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(17 January 1977)
Born Leigh Whannell in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Notable works include: Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2008) and Insidious (2010).
Whannell attended the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology where he studied Media Arts. This is where he met bestie and horror soulmate James. They made a short film version of Saw in 2003, which was picked up by Twisted Pictures for a feature length version. It was shot in 18 days on a small budget and premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. It was then released in theatres by Lionsgate where it grossed $103.9 million. Usually serving as a writer and producer, he directed his first movie in 2015 with the third Insidious instalment. This was followed up with Upgrade (2018) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Fun fact: Leigh is allergic to gluten.
(26 February 1977)
Born James Wan in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Notable works include: Saw (2004), The Conjuring (2013) and Malignant (2021).
Wan moved to Perth, Western Australia, when he was 7 years old. Along with Whannell, he graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Arts in Media. In 2000 he directed his first feature length film, Stygian, which only premiered at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival and won the “Best Guerrilla Film” award. It has never been commercially released. After starting The Conjuring Universe in 2013, he has continued to play an active role, directing The Conjuring 2 (2016) and story writing/producing Annabelle: Creation (2017), The Nun (2018), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), The Curse of La Llorona (2019), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) and The Nun 2 (2023). He also wrote and produced M3GAN (2022) and has seen success as part of the DCEU with the Aquaman movies.
Fun fact: James was both the first Asian director, and first Australian director to have a movie reach one billion dollars at the box office, which he has done twice; Furious 7 (2015) and Aquaman (2018).
Here is the first movie in the Conjuring universe. It's going to be fairly brief. Honest Trailer, Everything Wrong With. When the Perron family move into their new farmhouse, they find themselves being terrorised by a malevolent entity. There are only two people who can help them. It's crazy to think that this movie spawned … Continue reading The Conjuring (2013) Review
Day 17 and this is the first of 4 (so far) movies in the Insidious series. Cinemassacre, Ending Explained, Everything Wrong With. A family of five move into a new house. Renai and her husband, Josh, and their three children Dalton, Foster and Cali. Dalton doesn’t wake up one morning, after falling off a ladder … Continue reading Insidious (2010) Review
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