Passes the Bechdel test
The Conjuring
2013. Directed by James Wan, written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 27 scenes out of 195. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.
- Released
- 19 Jul 2013
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 68 / 100
- Awards
- 16 wins & 22 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ed 165 lines, man
- Lorraine 155 lines, woman
- Carolyn 95 lines, woman
- Roger 81 lines, man
- Andrea 34 lines, woman
- Cindy 32 lines, woman
- Jerome 28 lines
- Bruce 27 lines
- Judy 18 lines, woman
- Father Jordon 11 lines, man
Full cast, 31 people
- Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren
- Patrick Wilson as Ed Warren
- Lili Taylor as Carolyn Perron
- Ron Livingston as Roger Perron
- Hayley McFarland as Nancy
- Sterling Jerins as Judy Warren
- Shanley Caswell as Andrea
- Mackenzie Foy as Cindy
- Joey King as Christine
- Kyla Deaver as April
- Shannon Kook as Drew
- John Brotherton as Brad
- Marion Guyot as Georgiana
- Morganna Bridgers as Debbie
- Amy Tipton as Camilla
- Kymoura Kennedy as Student #1
- Sean Flynn as Student #2
- Ashley White as Female Student
- Zach Pappas as Rick
- Arnell Powell as Reporter
- Joseph Bishara as Bathsheba
- Rose Bachtel as Leah
- James D. Nelson as David
- Christof Veillon as Maurice
- George T. Zervos as Catholic Priest
- Carmella Gioio as Mrs. Walker
- Steve Coulter as Father Gordon
- Desi Domo as Suicide Maid
- Tony Spera as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Lorraine Warren as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
- Nate Seman as Rory (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 195
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 to 10 | 11 | 8 |
| 11 to 15 | 14 | 12 |
| 16 to 20 | 30 | 8 |
| 21 to 25 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 to 30 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 to 35 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 to 40 | 12 | 12 |
| 41 to 45 | 14 | 7 |
| 46 to 50 | 1 | 3 |
| 51 to 55 | 9 | 4 |
| 56 to 60 | 9 | 7 |
| 61 to 65 | 28 | 7 |
| 66 to 70 | 16 | 5 |
| 71 to 75 | 10 | 7 |
| 76 to 80 | 8 | 13 |
| 81 to 85 | 7 | 3 |
| 86 to 90 | 22 | 10 |
| 91 to 95 | 12 | 5 |
| 96 to 100 | 31 | 21 |
| 101 to 105 | 4 | 10 |
| 106 to 110 | 4 | 1 |
| 111 to 115 | 1 | 12 |
| 116 to 120 | 1 | 2 |
| 121 to 125 | 4 | 11 |
| 126 to 130 | 3 | 1 |
| 131 to 135 | 7 | 10 |
| 136 to 140 | 8 | 12 |
| 141 to 145 | 4 | 0 |
| 146 to 150 | 1 | 5 |
| 151 to 155 | 10 | 4 |
| 156 to 160 | 9 | 0 |
| 161 to 165 | 7 | 0 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 0 |
| 171 to 175 | 2 | 7 |
| 176 to 180 | 10 | 34 |
| 181 to 185 | 6 | 3 |
| 186 to 190 | 11 | 0 |
| 191 to 195 | 15 | 17 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
ANDREA: I get first dibs on the rooms. CINDY: Do I get to pick my own room, or do I have no choice in that too? CAROLYN: This is why some animals eat their young.
ANDREA: Can I hang up my bird feeder? CAROLYN: Of course. I think I saw a hook on the back porch.
ANDREA: I think there’s a cat that lives here... CAROLYN: Careful -- this may turn into something fun.
ANDREA O.C: Mommy, where’s Sadie? CAROLYN: She’s out front. Why don’t you see if she’ll come in. She’s got to be hungry.
PONYTAIL: ...I wake up at night sometimes and it feels like someone’s laying next to me. Have you ever dealt with anything like that before? LORRAINE: Many times. Does it scare you? PONYTAIL: I’m a little freaked, yeah. LORRAINE: Freaked is normal, do you feel threatened?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 58 are women's.
364 lines from women, 269 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
17 women and 14 men in the cast. 10 women and 5 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 710.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 33 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 50% of the words (2,906), men 50% (2,911). Women have 58% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
42
Two men
19
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 34% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- James Wan (man)
- Written by
- Carey Hayes (man), Chad Hayes (man)
- Produced by
- Tony DeRosa-Grund (man), Peter Safran (man), Rob Cowan (man)
- Shot by
- John R. Leonetti (man)
- Edited by
- Kirk M. Morri (man)
- Music by
- Joseph Bishara (man)
- Production design by
- Julie Berghoff (woman)
- Costumes by
- Kristin M. Burke (woman)
- Cast by
- Anne McCarthy (woman), Kellie Roy (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
7 women, 12 men, 11 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 11 men, 13 not listed
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Art
2 women, 10 men, 11 not listed
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Other crew
10 women, 7 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 0 men, 7 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 22 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sterling Jerins 9, Kyla Deaver 10, Mackenzie Foy 12, Joey King 13, Shanley Caswell 21, Hayley McFarland 22, Vera Farmiga 39, Lili Taylor 46
Men
Patrick Wilson 40, Ron Livingston 46
Exhibit H: the money
It made 24.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $13 million
- Box office
- $321 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 195 scenes and 710 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
