Curious about the inspiration behind “The Conjuring”?
These photos offer insight into the Warrens' real-life investigation of the Perron family.
Due to the nature of the events depicted, some may doubt the veracity of the Warrens' case.
Lorraine Warren and Vera Farmiga pose at the after party for ‘The Conjuring’ at Aventine Restaurant on July 15, 2013, in Los Angeles.Credit:Kevin Winter/Getty
That evening, she saw a vision of the athletic teenager as a much older man.
They married two years later, and were only separated when Ed died in 2006 at age 79.
“But every now and then there would be really messed-up stuff.”
Lorraine and Ed Warren.Courtesy of Warner Bros.
“I opened my eyes and saw the most frightening thing I have ever seen in my life.
It was a very tall woman.
Her head was like a sack of cobwebs with little tendrils of hair hanging out.”
Ed and Lorraine Warren.Courtesy of Warner Bros.
“There are no words to adequately express that event.”
“And that’s just not the case at all.”
“What’s being made into a movie?
The Perron family.Courtesy of Warner Bros.
I think he’s working from beyond to make this thing happen.”
The items include a doll named Annabelle, which is featured inThe Conjuringandreceived its own spinoff franchise.
While Wilson braved the Warrens' Occult Museum, Farmiga did not.
From left: Hayley McFarland, Kyla Deaver, Shanley Caswell, Joey King, Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Foy, and Ron Livingston.Michael Tackett
“I had read all the stories about these articles.
I didn’t go down.”
“They’ll say, ‘Yes, your child is possessed by a demon.’
Vera Farmiga in ‘The Conjuring’.Michael Tackett
“I feel I have an obligation,” she said at the time.
“I think that’s why I was given the gift.”
Andrea Perron.Gustavo Caballero/Getty
Vera Farmiga and James Wan behind the scenes of ‘The Conjuring’.MICHAEL TACKETT
Lorraine Warren in her Occult Museum.MILLER MOBLEY FOR EW
The Warrens' Occult Museum.MILLER MOBLEY FOR EW
Lorraine Warren and Vera Farmiga.MICHAEL TACKETT
Lorraine Warren.Miller Mobley for EW
Lorraine Warren.Miller Mobley for EW
