This time, the demons have taken human life, and the beloved believers are desperately trying to stop it from happening again. By taking on a more petrifying case, the stakes have been raised to a point where these characters are in impending danger. The hook of these films has always been using the case files of the Warren’s, stories that have been adapted for lots of spooky favourites like The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. The pink goat in the room is the real-life story of Arne Johnson. Truly, everyone is acting at their best which raises up this otherwise by-the-numbers possession story. Eugenie Bondurant as a slender apparition is a welcome addition to the long list of Warren adversaries. Thought you’ll be left begging for more, John Noble’s turn as a tortured former priest with a host of warnings for the Warren family, brings a subtle heartbreak to his role that makes him so much more than a walking exposition dump. Hilliard ( The Haunting of Hill House, WandaVision), though he doesn’t spend a tonne of time on screen, gives the dynamic and heartbreaking dual performance of a tiny demon and an adorable scamp. Not to be outdone, O’Connor brings jarring physicality to his role as a young man possessed that is reminiscent of other religious horror flicks that force you to sympathize with an inability to eat, sleep, or quiet the voices. Ruairi O’Connor in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) Wan is not completely absent, however, and has story credit along with screenwriter, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (who also worked with Wan on Aquamanand The Conjuring 2). It’s hard to not miss Wan, but Chaves does a good job justifying bringing on fresh (rotting) meat. It’s refreshing to allow other favourites to slip into a franchise that’s already created its own distinct tone. Chaves nods at his cohorts, with a shot that feels plucked from The Exorcist, another reminiscent of Evil Dead, and moments that feel like The Autopsy of Jane Doe. He uses lighting, quick cuts, and spooky apparitions to keep the tone familiar enough while shedding the door-slam-jump-scares of his predecessor. Wan is known for the resurrection of the jump-scare, perfecting it in this franchise and Insidious, and Chaves stays true to that style while forging his own path. It follows a mostly similar formula to religious horror flicks, specifically its own franchise cohorts, but brings just enough freshness to the format to not feel like a rehash.ĭirector, Michael Chaves, has done a beautiful job taking enough of what James Wan did with the first two installments while still making this film is own.
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For those who find comfort in the demonic-techno-babble space, this movie will feel like haunted home. What jumps off from the exorcism platform is another installment in a familiar franchise. Julian Hilliard in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
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