All of The Conjuring Universe horror movies, ranked from worst to best

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Ten years agone this year, The Conjuring deed theaters and unexpectedly launched 1 of nan astir successful scary franchises successful cinema history. A Nightmare connected Elm Street and nan Friday nan 13th franchises whitethorn person much movies, but The Conjuring Universe’s 8 films to day person earned $2.1 cardinal worldwide. That’s why there’s nary stopping this franchise immoderate clip soon.

The astir caller movie successful The Conjuring Universe was The Nun II, which is still haunting theaters earlier its inevitable streaming debut connected Max later this year. Since we’re celebrating scary films this period connected DT, we’ve decided to revisit each of The Conjuring Universe scary movies and rank them from worst to first.

8. The Nun (2018)

It’s easy to spot why The Nun became nan 2nd spinoff from The Conjuring movies. When Bonnie Aarons is successful afloat constitution arsenic nan demonic Nun, Valak, she’s really terrifying. Unfortunately, nan first movie conscionable doesn’t unrecorded up to that move visual. The communicative is group successful 1952 as Father Burke (Demián Bichir) and Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) are sent by nan Vatican to analyse nan decease of 2 nuns astatine nan hands of Valak.

During nan film, Irene befriends Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet), a characteristic who takes connected greater value successful nan sequel and successful The Conjuring 2. Strangely enough, this movie felt for illustration it was only trying to group up nan later arsenic opposed to its ain sequel.

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7. Annabelle (2014)

The slayer doll, Annabelle, successful Annabelle.

Here’s wherever things get a small convoluted. Annabelle is nan first spinoff movie from The Conjuring, and nan 2nd movie overall. It’s besides a beautiful steep drop-off successful value from nan first one, but it does supply an root communicative for nan slayer doll. Mia (Annabelle Wallis) and John Form (Ward Horton) witnesser nan execution of their neighbors, Pete (Brian Howe) and Sharon Higgins (Kerry O’Malley), by occultists who onslaught them arsenic well.

The female occultist successful nan onslaught kills herself successful Mia and John’s location while holding a antecedently mean porcelain doll. But erstwhile Mia gives commencement to her daughter, Leah, nan Forms observe that they excessively person been targeted by this cult. And there’s a demon successful that doll.

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6. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is nan astir caller non-spinoff successful The Conjuring Universe, and it benignant of feels for illustration it’s tally retired of steam compared to nan 2 movies that came earlier it. The book is very loosely inspired by existent events arsenic Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) effort to prevention a young boy, Dave Glatzel (The Haunting of Hill House‘s Julian Hilliard), from demonic possession.

Arne Cheyenne Johnson (Ruairi O’Connor), nan fellow of David’s older sister, Debbie Glatzel (Sarah Catherine Hook), offers his assemblage to nan demon to spare David’s life. This turns retired to beryllium a spectacularly bad thought (don’t they show these kids The Exorcist?!), arsenic nan demon possesses Arne and uses him to perpetrate murder. And if nan Warrens aren’t careful, moreover they whitethorn autumn to nan occult curse that was placed connected nan Glatzel family.

Watch The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It on Max.

5. The Nun II (2023)

Bonnie Aarons arsenic Valak successful The Nun 2.

To beryllium honest, The Nun II is beautiful superfluous and didn’t really request to hap to capable retired immoderate backstory aft nan first movie. If anything, nan communicative of really nan Nun reappears successful The Conjuring 2 is now moreover much convoluted aft nan events of The Nun II. But admittedly, this is simply a amended movie than its predecessor, acknowledgment successful ample portion to nan preamble of Storm Reid arsenic Sister Debra, a young novice who is having problem keeping her faith.

Several years aft The Nun, Sister Irene is traumatized and intentionally isolated from nan world. But erstwhile Valak resurfaces successful pursuit of a powerful belief artifact, Irene and Debra are sent to put an extremity to her evil erstwhile and for all.

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4. Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Despite nan truth that Annabelle had already told nan root of nan slayer doll, Annabelle Creation adds different root connected apical of that, which takes a while to get things to nan constituent wherever they make sense. The logic why Annabelle Creation is amended than its predecessor is that nan doll seems acold much demonic and threatening this time.

The movie follows a young orphan named Janice (Talitha Bateman), who is taken successful alongside different orphaned kids by Samuel (Anthony LaPaglia) and Esther Mullins (Miranda Otto), some of whom are mourning their precocious girl Annabelle. Although abnormal by polio, Janice is drawn into Annabelle’s chamber wherever she meets nan cursed doll that will alteration nan people of her life.

Watch Annabelle: Creation on Max.

3. Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

Annabelle Comes Home plays much for illustration nan 3rd Conjuring movie alternatively than conscionable different spinoff. That’s because Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reprise their roles arsenic Lorraine and Ed Warren, moreover though they aren’t nan attraction of this film. Instead, nan main characteristic is their daughter, Judy Warren, arsenic played by Ghostbusters: Afterlife standout Mckenna Grace.

The Warrens safely locked distant nan demonic doll, Annabelle, only for Daniela Rios (Katie Sarife), nan friend of their daughter’s babysitter, Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman), to merchandise Annabelle from her confinement. Daniela’s actions besides let Annabelle to group free different supernatural threats that nan Warrens had defeated, leaving Judy and Mary to grip them connected their own.

Watch Annabelle Come Home on Max.

2. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Vera Farmiga and Bonnie Aarons successful The Conjuring 2.

If you’re wondering why nan Nun sewage her ain spinoff movie, it’s because she was specified a awesome villain successful The Conjuring 2. Early successful this film, Lorraine first catches a glimpse of nan demonic Nun, and she besides sees a imagination of Ed’s convulsive decease which greatly disturbs her.

Months later, nan Warrens are called successful to spot if Janet Hodgson (Madison Wolfe) is genuinely possessed. And Lorraine warns Ed that he could dice if he accompanies her connected this investigation. However, nan Warrens soon observe that there’s much to Janet’s possession than they initially suspected.

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1. The Conjuring (2013)

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga successful The Conjuring.

Do you cognize why The Conjuring remains nan champion movie successful nan full franchise? It’s because this movie wasn’t trying to create spinoffs aliases sequels. Much for illustration nan original Saw (which was besides directed by James Wan), The Conjuring tells a mostly self-contained story. After a little preamble to nan cursed doll, Annabelle, this movie really starts pinch nan Warrens investigating nan lawsuit that inspired The Amityville Horror movies decades later.

Roger (Ron Livingston) and Carolyn Perron (Lili Taylor) move into their caller location pinch their daughters, Andrea (Shanley Caswell), Nancy (Hayley McFarland), Christine (Joey King), Cindy (Mackenzie Foy), and April (Kyla Deaver). To their corporate horror, they soon observe that nan location is plagued by an evil tone that won’t extremity tormenting them. When Ed and Lorraine Warren commencement their investigation, they besides find themselves attacked by nan tone moreover successful their ain home.

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