10 scary movies based on real life ghost stories
‘The Conjuring’
The Conjuring sparked an entire film universe based on the cases of real-life paranormal experts and founders of the New England Society for Psychic Research, Ed and Lorraine Warren (portrayed by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). In the first installment, the Warrens attempt to help the Perron family by ridding the Old Arnold Estate in Harrisville, RI of many spirits. Andrea, the eldest Perron child, recounts “Bathsheba,” a spirit who perceived herself as mistress of the house. In fact, a woman named Bathsheba Sherman lived in the farmhouse in the mid-1800s and is buried in the Harrisville Cemetery nearby.
The Perrons claimed the spirits smelled like rotting flesh and would lift their beds around 5:15 most mornings. The family couldn’t afford to move until ten years later and endured the hauntings the entire time. While the truth has been questioned, Lorraine Warren claims that almost everything depicted in the movie is true and has even consulted on all the Conjuring’s sequels and prequels. The Conjuring 2 takes the Warrens to London, England in 1977 to investigate the infamous Enfield Haunting that affected single mom, Peggy Hodgson, and her four children.