The Conjuring 2: Alternate Designs For The Crooked Man

In The Conjuring 2, the main antagonist, Valak, takes on several forms while scaring the bejeebers out of the Hodgson family and the supernatural investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of those frightening forms is The Crooked Man, an impossibly thin figure inspired by the children’s nursery rhyme.

The figure came out so unnatural that audiences were convinced that The Crooked Man was CGI. He wasn’t. In fact, he was played by Mama actor Javier Botet.

Now, let’s take a look at some awesome concept art of The Crooked Man that was designed by conceptual artist Jared Krichevsky (Krampus, TMNT: Out of the Shadows), who reveals that Wan initially envisioned The Crooked Man “with a large moon face.”

New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “The Conjuring 2,” with James Wan (“Furious 7”) once again at the helm following the record-breaking success of “The Conjuring,” brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Rounding out the cast are Frances O’Connor (TV’s “The Missing”) as the single mom, with Madison Wolfe (TV’s “Zoo”) and newcomers Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley and Benjamin Haigh as her children; Maria Doyle Kennedy (TV’s “Orphan Black”); Simon Delaney (TV’s “Roy”); Franka Potente (TV’s “The Bridge”); and Simon McBurney (“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”). The screenplay is by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson, story by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan.Peter Safran and Rob Cowan, who previously collaborated on “The Conjuring,” are producing with Wan. The executive producers are Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter.

Collaborating with Wan behind-the-scenes is Oscar-nominated director of photography Don Burgess (“Forrest Gump,” “42”). Reuniting with the director from “The Conjuring” are production designer Julie Berghoff, editor Kirk Morri, costume designer Kristin Burke, and composer Joseph Bishara.