The Devil made me do it
T-Magazine
Latest entry in The Conjuring franchise takes inspiration from ‘demonic possession’ being tried as legal defence
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KARACHI:
With the reality of stabbing his landlord multiple times dawning on him, Arne Johnson, in the recent horror-thriller “The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It”, admits while sitting in a police holding cell, that he is the one to blame for the murder.
“I invited this thing into me, and that s the reason that he s dead. So, you know, whatever happens to me, I ve got it coming,” says Ruairi O Connor, who plays the 19-year-old Arne Cheyenne Johnson in the movie, with tears rolling down his cheeks.
The Witch), or some combination of the three. In this way, pop culture is catching up with the beliefs of actual satanists, the majority of whom don’t believe in Satan as a literal entity to be feared
or worshipped. Not so
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, a movie that’s as deathly serious as The Louvin Brothers when they sang “Satan Is Real” in 1960.
Although the possession subgenre is inherently Christian if demons are real, then therefore so is God
The Conjuring’s literal-minded approach has always made it especially so. As A.A. Dowd wrote in his review of the latest entry, in these films “good is good, evil is evil, and the difference can’t be missed,” and it can’t be denied, either. There’s a holy war going on, and Bible-thumpers Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) are on the front lines. Join, or burn. This fire-and-brimstone subtext remained just that when the fictionalized Warrens were battling ghosts; you don’t have to
What is the real story behind the movie “The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It”? It is based on a 1981 Connecticut murder case in which the defendant claimed he was innocent because he was possessed by demons.
Connecticut authorities have made an arrest in connection with the 2004 death of a teen girl in Waterford.
Waterbury Republican American reports that authorities found the body of 16-year-old Jessica Rose Keyworth in June 2004, on the stairwell of a multi-unit apartment building off of Pearl Street. According to an autopsy, the teen had been strangled to death.
On Saturday, police announced the arrest of Willie F. Robinson, 52, in connection with the teen’s death. Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said that DNA technology and forensic science helped lead investigators to Robinson.
According to police, Keyworth took a train at around 11:30 p.m. on May 30, 2004, from Bridgeport to Watertown. At the time, Keyworth was enrolled in Job Corps in Massachusetts, but had taken the train to Waterbury to visit family and friends, CNN reports.