The film follows the phenomenal worldwide reception of Wan’s “The Conjuring,” which marked the largest opening ever for an original horror movie.
Press Release: New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “The Conjuring 2,” with James Wan (“Furious 7”) once again at the helm following the record-breaking success of “The Conjuring,” brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
The film follows the phenomenal worldwide reception of Wan’s “The Conjuring,” which marked the largest opening ever for an original horror movie.
- 1/7/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
In the lead-up to the 86th annual Academy Awards on March 2, HitFix will be bringing you the lowdown on all 24 Oscar categories with multiple entries each day. Take a few notes and bone up on the competition as we give you the edge in your office Oscar pool! As in Best Costume Design -- the category with which its outcome so frequently goes hand-in-hand -- ornamental period pieces and extravagant fantasies tend to dominate the Best Production Design category. So it's nice that the Academy gave us a fairly varied field this year: period pieces may still make up the majority of the field, but one is of a recent vintage, while the others could hardly be more opposed in their approach to days of year. Meanwhile, neither the futuristic fantasy nor the hi-tech outer-space adventure are as excessively designed as you might expect from nominees in this race. Moreover,...
- 2/26/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
In this Fyc series series, our contributors are highlighting their favorite fringe contenders this awards season. Here's Dancin' Dan on The Conjuring...
Let's face it: The Academy doesn't, as a rule, like horror films. Even when they're done well. But James Wan's The Conjuring is one we hope they'll honor, especially in the below-the-line categories. The technical elements are all exceptionally well-done, but the production design in particular is damn near flawless. For starters, take a look at that Annabelle doll. Creepy, right? But also totally believable as a toy that a girl might have loved as a child in the 40s or 50s and kept with her as a young adult in the 60s.
The whole film is stuffed with smart design like that. Production Designer Julie Berghoff, Art Director Geoffrey S. Grimsman, and Set Decorator Sophie Neufdorfer built the Perron house used in the film from the...
Let's face it: The Academy doesn't, as a rule, like horror films. Even when they're done well. But James Wan's The Conjuring is one we hope they'll honor, especially in the below-the-line categories. The technical elements are all exceptionally well-done, but the production design in particular is damn near flawless. For starters, take a look at that Annabelle doll. Creepy, right? But also totally believable as a toy that a girl might have loved as a child in the 40s or 50s and kept with her as a young adult in the 60s.
The whole film is stuffed with smart design like that. Production Designer Julie Berghoff, Art Director Geoffrey S. Grimsman, and Set Decorator Sophie Neufdorfer built the Perron house used in the film from the...
- 12/4/2013
- by Denny
- FilmExperience
New Line Cinema's The Conjuring rode a wave of strong critical and audience acclaim to an extraordinary $41.9 million opening weekend at the U.S. box office and broke records for the largest opening for an original horror film - and an R-rated one at that!
Will director James Wan's film be able to hold on to the top spot this weekend? Warner Bros. is hoping so, and they've put together a new trailer that should either get you to the theatre for a first viewing or get you there again for round two. What say you?
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of...
Will director James Wan's film be able to hold on to the top spot this weekend? Warner Bros. is hoping so, and they've put together a new trailer that should either get you to the theatre for a first viewing or get you there again for round two. What say you?
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of...
- 7/26/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Words alone cannot fully describe how happy we are that The Conjuring is whipping ass at the box office. Now that's how we keep America strong, kids! By watching horror movies. Now that the flick is a success, a sequel is inevitable. Speaking of which...
When talking to Vera about "Bates Motel" (look for that coverage soon), she did confirm that her and Patrick Wilson's contracts for The Conjuring included another installment. She loves playing Lorraine and working with Patrick so is very happy to continue in the part and with the franchise.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron,...
When talking to Vera about "Bates Motel" (look for that coverage soon), she did confirm that her and Patrick Wilson's contracts for The Conjuring included another installment. She loves playing Lorraine and working with Patrick so is very happy to continue in the part and with the franchise.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron,...
- 7/20/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
This weekend The Conjuring begins haunting theatres, and to tide you over until then, we have three behind-the-scenes looks at James Wan's upcoming fact-based scarefest!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files...
- 7/17/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The devil's hour is nearly upon us! This weekend The Conjuring begins haunting theatres, and to tide you over until then, we have the following new featurette. Check it out!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn...
- 7/17/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
As sympathetic, methodical ghostbusters Lorraine and Ed Warren, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson make the old-fashioned haunted-house horror film "The Conjuring" something more than your average fright fest.
In 1971, they come to the Perrons' swampy, musty Rhode Island farmhouse – newly purchased from the bank – to investigate the demonic spirit that has begun terrorizing the couple and their five daughters – a working class family who thought they had clawed their way into a rustic dream house.
Lorraine is clairvoyant, and Ed is a Vatican-sanctioned demonologist. They're best known as the married, devoutly Catholic paranormal pros whose work with the Lutz family served as the basis for "Amityville Horror." "The Conjuring," which boasts incredulously of being their most fearsome, previously unknown case, is built very in the `70s-style mold of "Amityville" and, if one is kind, "The Exorcist." The film opens with a majestic, foreboding title card that announces its aspirations to such a lineage.
In 1971, they come to the Perrons' swampy, musty Rhode Island farmhouse – newly purchased from the bank – to investigate the demonic spirit that has begun terrorizing the couple and their five daughters – a working class family who thought they had clawed their way into a rustic dream house.
Lorraine is clairvoyant, and Ed is a Vatican-sanctioned demonologist. They're best known as the married, devoutly Catholic paranormal pros whose work with the Lutz family served as the basis for "Amityville Horror." "The Conjuring," which boasts incredulously of being their most fearsome, previously unknown case, is built very in the `70s-style mold of "Amityville" and, if one is kind, "The Exorcist." The film opens with a majestic, foreboding title card that announces its aspirations to such a lineage.
- 7/17/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
I ain’t afraid of no ghosts. That’s a sentiment I suspect most moviegoers can relate to, having been inundated over the past fifteen years or so with long-haired phantom brats, invisible prankster beasties and herky-jerky dime-store ghouls. These days it takes more than a trailer with strumming violins and figures rising from shadows to get us worked up, “based on a true story” is as readily ignored as “please silence your cell phones” and twist endings have become the new straight.
The latest casualty of phantom fatigue is the recent resurgence of 1970’s-style supernatural horror, replacing self-referential camp with a conviction that requires finesse to work. James Wan, who moved on from the gritty exploitative gleam of Saw (a film far more tame than many realize) to throwbacks like Dead Silence and Insidious, has been tapping this vein for a few years but finally...
I ain’t afraid of no ghosts. That’s a sentiment I suspect most moviegoers can relate to, having been inundated over the past fifteen years or so with long-haired phantom brats, invisible prankster beasties and herky-jerky dime-store ghouls. These days it takes more than a trailer with strumming violins and figures rising from shadows to get us worked up, “based on a true story” is as readily ignored as “please silence your cell phones” and twist endings have become the new straight.
The latest casualty of phantom fatigue is the recent resurgence of 1970’s-style supernatural horror, replacing self-referential camp with a conviction that requires finesse to work. James Wan, who moved on from the gritty exploitative gleam of Saw (a film far more tame than many realize) to throwbacks like Dead Silence and Insidious, has been tapping this vein for a few years but finally...
- 7/17/2013
- by Nathan Bartlebaugh
- Obsessed with Film
The powers-that-be over at New Line are expecting to scare up some decent box office cash this weekend as The Conjuring begins haunting theatres. In fact, they're so confident in the flick (which they should be since it's pretty awesome), they're already thinking franchise.
New Line president Toby Emmerich tells Variety that New Line is exploring a potential franchise based on the Warrens’ investigations, which also involved cases that wound up as the movies The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. “We have Lorraine’s permission and support, and we are working on developing another film,” Emmerich said.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House...
New Line president Toby Emmerich tells Variety that New Line is exploring a potential franchise based on the Warrens’ investigations, which also involved cases that wound up as the movies The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. “We have Lorraine’s permission and support, and we are working on developing another film,” Emmerich said.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
In case you missed them, check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House...
- 7/16/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Last night DC was on the black carpet for the premiere of James Wan’s new feature film, The Conjuring, where we spoke with many of the cast members and heard first-hand about the haunting 10-year experience the Perron family had inside that house in Harrisville, Rhode Island.
While working the press line, we were able to speak with one of the sisters, Andrea Perron; the paranormal investigator who witnessed it all first-hand, Lorraine Warren; as well as several members of the cast, including Mackenzie Foy, Joey King, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, and Vera Farmiga. Read on to see what everyone had to say about James Wan’s frightening new feature The Conjuring.
Mackenzie Foy (“Cindy Perron”):
On her character in the film: "I play Cindy Perron, one of the five sisters of the Perron family. She’s just a regular girl, a cool kid. Then all this paranormal...
While working the press line, we were able to speak with one of the sisters, Andrea Perron; the paranormal investigator who witnessed it all first-hand, Lorraine Warren; as well as several members of the cast, including Mackenzie Foy, Joey King, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, and Vera Farmiga. Read on to see what everyone had to say about James Wan’s frightening new feature The Conjuring.
Mackenzie Foy (“Cindy Perron”):
On her character in the film: "I play Cindy Perron, one of the five sisters of the Perron family. She’s just a regular girl, a cool kid. Then all this paranormal...
- 7/16/2013
- by aaronflux
- DreadCentral.com
On July 19th The Conjuring, directed by James Wan, arrives in theaters, but before that it's time to hear from one of the real life people whose exploits the film is based upon - Lorraine Warren.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
And in case you missed it check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
And in case you missed it check out our exclusive video interviews with James Wan and Lorraine Warren and the cast of The Conjuring.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema...
- 7/12/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
On July 19th The Conjuring, directed by James Wan, arrives in theaters, ready to creep out audiences everywhere this summer.
The supernatural thriller explores one the more disturbing cases of famed paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren. Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Co-written by Chad and Carey Hayes, the film’s story follows the Perron family, who believe that they are being haunted. After being approached by Carolyn Perron (Lili Taylor), the Warrens agree to come to the Perrons’ new home to determine if there is indeed something supernatural present.
During a recent press day in San Francisco, Dread Central caught up with several cast members to hear about their thoughts on playing real-life people, working with James Wan and much more! Check out our interview with the cast below.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness,...
The supernatural thriller explores one the more disturbing cases of famed paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren. Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Co-written by Chad and Carey Hayes, the film’s story follows the Perron family, who believe that they are being haunted. After being approached by Carolyn Perron (Lili Taylor), the Warrens agree to come to the Perrons’ new home to determine if there is indeed something supernatural present.
During a recent press day in San Francisco, Dread Central caught up with several cast members to hear about their thoughts on playing real-life people, working with James Wan and much more! Check out our interview with the cast below.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness,...
- 7/12/2013
- by BrianDreads
- DreadCentral.com
While in San Francisco for a recent press day, Dread Central had the chance to sit down with The Conjuring director James Wan and Lorraine Warren, the well-known paranormal investigator who provides the research on which the film is based.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Co-written by Chad and Carey Hayes, The Conjuring stars Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston. In the supernatural thriller, Wilson and Farmiga star as the Warrens, real-life paranormal investigators who are approached by a troubled mother named Carolyn (Taylor) who thinks her family is being terrorized by something evil living in their new home.
During our interview with Wan and Warren, we heard about how Wan came on board the project as well as some of the processes used to craft a different type of haunted house film. We also chatted with Warren about the world of supernatural phenomena and...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Co-written by Chad and Carey Hayes, The Conjuring stars Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston. In the supernatural thriller, Wilson and Farmiga star as the Warrens, real-life paranormal investigators who are approached by a troubled mother named Carolyn (Taylor) who thinks her family is being terrorized by something evil living in their new home.
During our interview with Wan and Warren, we heard about how Wan came on board the project as well as some of the processes used to craft a different type of haunted house film. We also chatted with Warren about the world of supernatural phenomena and...
- 7/11/2013
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
We are just a couple of weeks away from James Wan's The Conjuring haunting the holy hell out of your local theatre, and we figured we'd use these precious and few remaking moments to hook you up with a prize package to die for!
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- 7/11/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A new TV spot has arrived for The Conjuring to get you over your hump day, and it's just as spookily effective as everything else we've seen from the film!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel," Orphan) and Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy,...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel," Orphan) and Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy,...
- 7/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville.
Based on the true life story, The Conjuring tells the tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse.
Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award® nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (“Insidious,”) as the Warrens, and Ron Livingston (“The Odd Life of Timothy Green”) and Lili Taylor (TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as Roger and Carolyn Perron, residents of the house.
James Wan (“Saw,” “Insidious”) directs from a screenplay by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes (“The Reaping”).
The Conjuring...
Based on the true life story, The Conjuring tells the tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse.
Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award® nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (“Insidious,”) as the Warrens, and Ron Livingston (“The Odd Life of Timothy Green”) and Lili Taylor (TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as Roger and Carolyn Perron, residents of the house.
James Wan (“Saw,” “Insidious”) directs from a screenplay by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes (“The Reaping”).
The Conjuring...
- 7/8/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While recently at the Arclight in Hollywood, we spied a display of screen-used props on display in anticipation of James Wan's The Conjuring. Of course we busted out the camera and started snapping away!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel,...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel,...
- 7/2/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
As a Denver local and devotee of the Drafthouse, it’s a great pleasure to inform all of you that the Mile High Horror Film Festival and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will be presenting an advance screening of James Wan’s newest thriller, The Conjuring, on Monday, July 8th, at 7 p.m.
Naturally, you’ll likely be competing with hundreds of others, however, as there are only 100 seats available for the screening. Tickets can be reserved at the event page on GoFobo, and each reservation allows the option of getting a second ticket for a friend.
The Mile High Horror Film Festival is a great fest (I’ve gone every year since its inception) and is held every October in beautiful Denver, Co. This year it will celebrate its new home at the Alamo Drafthouse Littleton, located at 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Co, 80120.
Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, and Lily Taylor,...
Naturally, you’ll likely be competing with hundreds of others, however, as there are only 100 seats available for the screening. Tickets can be reserved at the event page on GoFobo, and each reservation allows the option of getting a second ticket for a friend.
The Mile High Horror Film Festival is a great fest (I’ve gone every year since its inception) and is held every October in beautiful Denver, Co. This year it will celebrate its new home at the Alamo Drafthouse Littleton, located at 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Co, 80120.
Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, and Lily Taylor,...
- 7/1/2013
- by Brad McHargue
- DreadCentral.com
On tap right now are several new clips from The Conjuring which you can watch if you must, but if we were you, we'd skip 'em, the reason being that the less you know about this flick, the better and more effective it is.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
- 7/1/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A second TV spot has arrived for The Conjuring to close out the weekend, and it's just as spookily effective as everything else we've seen from the film!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel," Orphan) and Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy,...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel," Orphan) and Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy,...
- 7/1/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The second part of our set visit report from The Conjuring is now live (or should we say returned from the dead?) and waiting for you to ingest! In case you missed it, check out Part 1 here!
Warning: There Are Mild Spoilers Ahead
As written previously, Lili Taylor’s character, Caroline, seems to endure some hands-on experiences with Bathsheba, the witch spirit. Taylor expands on the film’s story and her character’s place in it. “She’s really scared for a lot of it, and then she’s like ferocious for the last part of it.” We’d been tipped off there is a bit of possession in the mix as well. Taylor explains her process for these scenes: “You know, that’s other worldly, is what it is. I mean, and if you’ve ever seen people who are possessed, really, really possessed, it’s almost like they...
Warning: There Are Mild Spoilers Ahead
As written previously, Lili Taylor’s character, Caroline, seems to endure some hands-on experiences with Bathsheba, the witch spirit. Taylor expands on the film’s story and her character’s place in it. “She’s really scared for a lot of it, and then she’s like ferocious for the last part of it.” We’d been tipped off there is a bit of possession in the mix as well. Taylor explains her process for these scenes: “You know, that’s other worldly, is what it is. I mean, and if you’ve ever seen people who are possessed, really, really possessed, it’s almost like they...
- 6/28/2013
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
Here at Dread Central we've had a love for clever viral marketing ever since William Castle wired up buzzers to theatre seats for The Tingler. James Wan's The Conjuring screened last night in Chicago, and it's pretty clear Warner Bros. went all out for the event!
Below you'll find some images from the screening from our buddies over at Chicago's Horror Society, one of which contains the contents of a goodie bag given out to lucky fans and the other two? Well, they speak for themselves!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse.
Below you'll find some images from the screening from our buddies over at Chicago's Horror Society, one of which contains the contents of a goodie bag given out to lucky fans and the other two? Well, they speak for themselves!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse.
- 6/28/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A third and incredibly effective trailer for James Wan's The Conjuring has been released, and it could very well be one of the more unique things we've seen. Just like the film itself... this baby delivers in spades!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars...
- 6/28/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A match ignites in the dark. A trembling woman’s frail features are barely lit by its glow. We see a staircase below her descending into that blackness. The anxiety of the moment can be heard in the heavy breaths taken by our heroine.
The match burns too low and burns her, causing her to drop it, and the light flickers out. As she eases slowly into darkness, trying in vain to light her way with wooden matches, we wonder if some creature that loves the empty shadows will reveal itself... and when.
When the answer jolts you from your comfortable spot in the real world, you remember this is Exactly the kind of movie James Wan has perfected. The slow creeping dread, that anticipation of terror around the hallway corner, a shadow in the distance that stands... not quite right. This is his world, and The Conjuring looks to...
The match burns too low and burns her, causing her to drop it, and the light flickers out. As she eases slowly into darkness, trying in vain to light her way with wooden matches, we wonder if some creature that loves the empty shadows will reveal itself... and when.
When the answer jolts you from your comfortable spot in the real world, you remember this is Exactly the kind of movie James Wan has perfected. The slow creeping dread, that anticipation of terror around the hallway corner, a shadow in the distance that stands... not quite right. This is his world, and The Conjuring looks to...
- 6/27/2013
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
Remember those dozen stills from James Wan's The Conjuring we brought you yesterday? Yeah? Good! Here's around 3 dozen more. Or is it just 2 dozen new ones plus the dozen from yesterday? We've lost count! In any event, check 'em out!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring...
- 6/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
James Wan's The Conjuring is well on its way, and we're excited beyond belief for you cats to see it! For now, though, we have a nice bit of eye candy for you to bite into that should hold you over until the big day! Dig it!
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of...
Read our review of The Conjuring here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of...
- 6/24/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Dread Central had a chance to take an early look at the upcoming creeper from director James Wan, The Conjuring, and we're back with the full verdict. Will this latest haunted house flick scare up some big box office? Signs point to yes!
Read our review of The Conjuring!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Read our review of The Conjuring!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
- 6/23/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Ed and Lorraine Warren have spent the majority of their lives helping people and families who are suffering through paranormal occurrences. Their exploits are touched upon in The Conjuring, and this week's EW has taken us into one of the darkest places on the planet.
Over the years Ed and Lorraine have removed objects from the locations of some of their cases that were either causing or contributing to some part of the problem of said hauntings (most notable of which is Annabelle the Doll, featured in the upcoming film). These items are currently locked away and on display inside Lorraine's home in what has been dubbed their "Museum of the Occult."
The current issue of Entertainment Weekly has a spoiler-filled interview and spread for The Conjuring along with a series of images from within the museum. We have them for you below. Check it out, and for more be...
Over the years Ed and Lorraine have removed objects from the locations of some of their cases that were either causing or contributing to some part of the problem of said hauntings (most notable of which is Annabelle the Doll, featured in the upcoming film). These items are currently locked away and on display inside Lorraine's home in what has been dubbed their "Museum of the Occult."
The current issue of Entertainment Weekly has a spoiler-filled interview and spread for The Conjuring along with a series of images from within the museum. We have them for you below. Check it out, and for more be...
- 6/21/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The release of one of the spookiest films of the year, The Conjuring, is heading toward you like a runaway ghost train and we have 25 pairs of tickets to give away for an extremely early Los Angeles screening!
Here are the whens and the wheres.... Wednesday, June 26th at the Arclight Hollywood at 7:30pm! Simply click here for your tickets and if you miss out you can also try for them at Bloody Disgusting and Shock Till You Drop. Hurry Up! Once the 25 pairs are gone, they are Gone! Winners with our passes can attend a 6:30pm private reception at the 2nd floor bar area where the film's props will be displayed and Hors D'Oeuvres will be served.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring...
Here are the whens and the wheres.... Wednesday, June 26th at the Arclight Hollywood at 7:30pm! Simply click here for your tickets and if you miss out you can also try for them at Bloody Disgusting and Shock Till You Drop. Hurry Up! Once the 25 pairs are gone, they are Gone! Winners with our passes can attend a 6:30pm private reception at the 2nd floor bar area where the film's props will be displayed and Hors D'Oeuvres will be served.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring...
- 6/18/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We're getting close, kids! We're just a little over a month away from James Wan's The Conjuring beginning to haunt your theatre halls, and the hype wheel has begun turning. Next stop - the very first TV spot!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel,...
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel,...
- 6/13/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Planning to attend this year's Los Angeles Film Festival? Looking forward to James Wan's latest film, The Conjuring? Then this story is for you! That's right, kids! Get ready to kill two birds with one horrific stone!
The Conjuring will screen in two theaters at the Regal Cinema at L.A. Live on June 21, first at 10:00 pm in Regal House 11 and then at 10:30 pm in Regal House 10 with both screenings followed by a Q&A with Wan. Get your tickets here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity,...
The Conjuring will screen in two theaters at the Regal Cinema at L.A. Live on June 21, first at 10:00 pm in Regal House 11 and then at 10:30 pm in Regal House 10 with both screenings followed by a Q&A with Wan. Get your tickets here!
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity,...
- 6/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A new one-sheet for the super-spooky new flick from James Wan, The Conjuring, has arrived from our friends across the pond and it may very well be our favorite one yet. Check it out right here! The film opens in the Us and the UK on July 19, 2013.
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring...
Synopsis
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring...
- 5/23/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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