The Conjuring 2

"The next true story from the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren."

2016 2h 14m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 9,464

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Synopsis

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Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

“The next true story from the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren.”

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Cast

Vera Farmiga
Lorraine Warren
Patrick Wilson
Ed Warren
Madison Wolfe
Janet Hodgson
Frances O'Connor
Peggy Hodgson
Lauren Esposito
Margaret Hodgson
Benjamin Haigh
Billy Hodgson
Patrick McAuley
Johnny Hodgson
Sterling Jerins
Judy Warren

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Wan
Writers: Chad Hayes, Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 8.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Conjuring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by James Wan, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joseph Bishara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kirk M. Morri shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson and Madison Wolfe carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The next true story from the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Wan directs. Don Burgess behind the camera. Joseph Bishara scores. Kirk M. Morri cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 8.1× over at the box office.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Part of the "The Conjuring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by James Wan, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Joseph Bishara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Kirk M. Morri shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson and Madison Wolfe carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The next true story from the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren.".
9IMDB entry: tt3065204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 13 themes, including "london, england", "england", "1970s", "halloween".
11Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Don Burgess
Original score: Joseph Bishara
Editing: Kirk M. Morri
Production design: Julie Berghoff
Costume design: Kristin M. Burke
Makeup / hair: Anthony Gordon
VFX supervisor: Colin Strause
Sound: Gregg Landaker
Stunt coordinator: Joel Kramer
Runtime: 134 min · 2h 14m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $322,819,915
Return: 807% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Part of

The Conjuring Collection

A supernatural horror film series that started The Conjuring Universe and follows Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting.

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James Wan

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Reno2016-10-04
★ 8/10
This time a London family struggle in their haunted house. First of all, I am not a big fan of the first film, but I liked that. Now this sequel was not bad either. This time it takes us to the London. But the film reminded me the 80s film 'Poltergeist', particularly the second part. So don't assume it is exactly the same, only the scenes involving house seems similar, but the story was different. It is another true story based film, that's what they said in the opening statement. You're not forced to believe that, if you're here for an entertainment, you will get that if you put your logics away for the two hours. A family of four young children and their mother living in a house in the London witness some serious paranormal activities lately. Particularly the eleven year old girl affected the most with the spirit the house possessed. So the American couple from the first film are brought in to do their best to help the family. When they try to contact the spirit, they won't get what they were looking for. Instead, an unexpected blame goes for the girl and soon the family loses confidence in them. The overcoming those misunderstanding, particularly realising the truth brings a twist before concluding the tale. The one twenty minute never looked too long. Because there's always something keeps happening, so the audience to keep engaged with. Probably this is won't be your best horror film of the years, but being a horror themed film, it had good form of those contents. Not too scary, at a time those clichés were used in a good way to bring freshness in the scenes. I will credit the writers for that. Besides, the actors were undoubtedly good, including those little ones. For me this is a better horror film and I definitely look for another sequel. I hope this one would stand up to your expectations. 7.5/10
Gimly2017-02-06
★ 6/10
I know I'm in the minority on this, but I actually preferred it to the original. Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go.
Sheldon Nylander2019-08-25
★ 6/10
I'm giving this half a star more than I gave the first movie. As a horror film in its own rite, it's competently made, although somewhat predictable as it follows most of the traditional haunted house film tropes. But it is better than the first one in that it's a more cohesive film, with such corrections as how the background "monster" actually does play a part in the story, whereas in the first film Annabelle was shoehorned in but had nothing to do with the main story and served only as a distraction. Ultimately, the reason I can't rate this film higher is because it's about the Warrens, who were a couple of charlatans that took advantage of vulnerable and desperate people. While this is touched on briefly, it's done more in the context of people who don't believe them are all mean and unsympathetic. Again, it's a competently made horror film that's better than its predecessor, if a little predictable, but don't look at it as being based on a true story. Take it with a massive grain of salt.