In the latest film from director James Wan, the man who brought us such horror gems as Insidious, Saw, and The Conjuring, Ed and Lorraine Warren return to the screen with one of their most demanding cases yet: The Enfield Poltergeist. The Warrens make their way to northern London after hearing about the strange occurrence of an eleven-year-old girl claiming to be terrorized by the spirit of a deceased previous owner, and upon their arrival, begin experiencing horrifying bouts of paranormal activity themselves. The Hodgsons may be the one family who needs help more than any of the people they’ve have reached out to before, but once the demon begins targeting the Warrens as well, will they be able to even save themselves from what’s coming? Only time will tell what lies in what for everyone involved in The Conjuring 2 (read my review).

James Wan’s first Conjuring film featured an opening with a sequence from the infamous real life Annabelle case, wherein reports had been processed with witnesses claiming that a particular doll was exhibiting signs which suggested that it might be possessed. After The Conjuring was so well received, a spin-off film was released with John R. Leonetti directing and Wan producing, simply titled Annabelle.

Now, in the sequel The Conjuring 2, the movie opens up with a scene featuring the Warrens handling the infamous Amityville haunting. Ed and Lorraine gather with a group in the home to test to see if there’s any strange activity in the air that might support Ronald DeFeo Jr.’s claims. According to DeFeo, he was possessed by a demonic entity when he shot and killed his entire family while they slept in their beds – he had no control over his actions. He was of course promptly arrested for his crimes and sent to trial, but Ed and Lorraine aren’t searching for a reliable defense for this man, they just want to find out the truth. However, when Lorraine reaches out with her mind to see if she can pick anything up, what she discovers lurking in the shadows of the that home is far more ungodly than anything she could have imagined.

Both The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2 movies open with a short scene from different famous Warren case than the one that the movie is about. The scene from the first movie was made into a spin-off film which we know now as Annabelle. Now, with The Conjuring 2 releasing wide soon, and also showing a scene with the famous Amityville case, does that mean that there will be an Amityville spin-off movie helmed by James Wan? Wan says no.

“You know in terms of a director, I think there are a lot of other things that I would love to do, that I would love to pursue” says director James Wan. “But I think I definitely want to continue you know, keeping my presence in the horror world with movies I’m going to start producing. I want to be involved more as a producer in this world, sort of what I did with “Lights Out”. I think it would be a great opportunity for me to work with younger filmmakers and explore the horror world more. I just think coming back to The Conjuring 2 was in some ways something that I felt like I needed to do after F7. That was such an emotionally tough movie, and I needed to come back to some kind of familiarity, and to work with people that I really love, but moving forward, I would like to explore some other directing opportunities”.

Wan continued excitedly about his new producing project, short turned feature length film Lights Out.

“I’m starting to branch more into the producing world and it is really hard to find filmmakers who get what it takes to pull off a scary sequence so when I saw the “Lights Out” short I was like, “Oh wow, this guy gets it!” You know it’s very simple and so I really appreciated it and I love like the title as well and so, when I spoke with David [F. Sandberg] early on I ended up just really liking the guy. He’s such an easy guy to work with, and get along with, and so it just felt like, ‘Okay let’s do it! Let’s give this guy a break and a give him chance to turn it into a feature’”.

Although Wan says he’d rather focus on his producing career than make his own Amityville movie, he does hint that he would like to make more Conjuring sequels in the future.

“I mean listen, part of the reason why I didn’t make The Conjuring 2 all about just Amityville is I felt that it’s a story that’s been done a lot, and I don’t want to repeat what’s already been done. The Warrens have so many great stories in their archival boat, and it would be amazing to explore lots of other stories if we’re lucky enough to have future installments”.

Based on what he says here, it seems that Wan would indeed like more Conjuring sequels, if they’re financially possible. In the end, basically, whether or not there will be any more Conjuring movies totally depends on if the fans show up to support Wan opening weekend.

“Well, let’s see how well Conjuring 2 does. That’s the reality of it.” Wan says matter-of-factly.

He looks tired as he speaks, but at the same time, utterly happy. He’s just finished his tenth film, and made a sequel that arguably exceeds the high bar set by the first. Aside from all of his cinematic success, Wan clearly is a filmmaker in love with his craft, and that trait will shine through whatever project he helms.

The Conjuring 2 hits theaters everywhere on June 10th, 2016.