The Conjuring

This article is about the film. For the Megadeth song, see The Conjuring (song). For other uses, see Conjuration (disambiguation).

Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Wan
Produced by	Tony DeRosa-Grund Peter Safran Rob Cowan
Written by	Chad Hayes Carey W. Hayes
Starring	Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Ron Livingston Lili Taylor
Music by	Joseph Bishara
Cinematography	John R. Leonetti
Edited by	Kirk Morri
Production companies	New Line Cinema The Safran Company Evergreen Media Group
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	July 15, 2013 (Cinerama Dome) July 19, 2013 (United States)
Running time	112 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[2]
Box office	$319.5 million[2]

The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. It is the first installment in The Conjuring series.^[3] Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting. Their purportedly real-life reports inspired The Amityville Horror story and film franchise.^[4] The Warrens come to the assistance of the Perron family, who experienced increasingly disturbing events in their farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971.^[5]
The Conjuring was released in the United States and Canada on July 19, 2013, and received positive reviews from critics. It grossed over $319 million worldwide against its $20 million budget. A sequel, The Conjuring 2, was released on June 10, 2016, with a third film currently in development.

A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place is a 2018 American science fiction horror film directed by John Krasinski, who stars with Emily Blunt, his real-life wife. The film is produced by Michael Bay's company, Platinum Dunes, which is also run by Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods began working on the story in 2014, and Paramount Pictures bought their spec script in 2017. Krasinski then joined as a director and wrote a new draft of the script. Principal photography took place later in the year in upstate New York. In A Quiet Place, a family must live life in silence while hiding from extraterrestrial creatures that hunt by sound.
A Quiet Place premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures. It became a major box office hit, grossing $332 million worldwide, and received acclaim from critics, who praised its originality and atmosphere, as well as the acting, directing, and sound design, calling it a "smart, wickedly frightening good time.”^[5] A sequel is in development.^[6]

Hereditary

Hereditary is a 2018 American horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, in his feature directorial debut. It stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, and follows a family haunted after the death of their secretive grandmother. Hereditary premiered on January 21, 2018, in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,^[3] and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018.^[4] It was acclaimed by critics, who called it "truly, upsettingly powerful on an emotional level", and became A24's highest-grossing film worldwide, making over $79 million

Annabelle

Annabelle: Creation is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Gary Dauberman. It is a prequel to 2014's Annabelle and the fourth installment in The Conjuring series. The film stars Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia, and Miranda Otto, and depicts the possessed Annabelle doll's origin.^[4]
Annabelle: Creation premiered at the LA Film Festival on June 19, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 11, 2017. The film has grossed over $306 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the atmosphere and acting, and noted it as an improvement over its predecessor. A sequel is set to be released in 2019