In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to keep the cellar door locked and prepare for the exorcism as we review the 2013 film “The Conjuring”…
For the better part of two decades, producer Tony DeRosa-Grund had been desperately trying to adapt a story told to him by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren after hearing a chilling audio recording from one of their cases.
The Warrens had already been considered the foremost expert when it came to hauntings and possession stories after they investigated infamous cases like the Amityville Horror as well as a man going on trial for murder, who claimed demonic possession was the reason for the crime he committed.
Eventually, DeRosa-Grund brought on two new screenwriters to really put together the best script possible and before long there was a bidding war between studios for the chance to bring this project to life. The story focused on a family moving into a new farmhouse in Rhode Island but there were already condemned spirits inhabiting this home and that’s when Ed and Lorraine Warren arrive to find out if this was fact or fiction.
Famed horror director James Wan was then hired to help the production after he had already shown great success in the genre with films such as “Saw” and “Insidious.”
What resulted was a blockbuster horror film that grossed more than $300 million at the box office and spawned one of the most successful franchises in horror history.
In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to keep the cellar door locked and prepare for the exorcism as we review the 2013 film “The Conjuring”…
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