The Conjuring film franchise presents the Warrens’ Perron farmhouse case as taking place in 1971.
The 2013 film The Conjuring opens with Ed and Lorraine Warren investigating reports of paranormal activity at a farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island. The title card identifies the case as occurring in 1971, before the story moves into the family’s experiences in the house.
Patrick Wilson plays Ed Warren and Vera Farmiga plays Lorraine Warren. The film was directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. Its narrative combines the Perron family’s haunting with the Warrens’ earlier investigation of the Annabelle doll.
The date belongs to the film’s dramatized chronology. The Conjuring series is inspired by accounts associated with the real-life Warrens and the Perron family, but its supernatural claims and many story details are disputed or fictionalized for dramatic purposes. The franchise later expanded into several connected films.