History Film / TheConjuring

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Both films, although it's to be expected given that the supernatural elements are exaggerated from the real life events.
** There are the claims that the Warrens are nothing more than hucksters and the Perrons invented the hauntings and called them because they thought they could make some money off the story. Lampshaded at the beginning; when someone asks what, specifically, the Warrens are called, Ed begins, "Demonologists, ghost hunters..." Lorraine adds in, "Kooks."
** The Warrens were only very tangentially connected to the Enfield poltergeist, and didn't play the prominent role the second movie attributes them in the case.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Unlike most horror movies, this isn't used as a marketing ploy. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren Ed and Lorraine Warren]] were real life paranormal investigators and the film is based on one of their many cases and the Perron family are in fact real. This is to the point that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFDXlIKPHFo a trailer]] was released with segments from the real Lorraine Warren and Perron family talking about the events that transpired.

* AxCrazy: Bathsheba is insane and extremely violent, as her possession of Carolyn shows quite tellingly.

** In the first movie a lot of details were changed ([[spoiler:in real life Carolyn Perron was already 'possessed' by the time the Warrens were called, the Perrons later dismissed the Warrens for not being of any help, the Perrons actually endured hauntings for ten years before moving out rather than the short time depicted in the film, etc.]]), but the real people involved don't seem to mind. Additionally, the RealLife version of "Annabelle" doll is actually a RaggedyAnn doll instead of creepy porcelain doll like in the film. The film's backstory about Annabelle is also a bit different than the real-life version. You can also see the comparison between the film and the real-life version [[http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/the-conjuring-true-story/ here]].

* ''[[Film/AnnabelleCreation Annabelle: Creation]]'' (2017): Prequel to ''Annabelle'' and starring Talitha Bateman, Stephanie Sigman, Anthony [=LaPaglia=], and Miranda Otto, it will focus on the doll at a time when it was in the possession of a dollmaker and his wife as the two are opening an orphanage.

* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: Or worse. One of haunted objects in Warrens' museum is a samurai armor. You can tell that there's an [[NoodleIncident amazing story behind it]] for a samurai armor to be in there. move in, [[spoiler: but it turns out that Valak only uses its image to create the Crooked Man, making it a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], as the dog doesn't figure much afterward.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: Or worse. One of haunted objects in Warrens' museum is a samurai armor. You can tell that there's an [[NoodleIncident amazing story behind it]] for a samurai armor to be in there.
* EvilDetectingDog: Both movies feature one.
** In the first, the Perron's dog refuses to enter the house, sensing malevolent forces within. [[spoiler: For its trouble, it becomes the film's only casualty.]]
** In the second, the dog of the Hodgson's neighbors, the Nottinghams, seems to shape up as one as it becomes restless once the Hodgsons move in, [[spoiler: but it turns out that Valak only uses its image to create the Crooked Man, making it a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], as the dog doesn't figure much afterward.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Bathsheba is a Satanist, which means that the forces of Darkness aka Satan itself is really behind all this]]. This gets neatly touched upon in the second, too, as [[spoiler: the film's true BigBad is Valak, the Great President of Hell and thus Satan's underling according to traditional demonology.]]

* BritishTeeth: Averted, surprisingly. While real Janet ''did'' have considerably large teeth at the time and Madison Wolffe wore fake teeth to depict better portrayal, her teeth in the film still looks fairly realistic instead of looking exaggeratedly big.

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Both films.

** A lot of the horror in these movies rely on these as opposed to {{JumpScare|s}}. To put it in context, the first film was slapped with an R rating despite lacking enough violence or language that usually warrants the rating. James Wan was told by the MPAA that the film got an R rating simply because ''the atmosphere was too frightening for a PG-13'' and there was nothing he could trim to lower it. And then, with the sequel, it happened all over again.

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[Bill Wilkins' spirit can't move on to the Afterlife and is ForcedIntoEvil by Valak.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Drew Thomas, Warrens' assistant, only appears in the opening scene during Amytville case and is absent for the rest of the movie.

Three films have been released so far, with three more being in development:

* ''[[Film/AnnabelleCreation Annabelle: Creation]]'' (2017): Prequel to ''Annabelle'' and starring Talitha Bateman, Stephanie Sigman Anthony [=LaPaglia=], and Miranda Otto, it will focus on the doll at a time when it was in the possession of a dollmaker and his wife as the two are opening an orphanage.

* ''The Crooked Man''(TBA): A third SpinOff based around another character from the second movie, the Crooked Man.

* CrosscastRole: Bathsheba is played by the film's composer Joseph Bishara (who would also go on to play [[spoiler: the demon's true form]] in the sequel and the demon using Annabelle as a conduit in [[{{Film/Annabelle}} both prequels]] [[Film/AnnabelleCreation centred around the doll]].

* ''Annabelle: Creation'' (2017): Prequel to ''Annabelle'' and starring Talitha Bateman, Stephanie Sigman Anthony [=LaPaglia=], and Miranda Otto, it will focus on the doll at a time when it was in the possession of a dollmaker and his wife as the two are opening an orphanage.

''The Conjuring'' is a series of horror films purportedly based on the cases of real-life paranormal investigators [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren Ed and Lorraine Warren]]. Launched with a 2013 film directed by Creator/JamesWan (of ''Film/SawI'' and ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' fame), the film's box office and critical successes prompt a branch into a franchise of interrelated horror films, with the additions of two SpinOff exploring the villains of the main series.

Three films have been released so far, with two more being in development:

* ''Film/{{Annabelle}}'' (2014): The series' first SpinOff, starring Annabelle Wallis and Creator/AlfreWoodard, it explores about the titular Annabelle, a porcelain doll making OneSceneWonder in the first film, as it haunts a couple and their newborn baby in 1969 Pasadena, California.