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Directed by | James Wan |
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Music by | Joseph Bishara |
Cinematography | Don Burgess |
Edited by | Kirk Morri |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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134 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million |
Box office | $320.3 million |
The Conjuring 2 is a 2016 American horror film directed by James Wan and written by Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Wan and David Leslie Johnson. It is the sequel to the 2013 film The Conjuring, and is the second installment in The Conjuring film series and the third in the franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren from the first film. The film follows the Warrens as they travel to Britain to assist the Hodgson family, who are experiencing poltergeist activity at their Brimsdown, Enfield council house in 1977 which later became referred to as the Enfield Poltergeist.
The Conjuring 2 was released in North America on June 10, 2016. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $320 million worldwide. A spin-off film titled The Nun is currently in development, with Wan and Safran set to produce.
In 1976, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren document the Amityville murders at the Amityville house, to determine if a demonic presence was truly responsible for Ronald DeFeo Jr. mass murdering his family on November 13, 1974 and the subsequent haunting incident involving the Lutz family. During a seance, Lorraine is drawn into a vision where she relives the murders and discovers a demonic nun figure, which strangles her. After seeing Ed being fatally impaled, Lorraine is able to break out of the vision.