Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast.

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In this episode, the Coroner and the Scream Queen move into the Perron farmhouse for The Conjuring, the James Wan haunting sold as a true story from the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Thirteen years and a whole horror universe later, how scary is it, really? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

The Toe Tag

• Film: The Conjuring (2013)
• Directed by: James Wan; written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes
• Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston and Joey King
• Studios: New Line Cinema, The Safran Company and Evergreen Media Group, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
• Released: Premiered July 15, 2013 at the Cinerama Dome; U.S. theaters July 19, 2013
• Budget and box office: $20M budget; about $319.5M worldwide
• Cause of death: supernatural horror, a haunted farmhouse sold as a true case file
• Where to watch: Streaming on HBO Max, plus rent or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home

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