By Jennie - 30 July 2021
The story of "The Conjuring 3" comes from real court records. There was a man named Arne Johnson who murdered his landlord Alan Bono in 1981 when Arne was only 19 years old. After being arrested and participating in the trial, Arn insisted that he was possessed by a demon. The demon lived in the body of his girlfriend's brother for a while, and then lived on himself...
Later, Arne's crime story was adapted into "The Conjuring 3". Arne himself was still very young, and because of his good performance in prison, he was released after only staying for 5 years.
Director Michael Chavez thinks this is the darkest in the "The Conjuring" series. His reason is that it describes the story from the perspective of a murderer. Intellectually, Michael felt that what Arne said could not be true, but as a director, he had to struggle to believe it was true. When he talked to the media about the story behind the film, he said that he thinks that some of the real hidden problems have not been revealed in front of everyone. All this is not simple.
Arne Johnson, the prototype of the story, really came to the crew and visited the theater for a day. He met his actor Lurie O'Connor. Also with her was Debbie Gratzell, a member of the Gratzell family who was really exorcised in reality. Later, she established a friendship with her actor Sarah Catherine.
The actors are particularly interested in this time's soul-calling story. The starring Patrick Wilson bluntly said that he is a little tired of the traditional haunted house mode. After reading Arne's trial record, he is excited about this new story. Patrick himself is very involved, even if it is a rest day, he will bring his family to the set. They observe the set and the actions of the actors and understand how the story will be filmed. Lurie O'Connor is very calm. He prefers to listen to some dark music and immerse himself in the role of Arne.
Of course there are also "excessive": actors take a break after filming, how do they make fun? Using the props on the scene, they will make some tricks to scare Vera Farmiga, and poor Vera is frightened. As a director, Michael Chaves' creative ideas are naturally the soul of "The Conjuring 3." He paid tribute to many classics in "The Conjuring 3", such as "The Exorcist", "The Shining" and so on. Some viewers will think that the so-called tribute is nothing more than "theft", but Chavez is happy to say: "The opening scene" obviously pays tribute to "The Exorcist", he hopes that people can get a certain kind of memory and emotion in various movies On the link. Therefore, on the question of whether to cut or keep it, he decided to present it without hesitation.
For "The Conjuring 3", Chavez made many useful attempts. For example, he summoned the actors and listened to the real spiritual recordings of David Gratzell's house back then. This kind of real experience is especially important for creating a weird atmosphere. The sound in the room makes people feel scared. The temperature of the room even drops at this moment. This makes everyone understand their mission. Fear of bringing it to audiences who like horror movies.
Props should naturally be “realistic” as much as possible, such as the setting of the waterbed, which was inspired by the exorcism event of David Gratzell’s family. Back then, when the Gratzell family moved into their new house, there was a "weird" waterbed left. At that time, waterbeds were relatively rare and were not something that people needed daily. They always brought a "threat".
