Episode #821: The Conjuring
Added 2025-09-16 04:00:04 +0000 UTC“There’s so much door play in this movie!” - Chris
On this week’s episode, we’re dipping into horror territory to revisit the film that got the haunted ball rolling, The Conjuring! Before all the nuns and eerie doll spin-offs, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga hit the screen with this solid entry in the possession genre that features a fun amount of hair dye, cool sideburns, Lili Taylor being thrown around a basement by a ghost, a killer title scroll, one too many jump scares, a reference to The Changeling, and much more! PLUS: We gotta start hiring dogs to sniff out ghosts before purchasing real estate!
The Conjuring stars Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Joey King, Shanley Caswell, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver, John Brotherton, Sterling Jerins, and Shannon Kook as Drew; directed by James Wan.
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Comments
I saved this one for the start of Spooky season. One thing worth mentioning about the Warrens is that like many religious grifters they have also been accused of benign abusive sex pests as well.
Dan sulin
2025-10-02 13:00:47 +0000 UTCEric was onto something with the Roman soldier ghosts in England. I visited York this summer and found out that there's a local legend about a specific building where someone saw a Roman legion marching through the basement. They were buried up to their waists because something something the ground level has gone up so that most of the Roman ruins are underground.
Cody
2025-09-20 14:19:09 +0000 UTCI had a chronic issue with birds offing themselves in droves, via eating shit into my windowed dining room, when I first moved into my house. Simple fix, put a fucking sticker on your window. They make fancy ones. Puts a stop to it immediately. As you were. Love the show.
Jacob Tucker
2025-09-19 18:59:10 +0000 UTCGlorious eps about an ok horror movie. The last one is great but the third is my favorite, wishing you guys did all the conjuring movies
Jan
2025-09-18 17:34:51 +0000 UTCShoot, should have waited until the end of the episode before commenting! My bad! 😆
Devin Smith
2025-09-18 16:26:48 +0000 UTCI believe the Haunted Samurai Armor film you guys mentioned is Bloodbeat (1983), filmed just down the road from where I live!
Devin Smith
2025-09-18 16:04:05 +0000 UTC
