The Conjuring

[UnwoundDreams]

That's true, Pale. The Lutzes had no idea what they were getting themselves into when buying a large Dutch Colonial house on Long Island; taxes and upkeep costs were just as high then as they are now. When they found that the bills were too much and they couldn't afford the house they abandoned it and made up a story to cash in on the DeFeo murders the year before and for their own personal gain.

For me, the real "Amityville Horror" was the murders and that's it.

I thought "The Conjuring" was great! I liked how they built up the suspense and the seriousness of the events. The middle onwards was so intense, especially (SPOILER ALERT) the exorcism scene on the mother and Lorraine falling into the cellar and her encounter with the spirits there. The only thing I didn't like was the whole Annabelle subplot - it really didn't add anything to the plot and it just didn't need to be there. If you do plan to see it, I wouldn't recommend going alone if you're sensitive - there are lot of jump scares and pretty disturbing scenes.