As most people know, Shermer, Illinois is a fictitious suburb of Chicago in several John Hughes films such as this film, as well as Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Sixteen Candles (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), and National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). But, the zip code that Brian states in the opening of the film, 60062, is to an actual town. It belongs to Northbrook, Illinois, a town about thirty miles north of Chicago. Northbrook was originally incorporated as "Shermerville" (it changed its name in 1923), and one of the main roads through the town is still named Shermer Road. Glenbrook North High School, on which the film is based, is located on Shermer Road. John Hughes graduated from Glenbrook High School, and based his movies on the school and students. "The Breakfast Club" was the nickname for Saturday detentions.
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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In the scene where the Warrens showed students footage of an exorcism in the auditorium, the priest was played by George Zervos: chair of the Philosophy and Religion department at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
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Lorraine Warren: Elder woman in the front row of the classroom when Carolyn is listening to the Warrens' presentation.
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This was the nineteenth highest-grossing film of its year (2013).
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When the Hayes brothers and Lorraine Warren (a real-life demonologist) would chat on the phone about the script, they kept getting cut off by weird sounds and a lot of static. Then, out of nowhere, the line would suddenly go dead.
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A movie based on the Perron family house had been in the works for over twenty years. It first surfaced when Ed Warren played a tape of his interview with Carolyn Perron to producer Tony DeRosa-Grund.
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Stefania LaVie Owen auditioned for the role of Christine.
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The film was given an R rating by the MPAA. The filmmakers had thought the final cut had a chance of getting the more-box office friendly PG-13 rating, and asked the ratings board for clarification. The MPAA said simply that the film was so scary that there were no cuts or edits possible that would make it a viable PG-13 film; the filmmakers did not want to alter the film's tone and accepted the R rating without any appeals.
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The real Annabelle doll was actually a used Raggedy Ann doll that was bought by Donna's mother at a hobby shop and was known for not only leaving notes on parchment when there was no parchment around but also attacked a friend named Lou by mysteriously leaving claw marks on his chest. The makers of the movie decided to make a more sinister-looking doll of porcelain for the movie.
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Director James Wan wanted to take the feeling of the original The Haunting (1963) and apply it to The Conjuring.
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The film broke box office records after bringing in a total of $41 million during its opening weekend. It stands as the third highest-grossing opening weekend for an R-rated horror film behind Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) and Hannibal (2001). The Conjuring made a total of $137 million at the domestic box office.
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At the end of the movie, Lorraine Warren gets off the phone and tells Ed Warren that the priest wants to discuss a case on Long Island. That case is the Amityville case, which was the basis for The Amityville Horror (1979).
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Conjuring - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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