The Conjuring 2 (2016)

James Wan

RatPac-Dune Entertainment

The Safran Company

Atomic Monster Productions

## Overview

In 1976, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the Amityville murders at the Amityville house, to determine if a demonic presence was truly responsible for Ronald DeFeo Jr. killing his entire family on November 13, 1974, and the subsequent haunting incident involving the Lutz family. During a seance, Lorraine is drawn into a vision where she relives the murders and encounters a demonic nun figure. She then witnesses Ed being impaled, badly frightening her.

In 1977, the Hodgson family begins to experience strange occurrences in their home in the London borough of Enfield after Janet, the second-oldest of four children, plays with a ouija board. Janet starts to sleepwalk and converses in her dreams with an entity in the form of an angry elderly man who sits in the family's armchair, insisting the house is his. Eventually, the Hodgson siblings and their mother Peggy witness paranormal events, terrifying them into seeking refuge with their neighbors. When the media attempts to interview the family, Janet is possessed by the elderly man, Bill Wilkins, who previously lived and died in the house. As Janet shows more signs of demonic possession, the story eventually reaches the Warrens, and their assistance is requested to prove whether or not Janet's possession is a hoax. Lorraine, fearful that her vision of Ed's death may become reality, warns him not to get involved. She has another vision of the demonic nun in Ed's study. The demon says its name, which Lorraine scratches into her Bible in a trance.

While staying at the Hodgson residence, Ed and Lorraine consult other paranormal investigators, including Maurice Grosse and Anita Gregory, on the legitimacy of the case. Gregory presents video evidence of Janet wrecking the kitchen on purpose, thereby discrediting the haunting. Based on this, Ed and Lorraine decide to leave, believing the family is lying for fame. However, they discover that the spirit of Wilkins is only a pawn being manipulated by the true demon, the powerful nun, who is seeking to break Janet's will. Lorraine realizes that her abilities had been blocked by the nun, preventing her from grasping the truth of Janet's possession.

Ed and Lorraine quickly return to the Hodgson residence and find Janet possessed and the rest of the Hodgsons locked outside the house. Ed ventures inside alone and finds Janet at the window, ready to commit suicide. He manages to grab Janet in time, but is close to falling. Lightning strikes the tree in the yard, turning it into the stump that impales Ed in Lorraine's vision. Lorraine finds her Bible in which she wrote the demon's name – Valak. She addresses the demon by its name, successfully condemning it back to Hell. Janet is freed of its possession, and Lorraine pulls her and Ed to safety.

After returning home, Ed adds an item to his and Lorraine's collection – a haunted "Crooked Man" zoetrope toy owned by Peggy's youngest child – placing it beside April's music box and the Annabelle doll.

## Cast

* Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren
* Patrick Wilson as Ed Warren
* Madison Wolfe as Janet Hodgson
* Frances O'Connor as Peggy Hodgson
* Lauren Esposito as Margaret Hodgson
* Benjamin Haigh as Billy Hodgson
* Patrick McAuley as Johnny Hodgson
* Simon McBurney as Maurice Grosse
* Maria Doyle Kennedy as Peggy Nottingham
* Simon Delaney as Vic Nottingham
* Franka Potente as Anita Gregory
* Bob Adrian as Bill Wilkins
* Joseph Bishara as Demon
* Robin Atkin Downes as the voice of Demon
* Bonnie Aarons as Valak / The Nun
* Javier Botet as Crooked Man
* Steve Coulter as Father Gordon
* Abhi Sinha as Harry Whitmark
* Chris Royds as Graham Morris
* Sterling Jerins as Judy Warren
* Daniel Wolfe as Kent Allen
* Annie Young as Constable Heeps
* Elliot Joseph as Constable Peterson
* Cory English as Skeptic Kaplan
* Shannon Kook as Drew Thomas

## Villains

* Valak the Nun
* The Crooked Man