--- title: "Is conjuring 2 based on real story?" description: "Is conjuring 2 based on real story?" author: "Vishal Kesarwani" published: 2018-09-03 updated: 2023-07-14 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49604/is-conjuring-2-based-on-real-story category: "entertainment & arts" tags: ["horror"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Is conjuring 2 based on real story? ## Answers ### Answer by Yashna Bawa The Conjuring 2 is a 2016 supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators who are called to Enfield, London to help a single mother and her four [children](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/299938/sleep-and-children) who are being terrorized by a dark presence in their home. The film is loosely based on the real-life case of the Enfield Poltergeist, which occurred in 1977. The Warrens were real-life paranormal investigators who investigated the case, and their [account](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/33699/how-tech-is-disrupting-the-accounting-world) of the [events](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1622/writing-events-to-log-text-file-using-java) was published in their book, "The Enfield Poltergeist." ![Is conjuring 2 based on real story?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/606eabdd-89cf-4360-b66b-c8e8625ead71/images/87592f00-4167-4cdd-9e7a-7ce5022d80b7.jpg) However, there are some significant differences between the film and the real-life case. For example, in the film, the Warrens are called to the Enfield home after the mother, Peggy Hodgson, [reports](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2587/according-to-reports-apple-is-developing-new-external-monitors-with-an-inside-chip) that her children are being physically and verbally abused by a demonic [entity](https://www.mindstick.com/news/810/entity-framework-core-6-0-preview-5-uses-compiled-models-to-speed-up-app-startup). In the real-life case, the Warrens were not called to the home until after the children had already been experiencing paranormal activity for several months. Another [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/398/difference-between-object-type-and-var-type) between the film and the real-life case is the [nature](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327860/family-road-trip-7-spots-to-enjoy-nature-in-america) of the paranormal activity. In the film, the entity manifests itself in a variety of ways, including moving objects, levitating [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health), and speaking through the children. In the real-life case, the entity was said to be more focused on verbal abuse, and there were no reports of physical violence. Despite these differences, The Conjuring 2 is generally considered to be a fairly accurate depiction of the Enfield Poltergeist case. The film captures the sense of dread and fear that the Hodgson [family](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43867/family-rv-parks-in-las-vegas-and-laughlin) experienced, and it does a good job of recreating the [atmosphere](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2058/robin-wordsworth-re-creates-the-atmosphere-of-ancient-mars) of the Enfield home. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49604/is-conjuring-2-based-on-real-story Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.