‘The Conjuring’ Movies, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)

What started as a modest haunted home story, impressed by the real-life paranormal investigations of controversial figures Ed and Lorraine Warren, has grown into probably the most profitable horror franchises in years. “The Conjuring” and its sequels, prequels and spin-offs are blockbuster horror motion pictures, however they aren’t all created equal. 

6. “Annabelle” (2014)  The evil doll named Annabelle was launched within the first “Conjuring” as probably the most depraved trinket within the Warren Family vault of horrors, however you wouldn’t comprehend it from watching her first solo movie. “Annabelle” takes place within the condo an impossibly boring household, the place the struggling housewife (Annabelle Wallis, “The Mummy”) regularly realizes that their latest collectible doll is evil. It’s a movie devoid of real dread, which depends completely on predictable “boo” scares to get an increase out of the viewers.

5. ‘The Curse of La Llorona” (2019)  Michael Chaves’ movie wasn’t marketed as an official “Conjuring” spin-off, however one of many characters from “Annabelle” reveals up, and there’s a flashback to that infernal doll, so it counts. Unfortunately, this film is not excellent. Linda Cardellini performs a social employee who by accident picks up an evil Mexican ghost from one in every of her shoppers, and has to enlist an unconventional former priest (Raymond Cruz) to expel the invading spirit. “The Curse of La Llorona” has a couple of good scares, however they’re repeated advert infinitum, and the story virtually flees from the spiritual and cultural themes that would have given it weight.

4. “The Nun” (2018)  Corin Hardy’s “Conjuring” sequel options nifty monster results and spooky places, however it performs extra like a gothic journey than a horror film. And as a gothic journey, it’s uneven, waffling haphazardly between gross, goofy and grim. Demián Bichir and Taissa Farmiga star as brokers of the Vatican, investigating the mysterious loss of life of a nun, solely to find that the remoted convent is definitely a jail for an historical evil. “The Nun” is fast-paced, and positively by no means boring, however the whole lack of subtlety makes it arduous to take significantly, not to mention get scared.

3. “The Conjuring 2” (2016)  Sequelitis strikes in “The Conjuring 2,” an efficient however bloated follow-up that options extra demons, extra home strife, and extra audacious shocks. Once once more, Ed and Lorraine Warren discover themselves in a based-on-a-true-ghost-story: The Enfield Poltergeist, which tormented a working-class household within the late 1970s. It’s a nail-biter, with some standout set items and terrifying villains, however director James Wan crams a lot content material into one movie that the pacing can’t assist however endure.

2. “Annabelle: Creation” (2017)  The prequel to the primary “Conjuring” prequel is a rollercoaster of a horror film, a scary and stunning crowd-pleaser that lastly does the creepy doll proud. A bunch of orphans transfer into a house with an odd household, whose daughter died tragically, and after one of many younger ladies discovers a spooky doll within the deceased little one’s bed room, all hell breaks unfastened. David F. Sandberg is aware of tips on how to construct suspense and tips on how to repay that eeriness in sudden, popcorn-spilling explosions of nightmare gasoline.

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