James Wan made his name as the torture porn maestro behind the Saw movies, but I think he proved to be even more adept at psychological horror with Insidious. The film was one of 2011's biggest hits, banking nearly $100M on a paltry budget below $2M. His latest thriller, The Conjuring, sticks to the genre but with the added twist of being based on a supposedly true story.
A new teaser has been released, and it's a tense, slow burn unusual for trailers nowadays. Wan seems anxious to find a way to scare us long before we ever experience the full deal, and he's done a superb job of it with this excellently cut clip. Insidious star Patrick Wilson joins Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren, a pair of paranormal investigators called in to help the Perron family who claim to be living among the dead. They encounter and confront a dark entity in what is the most horrifying case of their careers. The Perrons wrote a book about the experience, House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story. Lily Taylor, Ron Livingston, Joey King, and Mackenzie Foy play the Perrons in the film, an
After some incredibly well-received test screenings, the The Conjuring was moved to July 19th where it will open against Dreamworks' animated Turbo, and the comic book adaptation R.I.P.D. Check out the trailer below...
Première bande-annonce pour The Conjuring by Cinéaddict
