The Conjuring’s demon possessed doll, Annabelle, was not related to the Perron family haunting. Despite making an effort to stick to the story, the film incorporated an element that did not belong to the Perron’s experience. The film takes its cues directly from the Warrens’ testimonies and their consultation during production, as well as Andrea Perron’s book, House of Darkness House of Light. The film focus on the couple’s investigation of a farmhouse that, according to the Warrens, was haunted by demons because of a curse that, ex-resident and witch, Bathsheba Sherman placed on the home.

The Conjuring, for one, a movie based on the case files of well-known paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, parallels the Warren’s best-known cases. While Deliver Us From Evil stays close to the real-life story of Sarchie, plenty of Hollywood’s famous horror films have taken liberties when translating reality into movie magic. Portraying the uncomfortably authentic story of Ralph Sarchie, an NYPD demonologist, the movie focus on Sarchie’s experience as a cop dealing with the paranormal in New York City. Take this summer’s long anticipated paranormal thriller, Deliver Us From Evil, which reminds us of how horrifying reality can be.

And let’s face it there is nothing more terrifying than the possibility of silver screen psychopaths invading the everyday. Hollywood horror stories have always borrowed from real life, whether using “based on” as a disclaimer or a warning for audiences.

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