"The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It" still effective with the Warrens around
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) As it turns out, not every spin-off of a demonic entity that married Christian paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren have encountered can fare as well without them. Within the “Conjuring Universe,” each truth-based case involving the Warrens is always stated to be unlike anything they’ve seen before, which is bad for them and great for us. Introducing “the most sinister discovery of their career,” “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” is based on the real-life murder trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson in which demonic possession was used as a defense in the court of law (inconceivable!). This may be the third canonical installment conjured up from the Warrens’ case files—and the first where James Wan hands over the directing reigns—but it still cares about this fictionalized version of the Warrens and their relationship as much as it is about scaring the devil out of you. Opening with one of the more intense exorcisms that ...