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The Conjuring (2013)

Film

DirectorJames Wan

Meta takes5

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Form & technique

The "Hide and Clap" scene
The film's 1970s setting and aesthetic
The spectral music box → The Unseen Voice

Tropes

The Perron family home
The characterization of Ed and Lorraine Warren → The Soft Arm of the Law
The "Based on the true case files of the Warrens" textual frame → The Hyperreal Mirage
Carolyn Perron's possession and attempted infanticide → The Abject
The financial precarity of the Perron family → The Enterprise of the Self

Films most connected to The Conjuring

Jacob's Ladder (1990) — via The Abject, The Unseen Voice, The Soft Arm of the Law
The Others (2001) — via The Unseen Voice, The Soft Arm of the Law
Cold War (2018) — via The Unseen Voice, The Soft Arm of the Law
300 (2006) — via The Unseen Voice, The Soft Arm of the Law
The Florida Project (2017) — via The Unseen Voice, The Soft Arm of the Law
Titanic (1997) — via The Hyperreal Mirage, The Soft Arm of the Law
Train to Busan (2016) — via The Unseen Voice, The Enterprise of the Self
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — via The Unseen Voice, The Enterprise of the Self