In 1977 , Janet Hodgson was just like every other 11 - year - old girlfriend in Enfield , England … except for the poltergeist that spoke through her and haunted her family . This weekend James Wan’sThe evoke 2opens in theaters worldwide . Its forerunner wasinspired by genuine - world eventsand people , including extrasensory researcher Ed and Lorraine Warren . The sequel follows in those footsteps ; it ’s loosely base on the Hodgson kin ’s narration , which was wide apportion in the mechanical press as it occur , and has since been discussed in record book and in documentaries as the " Enfield Poltergeist . "
Accordingto Film School Rejects , the Warrens ( who reportedly investigate more than10,000 casesduring their career ) did chatter the Hodgsons to witness the possession , but they were n’t really key player in the family line ’s report . The main non - familial fibre in the real - life-time narrative ( who is also portrayed in the film ) was a man named Maurice Grosse , a member of theSociety for Psychical Research . He , along with fellow member and author Guy Lyon Playfair , investigated the poltergeist and recorded interviews with Janet and the rest of the Hodgson family . The video recording below is a segment taken from a BBC documentary about the Enfield Poltergeist that include footage shot by Grosse . In it , Janet ( who speaks in a deep voice ) sits alongside her babe Margaret as they discourse what they ’ve witnessed .
The websiteHistory vs Hollywoodused the theatrical dawdler and a YouTube stoolie peep forThe Conjuring 2to see which early icon of the motion picture are based in reality and which are totally fabricated for the sake of the moving-picture show ( be warned , there are some coddler ) . For exemplar , the shot of the elbow room full of wooden crosses turning upside down on their own reportedly did not happen in Enfield . The real Janet Hodgson did speak in a strange voice , but it has been amplify for the motion-picture show with shaking furniture and ostentate twinkle that are not true to spirit .
The historical effect have beendissected by skeptics and called a hoaxby many , but some who witnessed them adjudge that the poltergeist was legitimate , even the real Maurice Grosse , who see Janet and her sister faking some of the events when they did n’t know they were being tape .
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