The haunted house James Wan’s 2013 horror film The Conjuring is based on sells for $1.5 million, which is 27% above the sellers’ asking price.
The house that The Conjuring is based on has sold for $1.5 million, which is 27% above the sellers’ asking price. Warner Bros. has had a lot of success with James Wan’s Conjuring universe, releasing three mainline Conjuring movies and spinoffs surrounding Annabelle and the demon nun named Valek. Not all of the movies have been critical hits, but all of the films have earned the studio a significant profit. Out of all the films released, The Conjuring from 2013 is widely considered the best film in the franchise.
The first film is based on a true story, focusing on one of Ed and Lorraine Warren’s most famous case files. The Perron family is the subject of The Conjuring, who experience terrifying events after moving into a farmhouse in Rhode Island in the early ’70s. The Conjuring of course takes creative liberties to scare audiences, yet many of the supernatural events supposedly happened in real life, including the scene where the mother, Carolyn Perron, levitated in her chair after Lorraine performed a seance. The Warrens didn’t actually perform an exorcism in real life as they did in the movie, resulting in Roger Perron distancing his family from the paranormal investigators. The Perrons continued to live in the house with the spirits due to financial restraints before they finally moved out in 1980.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Jenn and Cory Heinzen, who bought the home in 2019, have sold the property in Harrisville, Rhode Island, for $1.525 million. The Heinzens are paranormal investigators themselves who had been running their business out of the home for the last few years. The couple apparently got several high-end bids after listing the house for $1.2 million but many of the potential buyers refused to be interviewed prior to purchase. The homeowners eventually decided to sell The Conjuring house to Jacqueline Nuñez for the previously mentioned $1.525 million, which is around 27% above their asking price.
Nuñez fulfilled the Heinzens’ requirements, which included continuing to use the house as a business rather than actually living in it. The buyer says she doesn’t think the house is actually home to a demon like in The Conjuring, but says, “This is a very personal purchase for me. When it hit the market, I thought ‘This is a property that enables people to speak to the dead.'” In addition to her business, Nuñez is teaming up with Christine Perron, one of Carolyn and Roger’s five daughters, to allow people to visit the house and potentially connect with a spirit, with Perron stating, “It’s time to make the farmhouse a place of love.”
Thankfully, Nuñez seems to have good intentions with her recent purchase, welcoming people who believe in the supernatural rather than trying to make a quick buck off of the house’s notoriety. While some of the offers likely came from horror fans, it doesn’t seem like The Conjuring franchise had any influence in her decision to purchase the home. The Conjuring series doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon, with The Nun 2 being the next film in the series, and now fans brave enough will have the opportunity to visit the actual Perron house, thanks to Nuñez owning the property.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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