This week, the Brides celebrate the restoration of democracy to America by gleefully dissecting James Wan's 2013 demon-possessed masterpiece, The Conjuring.  How is this movie still so terrifying, even after multiple rewatches? We also ponder why the actual Annabelle doll is in fact scarier than the Victorian demon toy in the film, and what made Ed and Lorraine Warren so utterly compelling as two of America's most famous paranormal experts - and the piles of evidence that suggests they weren't very helpful in their most famous cases. Then, Lindsay and Alysa share their mutual long-term love of musical theatre legend Patrick Wilson, and everything sort of goes downhill from there. We aren't sorry.

The Conjuring, 2013. Directed by James Wan. Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lilli Taylor, Ron Livingston, and Joey King. 

Other stuff mentioned in this episode: The Full Monty musical, Angels in America, Brigadoon, Robert the Doll, The Amityville Haunting, the Enfield Poltergeist.