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The Amityville Horror, and other supposedly true ghost stories
By Chris Bell, Rebecca Hawkes
Added Commentary By Me
1. Annabelle (2014)
An Annoyingly Bad Movie. The movie THE CONJURING was good... this ... not so much.
Annabelle, the creepy haunted doll who made her cinematic debut in The Conjuring, has returned with a film of her very own. The titular doll was picked up by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren during one of their many forays into the supernatural: the couple founded the New England Society for Psychic Research in 1952.
Real-life Annabelle was a vintage Raggedy Ann doll (the Annabelle filmmakers took a bit of artistic license with her appearance in the film), purchased in 1970 by a mother for her daughter Donna's 28th birthday. According to Donna, the doll began to move around her apartment, leaving messages for her on parchment. After the doll attacked one of Donna's friends, she turned to the Warrens for help. The Warrens informed Donna that Annabelle was inhabited by a demon. After a failed exorcism, they built a special case for the doll in their Occult Museum in New England, where you can visit her today. Just don't let her out.
Just dont Tap on the glass. I dont see really how this doll looks so bad. The ANNABELLE movie was terrible so how is this doll so bad? Let her out and lets investigate her.
Stretching Annabelle's Legs here
They say dont move her but these picturs
seem like she was moved.
2. The Conjuring (2013)
With its thrifty $20m budget, James Wan's paranormal thriller was the sleeper hit of 2013 – a feat no doubt boosted by its bold poster claim: "based on the true case files of the Warrens." Of the 10,000-plus hauntings the Warrens chronicled – many disputed - The Conjuring was their most notorious: the 1971 case when Roger and Carolyn Perron moved into a colonial farmhouse in Rhode Island with their five daughters, only to find it “possessed”. As the Warrens painstakingly detailed, this involved hauntings, the permanent stench of rotting flesh and angry spirits who arrived, admirably punctually, at 5.15am every morning to levitate beds. Luckily, no permanent harm was done: as well as tolerating these unworldly domestic intrusions for over nine years (!), the real-life Perrons also appear throughout the film’s marketing bumf to certify its authenticity.
Its So weird seeing them not possessed and happy. And are you telling me the young girls were actually playing Old people. No way. - some people out there might not sense my sarcasm. It was there. I assure you.
But the real life Perrons couldnt get put into the movie they were just put in the end with a picture. Why couldnt they just have them as ghosts. Or something Bet they would have loved that.
3. Child's Play (1988)
Responsible for much tabloid opprobrium in the years since – not to mention many parents quietly disposing of their offspring’s Cabbage Patch Dolls – is Tom Holland’s 1988 idiotic slasher, based on doll that comes to life. And yet Chucky, ludicrously, pays homage to a real-life demonic mannequin – specifically ‘Robert’, a 2ft-long sailor doll infamous throughout the state of Florida. Originally gifted to local author Eugene Otto in 1906, legend states ‘Robert’ was then cursed with a voodoo hoodoo by an irate Bahamian servant. The result? Over a century where various owners have reportedly seen Robert talking, giggling insanely, running around, smashing furniture and, on one occasion, attacking a girl. The doll is now housed behind glass at Fort East Martello Museum in Key West; visitors are implored to ask Robert permission before taking photos.
I see why they named him Chucky. Cause ... but mommy Robert says he is going to kill me. ... doesnt have the same flare as the chuckster's name does.
And Here he is. ROBERT. The less known about evil Doll that comes to life. Now I'm not saying he's not famous. But only to those in Florida. Those people dont like sharing their Famous people.
4. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
Moderately successful at the 2009 box office, Peter Cornwell’s psych-horror ticked several paranormal movie boxes: a family with a sick child, a building with an evil history, and a ring of truth. Well, sort of: based on the book In a Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, it referenced the real-life Snedeker family, who moved into a house in Connecticut in 1984. Only to find – whoops – it was an ex-mortuary, where an employee had been convicted of necrophilia and barbaric tools still filled the basement. Worse, aside from general screaming, the Snedekers were also plagued by a demon “with white hair and eyes, [who] wore a pinstriped tuxedo, and his feet were constantly in motion.” Chilling indeed. Although the film’s “true story” claim was rather undermined when the book’s author, Ray Garton, revealed he never actually believed the Snedeker’s story – and had wanted it published as fiction. “It seemed everyone was having a problem keeping their stories straight," he said.
SAW THIS ON A HAUNTING. Years before the movie came out. Yeah that makes me cool.
During an interview, Lorraine Warren commented on what she had heard about the movie, "I was also told about scratching on the walls, blood and séances. That isn't the type of things that were occurring within the house at all." (MyRecordJournal.com) Lorraine Warren put it simply when saying, “The movie is very, very loosely based on the actual investigation.”
