The Conjuring (2013) Best Quotes

Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Hayley McFarland, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver, Shannon Kook, John Brotherton, Sterling Jerins, Marion Guyot, Morganna Bridgers, Amy Tipton

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Supernatural horror directed by James Wan. Inspired by true events, The Conjuring (2013) centers on Carolyn and Roger Perron (Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston), who decide to start new lives for themselves and raise their family of four girls in the Rhode Island countryside in an old farmhouse they bought at an auction. Soon after moving in they realize that their house contains an evil demon presence controlling the house that is not very happy having a loving family moving in. Famous psychic investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), are then called in to help find the haunting, but what unfolds before them is beyond anything they’ve experienced before.

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'The fairy tale is true. The devil exists. God exists. And for us, as people, our very destiny hinges upon which one we elect to follow.' - Ed Warren (The Conjuring) Click To Tweet

Best Quotes

Debbie: [1968, The Annabelle Case] It scares us just thinking about it. When you hear it, you’re going to think we’re insane.
Ed Warren: Try us. Please, from the start.

Debbie: [referring to the doll, Annabelle] It started out small, like a hand, or a leg was in a different position. Then its head was looking up instead of down. And then one day, it was in a completely different room. It was moving around by itself.

Debbie: [referring to the medium] We learned from her that a seven year-old girl named Annabelle Higgins had died in this apartment. She was lonely and took a liking to my doll. All she wanted was to be friends.
Camilla: When we heard this, we felt really sorry for her. I mean we’re nurses, we help people. So we gave her permission to move into the doll.
Ed Warren: Wait. You did what?
Camilla: She wanted to live with us by inhabiting the doll. We said yes.
Debbie: But then things got worse.

Debbie: We were beyond terrified. We don’t know what’s going on, or what to do. Can you help us?
Ed Warren: Yes, we can. Now, firstly, there’s no such thing as Annabelle. And there never was.
Lorraine Warren: Ghosts don’t possess such a power. I think what we have here is something extremely manipulative. It’s something inhuman.

Ed Warren: It was a big mistake acknowledging this doll. And through that, the inhuman spirit tricked you. You gave it permission to infest your lives.
Camilla: What’s an inhuman spirit?
Ed Warren: It’s something that’s never walked the earth in human form. It’s something demonic.
Debbie: So the doll was never possessed?
Lorraine Warren: No, no. It was used as a conduit. It was moved around to give the impression of possession. Demonic spirits don’t possess things, they possess people. It wanted to get inside of you.

Student: So, what are you guys? I mean, what do people call you?
Ed Warren: Well, we’ve been called Demonologists. That’s one name for us. Ghost hunters, paranormal researchers.
Lorraine Warren: Kooks.
Ed Warren: Wackos.
Lorraine Warren: But we preferred to be known simply as Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Roger Perron: [1971, as the Perron family arrive at their new home] Wow. Hear that?
Carolyn Perron: I don’t hear anything.
Roger Perron: Exactly.

Andrea: Oh, God. We’re in the middle of nowhere.

Carolyn Perron: [referring to moving into the new house] Thanks for making this work. I know it was a lot to bite off. It’s going to be great, isn’t it?
Roger Perron: I think it’s great already.
Carolyn Perron: Yeah. You still too fried to Christen the new house?
Roger Perron: [picks her up playfully] Who said I’m fried? Ain’t nobody here is fried.

Andrea: And there was this really funky smell in my bedroom last night. Reeked like something died.
Carolyn Perron: Is it still there?
Andrea: No.
Carolyn Perron: Problem solved!

Carolyn Perron: This clock stopped at 3:07, and so did the one in the hallway.
Roger Perron: That’s weird.

Reporter: Wow. This is crazy. So all these are taken from cases you’ve investigated?
Ed Warren: That’s right. Everything you see in here is either haunted, cursed, or has been used in some kind of ritualistic practice. Nothing’s a toy. Not even the toy monkey. Don’t touch it.

Reporter: Well, isn’t it scary, or doesn’t it worry you to have all these items right in your home?
Ed Warren: Oh, that’s why we have a priest that comes by once a month to bless the room. Well, the way I see it is, it’s safer for these things to be in here than out there. It’s kind of like keeping guns off the street.
Reporter: Well, why not just throw them in an incinerator? Destroy them.
Ed Warren: Well, that would only destroy the vessel. Sometimes it’s better to keep the genie in the bottle.

Reporter: Say, is the Annabelle doll here?
Ed Warren: Right this way. Yeah.
Reporter: [as he sees Annabelle in the glass case] You said she’s a conduit?
Ed Warren: That’s right.
Reporter: What does that mean?
Ed Warren: A very powerful demonic has latched itself onto her.

'When the music stops, you see him in the mirror, standing behind you.' - April (The Conjuring) Click To Tweet

Reporter: So, when you guys investigate these haunting, how do you stop them from latching onto you?
Ed Warren: We have to take great precaution.
Reporter: But what about your wife?
Ed Warren: What about her?
Reporter: Well, Father Gordon told me that…
Ed Warren: That was different. What happened to my wife happened during an exorcism.
Reporter: What’s the difference?

Christine: [after the clocks stop at 3:07, as they’re sleeping in their room] Not funny, Nancy.
Nancy: What?
Christine: Stop grabbing my foot!
Nancy: Shut up! I didn’t do anything!
Christine: Yeah, right. Ew, and stop farting! It really stinks.
Nancy: Don’t blame that on me. It’s you.

April: [to Carolyn referring to the music box and Rory] When the music stops, you see him in the mirror, standing behind you.

Christine: [after she’s woken in the middle of the night] Do you see it?
Nancy: See what?
Christine: There’s someone behind the door.
Nancy: What?
Christine: There’s someone standing over there.
Nancy: I don’t see anyone.
Christine: It’s looking right at us.

'Fear is defined as a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or eminence of danger.' - Ed Warren (The Conjuring) Click To Tweet

Nancy: [after she checks behind the door] Look. There’s no one. There’s no one here. See? Ugh, it’s that smell again!
Christine: Oh, my God. It’s standing right behind you.
[Nancy feels something behind her, as she slowly turns, the bedroom door slams shut]

Roger Perron: Honey, there’s nothing in here. There’s nobody in here.
Christine: Dad, there was someone else in here! I was just sleeping, and then I felt someone grab my feet. So I thought it was Nancy.
Roger Perron: Well, honey, I’m pretty sure it was just a bad dream.
Christine: No! It talked to me! It said that it wants my family dead.

Lorraine Warren: I know you’re worried it’s going to happened again.
Ed Warren: Yeah, I am. I really am. Maybe it’s just time we take a break, write that book.
Lorraine Warren: Do you remember what you said to me on our wedding night?
Ed Warren: “Can we do it again?”
Lorraine Warren: After that.
Lorraine Warren: You said that God brought us together for a reason. Right? I’m pretty sure it’s not to write a book.

David: So this place isn’t haunted?
Lorraine Warren: No, it rarely is. Yeah, there’s usually always some kind of rational explanation.

Rory: [to Carolyn, after she gets locked in the cellar] Hey, want to play hide and clap?
[suddenly from the darkness, behind Carolyn, a pair of hands appear and clap]

'The three stages of demonic activity. Infestation, oppression, and possession.' - Ed Warren (The Conjuring) Click To Tweet

Ed Warren: Fear is defined as a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or eminence of danger. Whether it’s a ghost, a spirit, or an entity, they all feed on it.

Female Student: Did you personally perform the exorcism?
Ed Warren: No, I’m not authorized. But I’ve assisted on many. See an exorcism can be very dangerous, not only for the victim, but for anyone in the room.

Ed Warren: The three stages of demonic activity. Infestation, oppression, and possession. Now infestation, that’s the whispering, the footsteps, the feeling of another presence, which ultimately grows into oppression, the second stage. Now this is where the victim, and it’s usually the one who’s the most psychologically vulnerable, is targeted specifically by an external force. Breaks the victim down, crushes their will. And once in a weakened state, leads them into the third and final stage, possession.

Carolyn Perron: [after asking Ed and Lorraine to come and look at their house] I have five daughters who are scared to death. I’m so afraid this thing wants to hurt us. I mean, you have a daughter. Wouldn’t you do anything you could to protect her? Please. Please can you come and take a look?
Lorraine Warren: Of course we will. Of course we will.

Carolyn Perron: It’s gotten a lot worse the past few nights. There’s this awful smell, like rotting meat. It moves around the house. What? What is it?
Ed Warren: Well, rancid smells could indicate some type of demonic activity.
Carolyn Perron: Oh, my God.

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Ed Warren: [referring to the banging at night] Does it comes in threes?
Roger Perron: Yeah.
Ed Warren: Stops at dawn? Well, sometimes it’s meant as an insult to the Trinity. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Ed Warren: [as they’re looking around the cellar] You picking up anything in here, hon?
Lorraine Warren: Something awful happened here, Ed.

Ed Warren: [recording] My name is Ed Warren. It’s November 1st, 1971. I’m sitting here with Carolyn Perron, who with her family, has been experiencing supernatural occurrences. Okay, go ahead.
Carolyn Perron: Where do I start?
Ed Warren: From the first occurrence.
Carolyn Perron: I guess it was the clocks.

Lorraine Warren: Mom and Dad tell me that you have a friend.
April: His name is Rory. He lives here too. But he always sad.
Lorraine Warren: Why is that?
April: He won’t tell me, but I think something bad happened to him.
Lorraine Warren: Do you mind if I try to see Rory?
[takes the music box, as the music starts, Lorraine looks in the mirror and sees the ghostly figure of Rory behind her]

Ed Warren: Well, Lorraine and I both feel that what your house needs is a cleansing. An exorcism.
Roger Perron: What? Exorcism? I thought that was something that you do to people.
Lorraine Warren: No, not necessarily. No.

Carolyn Perron: We have to get out of here.
Ed Warren: I’m afraid that’s not going to help. Lorraine saw something. Go ahead, hon.
Lorraine Warren: I’ve been seeing the dark entity that haunts your house and your land. I saw it first when I came through your door. Iit was latched to your back. And then I saw it again with the girls when we walked into the living room. And it doesn’t matter where you go, this dark entity has latched itself to your family, and its feeding off you.
Carolyn Perron: Even if we leave?
Lorraine Warren: Sometimes when you get haunted, it’s like stepping on gum. You take it with you.

Lorraine Warren: Look, I got to tell you. You have a lot of spirit in here, but this is the one that I’m most worried about, because it is so hateful.
Roger Perron: Okay, so what do we do? Can we call a priest?
Ed Warren: I wish it were that easy. Performing exorcism is an archaic procedure. Requires years of training. And even then, I have seen it go horribly wrong. But before we can get that far, the Church has to authorize it first. It means we got to investigate, gather evidence, and provide proof. And that’s the hard part.

Ed Warren: Our presence here could make things worse.
Carolyn Perron: Why?
Ed Warren: Because we’re a threat. And whatever you’re dealing with here isn’t going to like us. So far it hasn’t done anything violent, and that’s a good sign.

Lorraine Warren: That’s the original farmhouse. It was built in 1863 by a man named Jedson Sherman, who was married to a woman named Bathsheba. Ed, she’s related to Mary Town Estye. She was one of the woman accused of witchcraft in Salem. She was hung during the trials.
Ed Warren: Wow.
Lorraine Warren: So, after Bathsheba married Jedson, they had a baby, and when the baby was seven days old, Jedson caught her sacrificing it in front of the fireplace. She ran out to that tree by the dock, climbed up, proclaimed her love to Satan, cursed anyone who tried to take her land, and hung herself. Time of death was pronounced at 3:07 in the morning.

Lorraine Warren: So what was the original two-hundred acre farm, has since been subdivided and sold off. There was another boy who drowned in the pond here. He lived in the house over here. And a woman who worked as a maid in the neighboring home, she committed suicide too.
Ed Warren: People who took her land.

Roger Perron: You’ve actually caught things on film?
Ed Warren: Well, yeah. That’s the point.
Roger Perron: Why out here?
Ed Warren: Well, this is where the witch committed suicide. She hung herself from that branch right above where you’re standing.

Carolyn Perron: How could a mother kill her own child?
Lorraine Warren: It was never a child to her. She just used her God given gift as the ultimate offense against him. Witches believe it elevates their status in the eyes of Satan.

Drew: [referring to the UV light] It’s just reveals to us what the naked eye can’t see. Pretty far out, isn’t it?
Andrea: Yeah, it’s groovy.

Ed Warren: [referring to the crucifixes] Presence of religious icons will get a reaction from anything unholy. Sort of pi**es them off. So I set these throughout the house, see if I can stir things up a bit.
Roger Perron: Like holding a cross to a vampire?
Ed Warren: Yeah, exactly. Except I don’t believe in vampires.

Drew: For a guy who doesn’t believe, you looked a little freaked out when that door slammed shut.
Brad: It must have been a draft.
Drew: Oh, that’s funny. A draft never put that look on my face before.

Ed Warren: I could get used to this.
Lorraine Warren: What, me doing laundry?
Ed Warren: You’re funny.

Lorraine Warren: We’ve got to help them.
Ed Warren: I know. I’ll start with the Chevy.

Ed Warren: Got a nice place here, Roger. You know, Lorraine and I always wanted a spot in the country.
Roger Perron: I’ll sell you this one.

Ed Warren: Whatever Lorraine sees, feels, touches, it helps people. But it also takes a toll on her. Little piece each time. Couple months ago we were working on a case. She saw something. It took a real big piece. When we got home, she went into our room, locked herself in. Didn’t talk, didn’t eat, didn’t come out for eight days.
Roger Perron: What did she see?
Ed Warren: I do not know. And I won’t ask.

Suicide Maid: [holding her slashed wrists out] Look what she made me do.

Drew: [as Cindy gets locked in Andrea’s room] There’s someone else in there with her! I’m hearing another voice.

April: [after they find Cindy at the back of the wardrobe] That’s where Rory hides when he’s afraid.

Mrs. Walker: [as Lorraine sees her ghostly form crying over Rory’s dead body] She made me do it. She made me do it.

Lorraine Warren: I know what she did. She possessed the mother to kill the child. She visits Carolyn every night. That’s what the bruise marks are! She’s feeding off of her!

Ed Warren: What the hell happened?
Lorraine Warren: I had a vision of Judy in the water. I know it was some kind of warning. I know it.

Ed Warren: Father, we’ve never seen nothing like this.
Father Gordon: Yeah, well, neither have I.
Ed Warren: Father, they don’t have a lot of time.
Father Gordon: [referring to the exorcism approval] Alright. I’ll push it through myself.

Judy Warren: There was someone rocking in the chair with Annabelle.

Roger Perron: There’s something going on with Carolyn. Andrea was here, and she said that Carolyn took off with Christine and April. The girls said she smells like rotten meat.
Lorraine Warren: She possesses the mother to kill the child. That’s what she does. She’s taken them back to the house.

Lorraine Warren: I’m coming with you.
Ed Warren: No way! You stay here with Judy.
Lorraine Warren: The only way to protect Judy is if we stop this where it started. Otherwise, she’s just going to latch on to us again!
Ed Warren: That’s exactly why I am going.
Lorraine Warren: You think I’m going to let you walk into this alone?
Ed Warren: I can’t lose you.
Lorraine Warren: You won’t. Let’s finish this together.

Ed Warren: [referring to Carolyn] We have to get her to the car!
Roger Perron: And bring her where?
Ed Warren: To take her to the priest for the exorcism!

Lorraine Warren: [referring to Carolyn] She won’t let her leave her house.
Roger Perron: What? What do you mean?
Lorraine Warren: If we take her out, the witch will kill her.

Ed Warren: I got to call Father Gordon. We got to get Father Gordon out here!
Lorraine Warren: He’s too far away, she won’t make it. Look at her!
Ed Warren: Then you need to leave.
Lorraine Warren: What are you talking about?
Ed Warren: I have to do it, the exorcism.
Roger Perron: What? I thought you said we need a priest! You’re not a priest!
Ed Warren: Well, you got a better idea?
Lorraine Warren: He can do it. You can do it!

Ed Warren: You got to get out of here.
Lorraine Warren: I’m not leaving you!
Ed Warren: Dammit, Lorraine! I’m not doing this with you in here!
Lorraine Warren: God brought us together for a reason. This is it.

Lorraine Warren: [as Ed is doing the exorcism] Carolyn! Carolyn, don’t give in! Don’t let her take you!
Roger Perron: Ed, you got to stop. You’re killing her.
Lorraine Warren: No, he can’t!
Carolyn Perron: Roger, help me!
Roger Perron: Ed, Goddammit! Stop it!
Lorraine Warren: Understand this! We are now fighting for her soul!

Ed Warren: [as he’s performing the exorcism] In the name of Jesus Christ, the saints and all the angles, I command you to reveal yourself!
[suddenly the sheet across Carolyn’s face rips revealing Bathsheba’s face]

Roger Perron: [as Ed is performing the exorcism] Damn you! You leave my family alone! You hear me? I don’t know what you’re are, but you leave my wife alone! Goddammit! Let her go! Do you hear me? Let her go!

Ed Warren: [as the possessed Carolyn is going after April] By the power of God, I condemned you back to Hell!
Lorraine Warren: This is your daughter! You can’t give in! Roger, we need to get her to fight from the inside!

Lorraine Warren: [to Carolyn as she struggles to fight through her possession] Remember what you show me! Remember that day that you said you would never forget! You said they meant the world to you. This is what you’ll be leaving behind.

Drew: [after the exorcism is finally over] A draft do that to your face?
Brad: I’d take a guy with a gun any day.

Lorraine Warren: [as they return home] The Vatican approved the exorcism.
Ed Warren: Nice timing.
Lorraine Warren: And if we can, then he’d like to meet with us tomorrow. There’s a case in Long Island he’d like to discuss.
Ed Warren: Really?

[Ed Warren’s quote on screen] “Diabolical forces are formidable. These forces are eternal, and they exist today. The fairy tale is true. The devil exists. God exists. And for us, as people, our very destiny hinges upon which one we elect to follow.”

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